The Hughes & Jones Music Fund for Nevada Public Schools is pleased to announce the Clark and Washoe County Music Awards for 2020. A total of $152,928 is being awarded to 31 worthy middle and high school music programs this grant cycle.
In 2006, Charles L. Hughes and Alvin C. Jones created the Hughes & Jones Music Fund with the sole purpose of funding musical instruments to Nevada’s public schools. The goal was to make musical instruments available to students who might not otherwise be able to afford them and enable local schools to maintain the ownership for student use for years. By this process school music programs would remain strong and vital, and community events would have the benefit of local student talent.
The Hughes & Jones Music Fund grant cycles are:
- Nevada rural counties in the spring of odd years
- Clark and Washoe counties in the spring of even years
| School | Program | County | Amount Funded |
| Billinghurst MS | Orchestra | Washoe | $4,880 |
| Faiss MS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Mendive MS | Orchestra | Washoe | $4,996 |
| Yvonne Shaw MS | Band & Orchestra | Washoe | $5,000 |
| Galena HS | Bands | Washoe | $5,000 |
| Jerome D. Mack MS | Band | Clark | $4,928 |
| Basic Academy | Strings | Clark | $5,000 |
| Bridger MS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Lied STEM Academy | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| McQueen HS | Orchestra | Washoe | $5,000 |
| Western HS | Band | Clark | $4,974 |
| Sunrise Mountain HS | Orchestra | Clark | $4,856 |
| Shadow Ridge HS | Orchestra | Clark | $5,000 |
| Del Sol Academy | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Dilworth STEM Academy MS | Orchestra | Washoe | $4,851 |
| O’Brien STEM Academy | Band | Washoe | $4,400 |
| Kenny Guinn MS | Band & Orchestra | Clark | $4,934 |
| Arbor View HS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Cheyenne HS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Las Vegas Academy | World Jazz | Clark | $5,000 |
| Doral Academy Fire Mesa | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Kathleen & Tim Harney MS | Mariachi | Clark | $5,000 |
| Silvestri JHS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Foothill HS | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| K.O. Knudson | Band | Clark | $5,000 |
| Bonanza HS | Jazz Band | Clark | $4,600 |
| Cimarron Memorial HS | Mariachi | Clark | $5,000 |
| Palo Verde HS | Orchestra | Clark | $4,769 |
| Frank Garside JHS | Orchestra | Clark | $5,000 |
| Durango HS | Band & Orchestra | Clark | $5,000 |
| Schofield MS | Band | Clark | $4,740 |
Congratulations to the schools, students, instructors, and communities that will enjoy the benefit of these funds for the purchase of musical instruments to strengthen their music education programs.