WHY DO WE DO PERFORM-A-THON?

MUSIC FOR ALL! Over the past decade alone, Bloomingdale has awarded more than $2 million in tuition assistance and aided thousands of families. Help support Bloomingdale's Scholarship and Financial Aid Program, the core of our mission to provide open access to quality music education.

WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE?

Our annual Perform-a-thon is a meaningful way for Bloomingdale students to support each other by raising funds for our scholarship and financial aid program.
Perform-a-thon is a great opportunity to perform for a larger audience at our school.
Students can win great prizes! See the list below.

WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?

The 5 students who raise the most will choose from these Top 5 prizes:

Apple iPad
AirPods Max
Nintendo Switch OLED Model
Electric Scooter (ordered for size after the event)
Apple Watch Series 11

NOTE! The first place winner will have first choice of the top 5 prizes, the second place winner will choose from the remaining 4 prizes and so on.

Winners are determined at 5pm on May 30th. Any donations made after that hour will not be counted towards the winner calculations.

The online top fundraisers list may not reflect offline cash donations made in real time.

Additional student prizes include:

All students who have at least 5 donations are entered to win a $200 gift card to Ticketmaster in a random drawing.
Students who raise $50 or more receive a Bloomingdale tote bag
Students who raise $100 or more receive a Bloomingdale t-shirt and tote bag
Students who raise $500 or more receive a Bloomingdale t-shirt, tote bag, and tumbler

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?

Step 1: Create a personal fundraising page (instructions below).
Step 2: Sign up to perform live on May 30th here.
Step 3: Share your fundraising page with friends and family. Ask for donations!
Step 4: Prepare to perform. Work with your teacher to choose a piece to play! Practice!
Step 5: Come to BSM on May 30th to perform, win prizes, eat food, & have fun!

HOW TO CREATE YOUR FUNDRAISING PAGE:

Click on "Start a Fundraiser" above this section.
Create an account, fill in your information and post a photo and/or video performance. You can write about why you love music and Bloomingdale on your page and why you want others to have the opportunity to study music too!
Share your personal fundraising page with friends and family and ask them to donate to sponsor your performance. Share your page through social media too! You can also collect cash donations and turn them in on the day of Perform-a-thon!

OPTIONAL: HOW TO UPLOAD A VIDEO PERFORMANCE:

Video record yourself performing a short piece (that you’ve prepared with your Bloomingdale teacher) and post it to your personal fundraising page.
If you don’t have a Youtube channel, email the video to performathon@bsmny.org and we’ll send you the link to share your video directly on your fundraising page.
You can also create your own unlisted youtube channel, upload your performance video there, then copy the link to your fundraising page directly.

DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP TO PERFORM LIVE ON MAY 30

Sign up to perform!

HOW CAN I GET HELP?

For help with any technical issues or questions about the event, please email:

performathon@bsmny.org