Parents

The Taft Educational Arts Fund is a parent & community volunteer group with a mission to provide organizational, financial, and logistical support to Taft Charter High School Instrumental Music Programs. The TEAF Booster program proudly supports the Taft CHS Marching Band and Color Guard, Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz programs. 

TEAF is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. It is led by a legally required Board of Directors made up of parents and family members of students. For this reason, all donations and contributions made to TEAF are tax deductible. This program, like others around the nation, depends entirely on the financial support of parents, families, and communities.

President - Arsho Melikian

Vice President - Ray Turner

Contact Us: taftmusic.org@gmail.com

All contributions go back directly to the students to increase access and opportunity in music. Here are some of the many things we purchase: 

• Awards

• Band Camp (food & clinicians)

• Coaches & Clinicians (professional & pre-professional musicians that work directly with students)

• Competitions 

• Costumes for Color Guard

• Equipment for Color & Winter Guard

• Field Show Music, Drill, and Performing Rights

• Food for competitions, practices, and dinners

• Instrument Repairs

• Memberships (SCSBOA, NAfME, etc.)

• New Instruments

• Field Show and Winter Guard Props 

• Sheet Music

• Transportation 

• T-Shirts 

• Uniform Dry Cleaning 

• Vehicle Expenses & Trailer Repairs 

• .....and Anything urgent that needs to be purchased ASAP!