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Published 4/27/2021
The Hughes & Jones Music Fund for Nevada Public Schools is pleased to announce the Nevada Rural County Music
Awards for 2021. A total of $111,554 is being awarded to 23 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 ownership of the
instruments for student use for years. The goals of this fund is for school music programs to remain strong and vital;
and for community events to 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 |
| Pahrump Valley High School | Strings & Band | Nye | $5,000 |
| Wells Combined Schools | Band | Elko | $4,623 |
| Rosemary Clarke Middle School | Band | Nye | $5,000 |
| Carson Middle School | Orchestra | Carson City | $4,620 |
| Churchill County Middle School | Band | Churchill | $5,000 |
| Mineral County High School | Band | Mineral | $5,000 |
| Virginia City High School | Band | Storey | $5,000 |
| Virginia City Middle School | Band | Storey | $4,964 |
| Douglas High School | Band | Douglas | $5,000 |
| White Pine Middle School | Band | White Pine | $4,960 |
| White Pine High School | Band | White Pine | $4,779 |
| Lincoln County High School | Performance Band | Lincoln | $5,000 |
| Spring Creek Middle School | Orchestra | Elko | $5,000 |
| Adobe Middle School | Orchestra | Elko | $5,000 |
| Meadow Valley Middle School | Band | Lincoln | $5,000 |
| Carson High School | Band | Carson City | $5,000 |
| Elko High School | Guitar Orchestra | Elko | $4,250 |
| Yerington High School | Band | Lyon | $4,999 |
| Eleanor Lemaire Middle School | Band | Lander | $4,800 |
| Churchill County High School | Band & Orchestra | Churchill | $5,000 |
| Yerington Intermediate | Band | Lyon | $5,000 |
| West Wendover High School | Band | Elko | $4,959 |
| Battle Mountain High School | Band | Lander | $3,600 |
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.
Contact Nevada Community Foundation at info@nevadacf.org for more information.