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The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the imp

In its 1997 report, Priorities for Arts Education Research, the Arts Education Partnership’s Task Force on Research recommended the creation of this Compendium. Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development is the

Subscribe to the MENC Legislative Memo and get monthly arts and education updates from Capitol Hill and around the country.

Welcome to mustcreate.org, the website of Music in Schools Today (MuST)! We hope you will find anything you need related to music education -- interviews with young artists, music mentors to answer questions, contests and all kinds of resources to help st

OAAE was founded in 1974 and has established and maintains a network for communication, cooperation, and advocacy. OAAE has 22 organization members representing parents, educators, administrators, citizens, artists, and arts advocates. Individual members

A blog by and for supporters of music in public school.

School Music Matters is a school music advocacy resource web site designed and maintained by Plank Road Publishing, publishers of Music K-8 magazine, the resource magazine for elementary and middle school music teachers.

Music and the arts are vital to every child's education. Is your child's music program in danger of being cut? This site offers effective tips for taking action and the latest evidence of music's importance.

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of education in America’s public schools by restoring music programs in cities across the country, and raising public awareness about the importance of mus

Discover what the MusicFriends program is, read what advocates have to say, and who our supporters are. MusicFriends releases a monthly online Newsletter. Read past newsletters at the archive. Get involved with your community. There is information to get

Why Music? is a series of radio public service announcements produced twice annually by MENC to coincide with Music In Our Schools Month in March and with the traditional beginning of school in late August.

The purpose of ACB is to encourage and foster adult concert community, municipal, and civic bands and to promote the performance of the highest quality traditional and contemporary literature for band.

Welcome to one of the world's largest set of community band and orchestra links! Since 1995, people have used the information contained here to try and find web pages for groups located in that area. We hope you will find what you are looking for.

Welcome to the Learning Tools section of the Marine Band website. The information in this section will help you learn more about the history and mission of "The President's Own."

New Horizons Music programs provide entry points to music making for adults, including those with no musical experience at all and also those who were active in school music programs but have been inactive for a long period.

Information on the Transit of Venus March from The Library of Congress Presents: Music, Theater and Dance.

This website has a comprehensive list of links to resources and websites related to many aspects of bands and band music.

Instrument fingering charts by Alfred Publishing.

The following information aims to explain about the various variables of a mouthpiece's shape and how they affect its performance. In addition we've tried to aid selection by giving comparison charts and narrative on which models are the most popular.

Some suggestions for parents who are wondering when and how to introduce their children to music.

Website for the Mountain Lake Colloquium, a retreat for teachers of general music methods. Includes information and related links.

This website has been developed over the years by faithful organizers and contributors from around the world to keep the military band tradition alive by honoring the past, supporting the present and encouraging the future of band music.

The official website of John Coltrane, legendary jazz saxophonist.

Website of Down Beat Magazine, a magazine dedicated to jazz performance artists. Includes some biographies and other resources.

The Library of Congress website devoted to Gerry Mulligan, legendary jazz saxophonist. Includes biographical information and other resources.

Website for Lionel Hampton, legendary jazz percussionist. Includes recordings, videos, and biography.

The Louisiana State Museum Digital Library Jazz collection is composed of photographs, audio recordings and musical instruments from the collections of the Louisiana State Museum.

NEA Jazz in the Schools takes a step-by-step journey through the history of jazz, integrating that story with the sweep of American social, economic, and political developments. This multi-media curriculum is designed to be as useful to high school histor

PBS site devoted to their series on Dave Brubeck, legendary jazz pianist.

Website devoted to the Stan Kenton Orchestra, an influential jazz band. Includes biographical information, external links, and other resources.