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ESSER Funding for Music Programs

ESSER Funding for Music Programs

by Academic Alliance | Mar 8, 2021 | Building Support / Advocacy

What are the ESF and ESSER? According to the U.S. Department of Education, as a part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed on March 27, 2020, the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) allotted $30.75 billion to...
How to Sterilize String Instruments for Covid-19

How to Sterilize String Instruments for Covid-19

by Rock Clouser | Nov 25, 2020 | Bandroom Tips, Building Support / Advocacy

  Please note, this article contains information for consideration to reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 on string instruments. We cannot guarantee these suggestions are 100% preventative.   For string instruments, it is really difficult to give a one...
See How One Marching Band Is Rehearsing Within Pandemic Guidelines

See How One Marching Band Is Rehearsing Within Pandemic Guidelines

by Get Banded | Jun 17, 2020 | Bandroom Tips, Building Support / Advocacy

Many directors are facing an uphill battle when it comes to returning to marching band camps. Directors Tony Cox, Sherie Grossman, and Weston Demonbreun, of Mt. Juliet High School, in Mt. Juliet, TN share some of the successes that they have had with their...
Music Education: Perspectives from a Younger Generation

Music Education: Perspectives from a Younger Generation

by Ricardo Taveras | Feb 1, 2016 | Building Support / Advocacy

Understanding the reasons why music should be a core subject in our school system is just not enough. Music is able to help shape the so-called “whole person” and schools carry part of the responsibility to make this possible. However, before we work towards...
3 Reasons Why Now — More Than Ever — America Needs Music in its Schools

3 Reasons Why Now — More Than Ever — America Needs Music in its Schools

by Anthony Mazzocchi | Jan 11, 2016 | Building Support / Advocacy, Recruitment and Retention

For the first time ever, music is now cited in federal statute as a stand-alone subject in schools.The timing could not be better.  After all, provision for the arts in school curricula should be a no-brainer requirement of a well-rounded education....
3 Reasons Why Now — More Than Ever — America Needs Music in its Schools

Why Scheduling More Performances Will Save Your Child’s Musical Life (and Your Music Program)

by Anthony Mazzocchi | Dec 1, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy, Motivating Students, Recruitment and Retention

We are a few months into a new school year.  Has your child had a performance yet?When students open their instrument case for the first time, they are excited to begin their musical journey.  They also want to become good at playing their instrument....
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