The Hughes & Jones Music Fund for Nevada Public Schools is pleased to announce the Clark and Washoe Counties Music Awards for 2024. This grant cycle 44 proposals were submitted, with a total of $144,868.00 being awarded to 21 worthy school music programs.
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
| Mendive MS | Orchestra | Washoe |
| Depoali MS | Piano | Washoe |
| McQueen HS | Orch/Guitar | Washoe |
| Liberty HS | Band/Orch | Clark |
| Billinghurst MS | Band | Washoe |
| North Valley HS | Band/Orch | Washoe |
| Cimarron Memorial HS | Band/Orch/Marichi | Clark |
| Yvonne Shaw MS | Band | Washoe |
| Coronado HS | Orchestra | Clark |
| Delta Academy HS | Rock Academy | Clark |
| Basic Academy International | Guitar | Clark |
| Damonte Ranch HS | Guitar | Washoe |
| Shadow Ridge HS | Orch/Guitar | Clark |
| Faiss MS | Band | Clark |
| JD Smith MS | Band | Clark |
| Las Vegas HS | Mariachi | Clark |
| Traner MS | Band | Washoe |
| Arbor View HS | Band | Clark |
| LV Academy of the Arts | Jazz | Clark |
| Carrol M Johnston MS | Band/Orch/Marichi | Clark |
| Rancho HS | Band | Clark |
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. Have a great year of music.