2010 Patti Family Music Lesson Scholarships

Twenty-seven students are honing their musical skills with the help of private music lessons they’re able to enjoy thanks to winning a 2010 Patti Family Music Lesson Scholarship. Our thanks go to donors who make this program possible.

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Shortly after Vince Patti passed away in July of 2005, his children and friends decided that a fitting tribute to this inspiring musician and educator would be to create a fund in his name to support the Heights tradition of musical excellence. Mr. Patti taught elementary instrumental music for much of his 20 year tenure in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district. They asked Reaching Heights to create a special purpose fund named for the Patti Family and to use it to implement a music lesson scholarship program for CH-UH elementary and middle school students that would allow them to gain a firm footing with their instruments.

Fund raising began with a benefit concert held in July of 2006 at Cain Park. A $10,000 leadership gift from the A.M. McGregor Home, Mr. and Mrs. Patti’s home for more than 10 years, gave the fund a great start. Proceeds from the concert and individual donations gave the fund adequate resources for Reaching Heights to begin the music lesson scholarship program in January of 2007 awarding scholarships to 35 students. Benefit concerts held at McGregor in July of 2007, 2008 and again in 2009, along with continued solicitations, keep the fund growing and the scholarship program moving. Donations to Reaching Heights-Patti Fund may be made at any time.