Founded by dedicated music parents and educators in 2015, Paladins Music Club Inc. stands as the official 501(c)(3) orchestral and band booster shield for Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School on SW 144th Street. Through tireless volunteer stewardship, we sustain our campus String Orchestra, Beginning & Advanced Concert Bands, Modern Percussion Ensemble, and Jazz Combos—ensuring no student is ever sidelined by the cost of an instrument, bow, reed, or uniform.
Symphonic Brass, Woodwinds & Bowed Strings
In the corridors of Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School (`15735 SW 144 Street, Miami, FL 33196`), the band room and orchestra rehearsal hall are where young adolescents discover poise, teamwork, and self-belief. Yet quality middle school instrumental education requires far more than passion alone—a single concert cello, rotary French horn, or bassoon costs thousands of dollars to acquire and maintain.
Recognizing that household financial constraints should never silence a talented child, Bryan Grecco (President), Kimberly Colon (Vice President & Secretary), Marbelys Grecco (Treasurer), and Mirlynez Iglesias-Mendez (Registered Agent), alongside devoted music parents, formally incorporated PALADINS MUSIC CLUB INC. in March 2015 (Florida Sunbiz Document #N15000002228) and secured federal IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity recognition in April 2016.
From fractional-size violins for 6th-grade beginners to concert tubas and marimbas for 8th-grade honors ensembles, our booster armory bridges the funding gap.
When band and orchestra directors can focus 100% on pedagogy and conducting rather than broken instrument valves or bus invoices, students achieve Superior ratings.
Every afternoon in the Jorge Mas Canosa Music Department, over a hundred student musicians tune to A = 440 Hz and B♭ Concert. Our parent boosters staff uniform fittings, organize pre-MPA rehearsals, and underwrite professional luthier and brass technician visits.
“Paladins Music Club Inc. is a Miami, Florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit booster organization dedicated to fostering musical excellence, discipline, and artistic passion for students at Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School. In close partnership with music educators, parents, and community patrons, we provide vital financial and moral support for instrument acquisitions, professional repairs, music scores, and competition travel. We ensure every young Paladin has the resources to master their instrument and shine on stage.”
Guided by the code of the Paladin and the precision of the symphonic score, our booster club upholds five foundational commitments to our middle school musicians and families.
In an orchestra or concert band, every chair matters—from first-chair violin to third-part bass clarinet. We cultivate daily practice habits, rhythmic accountability, and mutual encouragement where older 8th-grade section leaders mentor incoming 6th-grade Paladins.
No child at Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School is ever turned away from the music room because their family cannot afford an instrument rental. Our booster club subsidizes school-owned brass, woodwind, percussion, and string instruments so talent can flourish freely.
Representing SW 144th Street and West Kendall with dignity, our ensembles perform at school assemblies, community book fairs, winter galas, and Florida Bandmasters / Orchestra Association Music Performance Assessments (MPA) across Miami-Dade County.
Operated 100% by volunteer officers and music parents—with zero paid executives—we load percussion trailers, hem concert uniforms, chaperone field trips, and cheer from the front row so our students feel the unwavering support of their families.
As an active Florida non-profit corporation (N15000002228) and IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 30-0861419), every dollar contributed by parents, alumni, and local Miami businesses is strictly ring-fenced for student musical instruction, instrument repairs, sheet music licensing, and ensemble performance expenses.
Explore how Paladins Music Club Inc. invests community contributions directly into the four core operational tracks of the Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School Music Department.
Keeping school-owned French horns, trombones, tubas, clarinets, oboes, violins, and cellos in concert-ready condition year-round. We fund ultrasonic brass chemical cleanings, rotary valve stringing, woodwind pad and cork replacements, cello soundpost adjustments, and horsehair bow rehairing.
Funding guest clinician workshops, South Florida symphony teaching artists, and intensive sectional coaching for emerging orchestra students. Special emphasis on shifting technique, vibrato development, spiccato bow strokes, and sight-reading preparation for FOA String Assessments.
Covering chartered M-DCPS bus transport, percussion equipment truck logistics, original copyrighted sheet music folios (required by FBA/FOA adjudicators), and Solo & Ensemble entrance fees for regional and state concert band and orchestra evaluations.
Providing formal concert tuxedos, bow ties, floor-length symphony gowns, and embroidered Paladin Blue & Burnished Copper spirit polos for student performers—ensuring every musician steps onto the stage looking and feeling like a unified symphonic professional.
Select an ensemble section below to inspect current student equipment needs at Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School and generate a tax-deductible sponsorship pledge.
From autumn investiture concerts on SW 144th Street to spring state Music Performance Assessments, our parent volunteers coordinate every rehearsal meal, uniform check, and equipment bus.
First-semester showcase introducing 6th-grade Beginning Strings and Beginning Band alongside the Honors Symphonic Band and Paladin Jazz Combo.
Featuring classic winter orchestral suites, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride with full percussion sleigh-bell and whip effects, and our annual booster instrument raffle.
Our premier competitive milestone: students perform three prepared concert pieces plus on-stage sight-reading before state adjudicators for Superior ratings.
Experience the energy, precision, and camaraderie of our young musicians. Select a performance recording below to watch actual Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School Paladin Ensembles as well as Florida middle school symphonic band Music Performance Assessment (MPA) repertoire.
Recorded by JMC Paladin Music • Showcasing our student wind, brass, and rhythm ensemble in action.
Governed entirely by uncompensated volunteer officers registered with the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations (Document #N15000002228).
President • Executive Director
Presides over booster operations, coordinates directly with Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School music directors, oversees annual instrument armory acquisitions, and leads community patronage initiatives.
Vice President & Secretary
Directs parent volunteer mobilization, records official corporate minutes, manages M-DCPS chaperone clearances for MPA concert travel, and coordinates student concert attire fittings.
Treasurer • Chief Fiduciary Officer
Stewards all 501(c)(3) booster accounts, issues tax-deductible donor receipts under EIN 30-0861419, audits instrument repair disbursements, and prepares annual IRS Form 990-series filings.
Registered Agent • Compliance
Maintains statutory compliance with the State of Florida Division of Corporations at the Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School Music Department campus headquarters in Miami.
We invite parents, corporate matching-gift administrators, and community foundations to verify our standing directly through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search and the Florida Department of State (Sunbiz).