The Hughes & Jones Music Fund for Nevada Public Schools is pleased to announce the Nevada Rural
Counties Music Awards for 2023. A total of $91,557.00 is being awarded to 19 worthy school music
programs for 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
The 2023 awardees are:
| SCHOOL | PROGRAM | COUNTY |
| Eagle Valley MS | Orchestra | Carson City |
| Churchill Co MS | Combined Bands | Churchill |
| Lincoln Co HS | Performance Band | Lincoln |
| Carson Valley MS | Instrumental | Douglas |
| Virginia City HS | Band | Storey |
| Winnemucca JHS | Band | Humboldt |
| Mineral Co Schools | Band | Mineral |
| Virginia City MS | Band | Storey |
| Rosemary Clarke MS | Band | Nye |
| Wells Combined School | Band | Elko |
| Pau-Wa-Lu MS | Band | Douglas |
| Meadow Valley MS | Concert Bands | Lincoln |
| West Wendover MS | Band | Elko |
| Douglas HS | Band | Douglas |
| West Wendover HS | Band | Elko |
| Flagview Intermediate | Band | Elko |
| Pahrump Valley HS | Band | Nye |
| Carson HS | Concert Bands | Carson City |
| Churchill Co HS | Band/Orchestra | Churchill |
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.