{"id":2142406,"date":"2025-11-08T06:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2142406"},"modified":"2025-11-08T06:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:21:18","slug":"mmi-receives-new-timpani-drums-through-charitable-fund-hazleton-standard-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mmi-receives-new-timpani-drums-through-charitable-fund-hazleton-standard-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"MMI receives new timpani drums through charitable fund \u2013 Hazleton Standard Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MMI Preparatory School\u2019s music program is hitting a new note, thanks to the addition of a professional-quality timpani drum set, made possible through the Barbara L. Sowers and Joseph A. Turri \u201945 Music, Drama, and Fine Arts Fund of The Luzerne Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The new timpani drums provide expanded opportunities for MMI\u2019s growing music program, enhancing student performances and allowing for more complex and professional-level repertoire. The instrument will be used in concerts, at events, and even in community performances, enriching both the School\u2019s ensembles and the broader campus experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic education builds creativity, discipline, and collaboration. These are skills that prepare students for success in every aspect of life,\u201d said Theresa Long, Head of School. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to The Luzerne Foundation and the Turri Fund for their continued support of the arts at MMI. Their generosity ensures our students have the tools to perform at their highest potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jennifer Gerhard, MMI\u2019s music director, added, \u201cThe timpani drums bring a powerful depth and resonance to our ensemble. It\u2019s exciting to see our students experiment with this new instrument and explore what it can bring to their performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.standardspeaker.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMI Preparatory School\u2019s music program is hitting a new note, thanks to the addition of a professional-quality timpani drum set, made possible through the Barbara L. Sowers and Joseph A. Turri \u201945 Music, Drama, and Fine Arts Fund of The Luzerne Foundation. The new timpani drums provide expanded opportunities for MMI\u2019s growing music program, enhancing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2142407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[22035,22764,346765,23982],"class_list":["post-2142406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MMI-receives-new-timpani-drums-through-charitable-fund-\u2013-Hazleton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2142406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142408,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142406\/revisions\/2142408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2142407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2142406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2142406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}