Give your old instrument another chance to be heard.

The Charlottesville Symphony Society is happy to receive gently used orchestral instruments. We will pay for minor repairs, then donate them to underserved children or school music programs in the orchestra’s 11-county service area.

Please email symphony@virginia.edu or call the Symphony office at (434) 924-3139.

Don’t have a used instrument, but want to help? Tax-deductible charitable contributions underwrite refurbishment costs. Checks payable to the Charlottesville Symphony Society can be mailed to:

Charlottesville Symphony Society
PO Box 4206
Charlottesville, VA 22905

Donate an Instrument. Change a Life.

Program Facts:

How many instruments we have gathered since 2014?
193
Where have the instruments found new homes?
Barrett Early Learning Center
Burley Middle School
Bravo Strings (formerly Youth Orchestra Alive) - Orange County
Cale Elementary School
Charlottesville Day School
Charlottesville High School Orchestra
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Charlottesville Symphony Society Musical Instrument Petting Zoo Collection
Crozet Arts
Crozet Junior Strings
Fluvanna Middle School - Fluvanna County
The Front Porch
James River Boys & Girls Club
Greer Middle School
Henley Middle School
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Kate Collins Middle School - Augusta County
Locust Grove Middle School - Orange County
Louisa County High School
Louisa County Middle School
Lynchburg Middle School - Lynchburg
Monticello High School
Mountain View Elementary
Mountaintop Montessori
Music for Hope - Charlottesville and Las Vegas
Nelson County Middle School
Orange County Elementary School
Orange County High School
Our Neighborhood Child Development Center
Richmond Chinese School
Staunton Suzuki Studio - Augusta County
UVA Bass, Cello, Trombone and Trumpet Studios
VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind - Augusta County
Walker Upper Elementary
Walton Middle School
Wednesday Music Club
Western Albemarle High School
Wetsel Middle School - Madison County
William Monroe Middle School - Greene County
Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia