Program offers free Manilow tickets for donation of music instrument

YOUNGSTOWN — Barry Manilow will again bring his Manilow Music Project to town in advance of his upcoming concert at Covelli Centre.

The pop icon plans to donate a Yamaha piano to Youngstown Community School to launch a local music instrument drive.

Anyone who donates a new or gently used musical instrument one week before Manilow’s April 23 show will receive two free tickets to the concert (while supplies last).

The Manilow Music Project has conducted music-instrument drives nationwide to assist local schools with their music programs.

Instruments can be dropped off at the Covelli Centre box office lobby Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

“Youngstown Community School thinks it’s amazing that there are still foundations that believe in supporting the arts,” said Dennis L. Rice, superintendent and principal. “It is so beneficial in developing a well-rounded student and instilling a value for the arts in the future generations.”

The Manilow Music Project is part of the Manilow Fund for Health and Hope. It was formed as a grass-roots organization to assist local charities and programs.

Its primary focus is to provide musical instruments to high schools and middle schools and to provide music scholarships at universities throughout the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. For information, go to manilowmusicproject.org.