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Strengthening the importance of music
in our life and culture since 1940
NEWSLE T T E
NEWSLET R Spring 2021
National Music Council to Honor
Take 6 and American Music
Educators at 37th Annual
TER adeptly crossed almost every musical
genre, from straight-ahead jazz to pop,
R&B, doo wop and blues. Like a finely-
American Eagle Awards
The National Music Council will honor
NEWSLET
tuned vocal orchestra, the group continues
to push the boundaries of creativity and
musical genius with every new release,
TER
demonstrating excellence for new
iconic a cappella group Take 6, and pay generations of musicians and fans.
tribute to music educators across America
for their extraordinary service during the
pandemic, at the organization’s 37th
annual American Eagle Awards on
Thursday, July 15, 2021 at the Summer
NEWSLET
TER
NAMM Show in Nashville. The honors are
presented each year in recognition of those
who have made long-term contributions to
American musical culture, to showcase the
ideal of music education for all children,
and to support the protection of creators’
rights both locally and internationally.
Take 6
The most honored a cappella group in
history, Take 6 has been heralded by The Council likewise takes great pride in
Quincy Jones as the “Baddest vocal cats collectively extending the coveted
on the planet!” With 10 Grammy Awards, American Eagle Award to all of the nation’s
10 Dove Awards, 2 NAACP Image Awards, music educators for their heroic efforts to
a Soul Train Award, and more, Take 6 “keep the music playing” during the Covid-
(Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel 19 pandemic. “We wanted to do something
Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and special for the music teachers and
Khristian Dentley) continues year after year administrators who have worked tirelessly
to bring extraordinary vocal performances in our schools and in private studios across
to their worldwide audiences. Take 6 has the nation for our children under the most
challenging of circumstances over the past For more information on schedule, location
year.” said NMC director Dr. David details, tickets, and sponsorship
Sanders. “We want to let music teachers opportunities, visit www.musiccouncil.org
know that their efforts really do make an or contact NMC Director David Sanders
enormous, positive difference in the lives of at sandersd@montclair.edu.
students, especially in times of a crisis.” A
representative music educator from each Proceeds from the event support the
state will participate virtually in the National Music Council’s music
ceremonies. education advocacy efforts.
In 2020-21, the National Music Council __________________________________
brought diverse artists from across the
country to produce a series of video
messages thanking music educators and
administrators for their continuing
perseverance during these challenging
times. Many of America’s greatest artists
and songwriters participated,
including Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood,
Paul Shaffer, Rosanne Cash, John Rich
(Big & Rich), Jim Lauderdale, Steve
Winwood, Nile Rodgers (Chic), Donald
Fagen (Steely Dan), Take 6, and the late
Chick Corea – along with Country Music Arts ARE Education Advocacy
Television’s “Next Women of Country” Campaign Update:
Class of 2021 group Chapel Hart and up
and coming singer-songwriter Paige King More than 2,500 Pledge signatories.
Johnson, all offer inspirational words Your Pledge will help ensure students’ right
throughout the video. They join us in to quality arts education experiences in
congratulating our music teachers at this dance, media arts, music, theatre, and
year’s American Eagle Awards. visual art. You can scroll through a
complete list of Pledge signatories here.
This year’s honorees will join a “who’s –
who” of musical giants whose careers and Twenty Resolution Schools & Districts.
works have been previously awarded the Congratulations to ARE Resolution schools
American Eagle, including Stephen and districts that have passed the
Sondheim, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Resolution and committed to maintaining
Clive Davis, Benny Goodman, Lionel and growing their arts education programs
Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Morton Gould, in 2021-22 and beyond. See the list here
Dave Brubeck, Marian Anderson, Max
Roach, Lena Horne, Roy Clark, Crystal Elementary and Secondary Education
Gale, George Clinton, Ervin Drake, Theo Relief funding (ESSER). The Campaign
Bikel, Vince Guaraldi, Roberta Peters, will be holding webinars in the months of
Odetta, Patti Smith, Sesame Street, Hard June and July dedicated to helping arts
Rock Café, and VH1’s Save the Music educators and advocates gain access to
Foundation. Tickets for this event are ESSER funding. Find updates here.
available to the general public, and the
entire ceremonies will be Livestreamed See More Advocacy Action Requests
via www.NAMM.com. Under NAMM & NAfME Member Reports
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program, which, because of a successful
trial is being expanded and offered for free
MEMBER to those referred by a physician, was
developed in a time of societal crisis and
upheaval affecting the physical and
REPORTS economic health of a nation as well as the
world. This effort represents the ability of
the human spirit to meet and overcome the
worst of challenges and demonstrates the
potential power of the arts in the physical
American Academy of and emotional healing of disease.”
Teachers of Singing
The ENO Breathe program has reinforced
the intrinsic place that the arts offer to
The American Academy of Teachers of
healing and well-being. Its collaborative
Singing Gives Inaugural AATS Awards
structure is at the point of being able to be
for COVID-19 Response
shared internationally and addresses the
less recognized issues of individuals who
The American Academy of Teachers of
have long-term suffering, both physical and
Singing is pleased to present AATS
psychological, due to COVID.
Awards for COVID-19 Response to ENO
Breathe, Ian Howell, and International
Coalition Performing Arts Aerosol Study.
AATS Award for COVID-19 Response to
Ian Howell: Your work with low-latency
ENO Breathe: AATS Award for COVID-19
platforms and associated technology, and
Response Creating an innovative and
broad dissemination of instruction in its
compassionate effort between the arts and
use, has permitted widespread applications
medicine to help relieve the suffering of
that have allowed us to teach and perform
individuals experiencing long term post-
successfully in remote settings. These
COVID respiratory and anxiety problems.
innovations will have a lasting impact on
our profession.
• Jenny Mollica, Director of English
National Opera Baylis “Ian Howell (and his team of colleagues,
• Sarah Elkins, Respiratory including Kayla Gautereaux, Nicholas
Consultant and Director of Perna, Joshua Glasner, and Chadley
Integrated Care at Imperial NHS Ballantyne, and a group of graduate
Trust, lead doctor students at NEC) worked both immediately
• Suzi Zumpe, Creative Director of and continuously for months to test the
ENO Breathe technology needed to accomplish
sufficiently lagless virtual music
“This extraordinary effort by The English instruction,” said Academy member
National Opera in conjunction with the Kenneth Bozeman. “He interacted with
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust tech developers to stimulate targeted
deserves recognition because of the improvements that teachers needed and
creative and compassionate development continued to test and evaluate new
of a program utilizing the collaboration of technologies and platforms throughout the
arts and medicine to the relief of human summer and academic year, updating
suffering,” said Academy member recommendations as needed. He shared
Margaret Baroody. “This exceptional this information in on-line documents and
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conversations, as well as in some short basic protocols as we continue to teach
virtual courses (with Kayla Gautereaux).” and perform music.
International Coalition Performing Arts The American Academy of Teachers of
Aerosol Study: AATS Award for COVID- Singing is a select group of internationally
19 Response Research on Aerosol recognized voice teachers and singing
Transmission to Inform Safety Protocol voice experts founded in 1922 with the
Measures for Music Performance Practices express purpose of contributing to the
During the COVID-19 Pandemic. singing profession in an advisory capacity.
The Academy works as a single body to
• Mark Spede, Co-Chair, President of offer guidance through the publication of
the College Band Directors National position papers on a wide range of
Association (CBDNA), Director of subjects. We value and celebrate all styles
Bands, Clemson University of singing. We speak with “one voice.”
• James Weaver, Co-Chair, Director
of Performing Arts and Sports, The AATS Awards were created “to
National Federation of State High recognize, honor, and nurture outstanding
School Associations (NFHS) accomplishment in the teaching of singing
• Shelly Miller, Lead Researcher, and in allied professions.” The inaugural
University of Colorado Boulder AATS Awards for COVID-19 Response
• Jelena Srebric, Lead Researcher, were presented May 5, 2021.
University of Maryland
“In March 2020 musicians around the world
were stunned to learn that gathering to American Guild of Organists
play wind instruments or singing may be
activities that could result in significant ORGANFEST 2021: With the cancellation
spread of the COVID-19 virus,” said of the 2021 AGO Regional Conventions
Academy member Karen Brunssen. “In- due to the coronavirus pandemic, the AGO
person music instruction and group is presenting a virtual celebration of the
musical activities came to a halt in schools, organ, June 27–July 2. OrganFest is a
homes, businesses, concert halls, theaters, collection of performances from all seven
and in places of worship. All grappled to AGO regions, including performances by
first understand why these activities may the winners of the AGO/Quimby Regional
be risky, and then what measures could be Competitions for Young Organists. For
taken to mitigate risks. Three research more information, click here.
reports from the International Coalition of
Performing Arts Aerosol Study provided Pipe Organ Encounters: The AGO will
needed information specific to instruments present two Pipe Organ Encounters
and voices, and suggested limitations and (POEs) for youth this summer, one in-
potential protocols, including masking, person (Kansas State University) and one
social distancing, room ventilation, and virtual. POEs offer teenagers and adults a
more, for the health and safety of all rewarding opportunity to learn more about
involved.” the pipe organ and its construction,
The study gave us concrete evidence of instruction with experienced faculty, visits
the transmission of COVID by aerosol to hear and play outstanding instruments,
circulation which has informed our most and the chance to meet and interact with
peers who share an interest in the King of
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Instruments. For more information, click federal relief packages, to creating digital
here. resource centers, and beyond. BMI also
continued our longstanding tradition of
Salisbury Scholarships: The Salisbury celebrating our top songwriters and
Scholarships support full-time graduate publishers across genres by shifting our
students in their growth as performers, annual award shows to virtual celebrations.
conductors, or academics in the field of The company was also proud to pay tribute
sacred music. Beginning with the 2021– to the incredible diversity among our
2022 academic year, two Salisbury affiliates with online experiences, from our
Scholarships in the amount of $10,000 Black music creators, women composers
apiece will be awarded each year to a and songwriters, those within the LGBTQ+
master’s and doctoral student, with a total and Asian American Pacific Islander
annual distribution of $20,000 annually. For communities, and more, all of whom have
more information, click here. made an indelible mark on music history.
Year of the Young Organist: The AGO In addition, during this period BMI
National Council is committed to reinforced our commitment to diversity,
membership recruitment, retention, and equity and inclusion and continued our
growth within our organization. During the efforts to help drive the meaningful change
Year of the Young Organist, July 1, 2021– that remains long overdue. The company
June 30, 2022, any individual under the took action both internally and externally,
age of 30 can become a member of the including hiring a Chief DE&I Officer,
Guild or renew her/his/their membership developing a team member volunteer
for free as part of this program. Events and program to encourage taking personal
new initiatives will be held throughout the action in our local communities, bringing on
year. For more information, click here. Gospel great BeBe Winans as a consultant
to help improve our DE&I work, and
donating $275,000 to organizations
BMI dedicated to advancing social equality and
racial justice. We recognize there is more
to be done and will continue our critical
BMI has advocated for the value of music
work down this path.
and protected copyright for more than 80
years, and we have never been more
At the end of 2020, BMI, together with
proud of our songwriters, composers, and
ASCAP, announced the launch
music publishers than we have in the last
of Songview, a comprehensive data
year and a half. The unprecedented
platform that provides an authoritative view
pandemic impacted everyone, but
of copyright ownership in the vast majority
especially affected the livelihoods of our
of music licensed in the United States. This
exceptional creators who continued writing
marked the first-ever platform of its kind,
incredible music that brought us all
making copyright data more accessible
together during this challenging time.
and transparent for the music industry and
businesses that use music. In January of
Throughout the pandemic, BMI team
2021, after initiating an evaluation of the
members worked from home and
BMI and ASCAP consent decrees two
continued to seamlessly serve our
years prior, the U.S. Department of Justice
affiliates, from accelerating royalty
formally closed its review of the decrees
payments, to urging lawmakers to include
and took no action to modify or terminate
financial assistance for music creators in
them, but left open the possibility of
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changes in the future. BMI found it last year or so is to be resilient. I expect
encouraging that Assistant Attorney the fall will require our resiliency once
General for the Antitrust Division of the again. But we must meet the challenges,
DOJ, Makan Delrahim, made several because no less than the future of our art
pivotal statements: Songwriters are the form is at stake! There is no giving up.
backbone of the music marketplace and
must be paid fairly; blanket licensing is Whatever the future holds, CBDNA is
incredibly efficient, and BMI, along with poised to take the challenges head on.
ASCAP, are innovating to serve the needs Until then, please take some time to
of the industry with the value of music best breathe and get away from work for a bit. I
decided in a free market, all points BMI has suspect we will need all our energy in the
championed. coming months.
Looking ahead, as the pandemic situation Dr, Mark Spede, CBDNA National
improves and we see a light at the end of President
the tunnel, we applaud the creators who
helped us all through this difficult time.
Their music will always be what brings us
together…and moves us forward.
National Federation of
High Schools
College Band Directors
National Association
Has it really been fourteen months since
the COVID-19 pandemic changed our
world? I can’t decide if that time has gone
quickly or slowly…perhaps both. Whatever
the case, we have all had to reimagine our
personal world both professionally and The NFHS and NAfME teamed up to launch
personally. I truly hope that you are safe, Phase II of the Return to Music Project. This
healthy, and have been able to maintain a phase features Student Social Emotional
positive outlook. This is a time when we Learning (SEL), Teacher Well
have to give ourselves some grace and Being, Elementary and Secondary School
leeway, and certainly the same applies to Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER)
students. We are ALL having a tough time, Opportunities for Music Education this
or at least some days when we question, Summer and Fall, Learning
wonder, and dream of what things used to Acceleration, Curriculum
be like and how much we took for granted. Adjustments, Summer Opportunities, General
Music Education, Secondary Ensemble
At the moment we are hopeful of a return Considerations, Student Teachers, School
to some sense of normalcy for the coming Owned Equipment and Uniforms, Cleaning
fall as many of our institutions prepare for a Guidelines, Student Eligibility, State
“back to normal” school year. What will our Association Changes, and Reporting
ensembles look like? Will we still have to Differences
use mitigations? No one can say for sure,
and one thing we’ve had to learn over the
6With Beginning Rooted in the Olympics, The Recording Industry’s
Performing Arts Thriving in Nation’s
Schools: Periodically, The NFHS Voice Music Performance Trust
will be presented in the form of video. This Fund (MPTF)
week, NFHS Executive Director Karissa
Niehoff salutes the teachers and coaches MPTF Announces $2.2 Million in
of performing arts programs across the Community Grants to Support
nation who have kept programs going this Admission-Free, Live Music Online and
year through the pandemic. in Person Throughout North America
The MPTF has announced plans to
significantly increase the annual distribution
of grants -- now $2.2 million to communities
in the U.S. and Canada -- to fund admission-
free, live musical performances beginning
May 1, 2021. Plans signal an expectation for
the return of in-person events as the COVID-
19 pandemic begins to subside. To help
ensure live music's safe return, the MPTF is
encouraging local union representatives of
the American Federation of Musicians to work
with state and local health officials to
implement event safety guidance from the
Music Publishers Association Centers for Disease Control of the United
States and the Public Health Agency
The Music Publishers Association Annual
of Canada, adjusting to meet the unique
Meeting & Year-end Update is needs and circumstances of the local
happening Friday, June 11 at 2PM
community.
EDT and will honor Bart Herbison of
the Nashville Songwriters Association The pandemic devastated much of the
International with the Arnold Broido Award traditional live music schedule since mid-
for Copyright Advocacy and remember March of 2020. During this time, the MPTF
Lauren Keiser with the MPA Lifetime created an initiative that has generated over
Achievement Award. 700 free events by professional musicians
livestreamed throughout North America,
Kris Ahrend will also present an update supporting communities with more than $1
on the MLC and Peter Grimshaw will million in grants to pay musicians for their
discuss in©, a new platform available to service. The MPTF also established a Music
publishers and content licensors. The Family Scholarship that in its first year
session will close out with the 2020-2021 awarded $100,000 to 125 children of
Paul Revere Awards for Graphic professional musicians pursuing education
Excellence, once again hosted by Frank J. after high school.
Oteri of NewMusicBox at New Music USA.
Grants provide funding for music education-
This Zoom Webinar is FREE and open related performances, senior and assisted
to all members as well as friends of the living center concerts, municipal series and
industry. For more information, please parks programs. Grants are accessed, and
visit www.mpa.org. events are coordinated, through local unions
of the American Federation of Musicians.
7Since the inception of the MPTF nearly 75 MTNA Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano
years ago, in alliance with the AFM and its Competition: Registration for the MTNA–
local members, countless performances by Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano
professional musicians have delighted Competition will be available in September.
audiences throughout North America. The This competition consists of two rounds.
MPTF and its signatory record labels Warner The first round will be a video round and
Music Group, Sony Music, Universal Music submitted online. The finals will take place
Group and Walt Disney Records have at the 2022 MTNA National Conference.
contributed essential support to these Applications and recordings will be due
dedicated individuals who put the art and craft January 3, 2022. For more details, visit
of performing live music above all else. www.mtna.org.
"We are eager to bring back free, live Save the Date
music," stated Dan Beck, MPTF Trustee. "We
now all have a greater appreciation of what MTNA Collegiate Chapter Symposium:
these events mean to our local traditions and January 15–16, 2022, Virtual Event
cultures. We believe businesses, arts
organizations and municipal governments will MTNA National Conference: March 26–
host more events to bring energy and life back 30, 2022, Minneapolis, Minnesota
to their towns and cities."
National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy
The MPTF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit public Forum: August 5–6, 2022, Phoenix,
service organization whose mission is to Arizona
support admission-free, live events performed
by professional musicians throughout the
United States and Canada. While stepping up
our commitment to re-stimulate the musical
arts, the MPTF will work with our recipients to NAMM
follow local guidelines for safe practices. Most
MPTF performances are presented with NAMM’s Advocacy Summit: Missed
community co-sponsors, including businesses, NAMM’s Advocacy Summit? It’s not too
nonprofits, and municipalities. Learn more late to view the packed sessions that
at www.musicpf.org. support our work as champions for music
and arts education. The summit platform
will remain open and will be available on
demand through the end of July. Register
Music Teachers to attend today—the next generation of
National Association music makers is counting on us! Register
here.
MTNA Student Competitions:
Registration for the MTNA National Summer NAMM: Join us at Summer
Student Competitions will be available in NAMM, July 15-16, 2021. The show offers
August 2021. Competitions categories a historic and inspiring environment to
include Composition, Brass, Piano, String, network with industry leaders, attend free
Voice, Woodwind (applications due education sessions, explore Nashville-one
Wednesday, September 15, 2021) and of America's most musical cities-and
Chamber Music (applications due more! GenNext college music
Wednesday, December 1, 2021). For more faculty, music
information, visit www.mtna.org. educators, and music service and
8arts organizations, including NAMM National Association of Negro
Foundation Partners and Grantees are
invited to register to attend the show. Musicians
Learn more
Founded in Chicago in 1919, the National
Make Music Day: Make Music Day, the Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. is the
annual global celebration of music held on country’s oldest organization dedicated to
the summer solstice, returns this year on the preservation, encouragement and
June 21 with an exciting, creative and advocacy of all genres of the music of
diverse lineup of both virtual and in-person African Americans. In A Documentary
music-making events that will immerse and History of the National Association of
enthrall participants while spotlighting Negro Musicians (2004, Center for Black
music’s power to connect, comfort, unite Music Research), Dr. Doris Evans McGinty
and uplift. Over 90 U.S. cities and the (1924-2005) cites in "The Significance of
entire states of Connecticut, Hawaii, New NANM" (p. 54) how the benefits of
Mexico, Vermont and Wisconsin will take membership in the organization have
part in the live, free daylong celebration, remained constant during its then, almost
encompassing over 5,000 concerts, nine-decade existence. It is now 102 years
performances, music lessons, jam young.
sessions and other musical events
nationwide. Safety protocols will be in For a nominal membership fee, music
place following local requirements, teachers and musical performers had
including mask-wearing, social distancing scores of opportunities to meet and
and limited capacities and group sizes. compare notes with their counterparts from
Learn More. other parts of the country; to hear concerts
from familiar and unfamiliar musical
The International Ukulele Teaching literature; to become acquainted with the
Symposium: The International Ukulele new teaching techniques that were
Teaching Symposium webinar series discussed in the workshops; to benefit from
builds off the Believe in Music Week's exposure to high standards of
Ukulele Teaching Symposium’s ‘big musicianship; to discuss mutual problems
picture’ discussion about teaching and and strategize solutions; and to enhance
learning to play the ukulele. This follow-up the status of the private music studios by
series will examine specific, real-world allowing prize students to compete for
established teaching/learning models scholarships. Here, too, was an opportunity
which are serving large and age-diverse for young musicians to benefit not only
populations. Each webinar will highlight from scholarships but also from the
models that have shown sustained attention of professional musicians and to
success over time by exploring the enjoy the fellowship of other young aspiring
elements of their success, providing musicians. Within the NANM meetings,
teachers the opportunity to learn, emulate, there are platforms for the seasoned artist
and replicate. Expand music learning and to perform before an enthusiastic captive
join the International Ukulele Teaching audience. In short, by providing a critical
Symposium. Learn more. mass of African American musicians at its
annual conventions and sustaining a
network of communication throughout the
year, NANM presents opportunities for
growth as well as for fraternization with
fellow musicians.
9NANM, Inc., since its inception, has National Association for
provided encouragement and support to
thousands of African American musicians, Music Education
many of whom became widely respected
figures in music and contributed Christopher B.L. Woodside Named New
significantly to American culture and music NAfME Executive Director: On May 14,
history. A list of them would include such NAfME announced
luminaries as Marian Anderson (first the appointment of
scholarship award recipient in 1919), Christopher B.L.
William L. Dawson, Florence B. Price, Woodside as its new
Margaret Bonds, Warren George Wilson, executive director.
James Frazier, Julia Perry, Grace Bumbry, Read remarks from
Leon Bates, Joseph Joubert, Awadagin NAfME President
Pratt, and many, many others. Former Mackie Spradley and
presidents as Dr. Willis Patterson, Dr. NAfME division
Roland Carter, Dr. Uzee Brown, Dr. David leaders, and hear
Morrow and Mr. Byron Smith are still from Chris about his
leading in the field of music, technology vision for the
and the music business. These are giants association
in the industry and role models for budding
musicians. Its present president, Anne- Save the Date: NAfME Rally for Music
Marie Hudley Simmons, has dedicated her Education: Mark your calendar for
life’s work as an educational administrator, Tuesday, June 29, 10:00–11:30 AM CT
to enrich the curriculum for young people (9:00–10:30 AM EDT) for the NAfME Rally
K-12, through college years and for faculty. for Music Education. Join NAfME and state
She extols the benefits of music in their Music Education Association leaders in this
lives and the exciting programs that NANM virtual event, planning for the next steps in
Inc. provides. Her goal is to maintain the music education advocacy. Registration
music of the culture and build an audience information will soon be available here.
that appreciates and performs it in
excellence from child to adult. NAfME and NFHS Return to Music:
Phase II Guidance and Resources: The
In 2020, NANM, as did other arts agencies, 2021–2022 school year presents an
faced a myriad of challenges; however, it opportunity to strengthen how we provide
gained new perspectives and identified music education. On May 10, 2021, NAfME
new platforms for changing the world and NFHS released “Return to Music:
through music. Clearly, the history of music Phase II Guidance and Resources” to help
from the African American experience music educators as they plan their return to
could illustrate in bold language the history the physical classroom. This initiative is the
of this Nation. For now, we know that this latest step in the collaboration between
historic and extraordinary organization, NAfME and NFHS to support music
The National Association of Negro educators. http://bit.ly/ReturntoMusic
Musicians Incorporated, matters. Black
Music Matters. NAfME Corporate Membership: NAfME’s
K–12 music educator members are looking
Adapted by Anne-Marie Hudley Simmons, for innovative solutions to their challenges
2021. For further information visit in the music classroom—needs that your
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10audience through NAfME Corporate So, the question is, how can music
Membership. With a variety of options, educators and advocates make use of
including our Summer Resources Page these funds to support more students
and newer Platinum level membership, having access to a quality music education
your company will have the opportunity to in school?
strategically market your brand while
To learn more about the possibilities and
utilizing platforms that educate and
the opportunity at hand:
encourage collaboration with music
teachers. Stand beside an established and
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supports its members, promotes music (https://vimeo.com/540281724),
making and access to music education for showcasing music program leaders
all school students, and advocates for and advocates from across the
music in all our nation’s schools. Benefits country speak to how they have
include discounts on advertising; made use of stimulus dollars to
cobranded emails to music educators; support and grow music education.
sponsored blogs and social media posts; In collaboration with NFHS and
use of the NAfME Corporate logo; listing in NAMM.
the NAfME corporate directory; discounts • Peruse this toolkit on ESSER
on list rentals; webinar hosting; exclusive funding: https://bit.ly/ESSERtoolkit.
exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities;
and more. To find out more, contact Sharing Best Practice Ideas with the US
corporate@nafme.org, or visit Department of Education. Under
nafme.org/corporate. Secretary Miguel Cardona, the U.S.
Department of Education is seeking best
NAfME Advocacy Updates: An practices from educators teaching during
the pandemic. These practices will be
Opportunity of a Lifetime – ESSER
Funding and Music Education: In March, shared in a “Best Practices Clearinghouse”
that focuses on ways to engage all
the third round of stimulus funding, the
American Rescue Plan, was signed into students whether virtual, hybrid, or in-
person. Watch this webinar to learn more
law. With this law came an additional $126
billion investment into K-12 education and download the template to submit your
ideas. Created in collaboration with NAMM
through the Elementary and Secondary
School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, and NFHS.
following earlier investments in March and
December of 2020 of $193.2 billion total to Congressional Briefing on Music, Arts
support pandemic-era K-12 education. and Social Emotional Learning:
Working Together for Positive Student
This is the largest investment to date of Outcomes. This Capitol Hill briefing,
federal funding into K-12 public hosted on March 24, 2021, by NAfME,
education in our lifetimes. It is CMA Foundation, NAMM, and the Center
unprecedented. And, it wouldn’t have for Arts Education and Social Emotional
happened without the support for Learning, featured a panel of experts
music, arts and public education speaking about the ways in which music
advocates making the case for needing education supports students in their growth
stimulus dollars for our nation’s to become resilient and socially
schools. empowered individuals practiced in
responsible decision-making.
http://bit.ly/MusicArtsSELbriefing
11Music Education and SEL: An Advocacy (NFMC). However, NFMC is still
Tool for Music Educators: Social functioning despite the cancellation of
emotional learning (SEL) describes the many meetings and activities for the past
development of skills in three domains: year. Our second National Meeting was
self, others, and responsible decision- cancelled, but things are finally looking
making. This brochure offers ideas for how more positive, and plans for our 2022
music educators, school administrators, meeting are moving along. Competitions
and school boards can connect music and awards still took place this year, with
education and social emotional learning: most using virtual technology.
http://bit.ly/ConnectMusicSEL One large award that has been given this
year is the Ellis Competition for Duo
Letters to New US Education Secretary, Pianists, as $20,000.00 first place award.
Dr. Miguel Cardona: NAfME, working with NFMC is proud to announce that Michael
the Music Education Policy Roundtable Rector and Sylvia Hong are the 2021
and with the non-tested subject areas winners of this prestigious award. Their
coalition working on the NAEP prize also includes two years of concert
assessment. NAfME produced and bookings through our NFMC award concert
submitted a welcome letter to the new U.S. scheduler. This was the first time that this
Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel award was handled virtually, and we are
Cardona, as well as letter with the NAEP happy to report that the auditions went very
coalition. smoothly!
The National Federation of Music Clubs
sponsors many competitions and awards
for various ages, and below are several of
National Federation of the awards that were presented this year.
Music Clubs Most of the auditions were conducted
virtually.
The National Federation of Music Clubs
was founded in 1898 and has become the • Junior Composition Awards - $8000
largest nonprofit organization in America to total
promote and support American music, • Martha M. Mack Senior Vocal Award -
$5000
performers, and music education. As a
• Stillman Kelley/Thelma Byrum Awards -
grassroots organization working in
$4350 total
communities throughout America, we
• Michael R. Edwards Graduating Senior
provide musical opportunities for all ages: Performance Award - $4000
professional and amateur musicians, • Five Student/Collegiate Awards (vocal
benefactors, volunteers, music lovers, or instrumental) - $3000 each
music teachers, music students, and • Thelma A. Robinson Ballet Award -
supportive parents. Many opportunities and $2500
activities in which our over 121,000 • NFMC Classical Guitar Award - $2000
members participate are Festival • Ouida Keck Award for the Independent
programs, competitive events, community Piano Teacher - $1750
outreach and just meeting music lovers in • NFMC Dance Awards - $1100 total
our communities.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a strong The mission of the National Federation of
force on all arts organizations, including Music Clubs is to support American Music
the National Federation of Music Clubs and Musicians and Music Education.
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