The Mockingbird Foundation has announced unsolicited grants totaling $12,000 to support music education programs in cities where Phish will perform this summer. They were selected by members of the Phish.net forum community, led by board member Johnny Demeter, recently identified as Director of Outreach.

The eight $1,500 "miracle grants" - supporting two music programs in each of four cities - are part of a long-standing Mockingbird effort to help bring music from the Phish community to the local community, and are one of many ways fans contribute to the areas in which the band performs. The eight recipients include a wide array of settings, genres, and populations served - and are listed here in order of Phish's tour dates (provided parenthetically):

• People's School of Music of Chicago, IL (July 14-16)
• Chime Music of Chicago, IL (July 14-16)
• Dayton Public School's Bring Back the Bands campaign of Dayton, OH (July 18)
• Stivers School for the Arts of Dayton, OH (July 18)
• Band Together Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh, PA (July 19)
• Girls Rock Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh, PA (July 19)
• Youth on Record of Denver, CO (Sept. 1-3)
• Swallow Hill Music School of Denver, CO (Sept. 1-3)