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View the NAMM Foundation’s videos showing how the power of music can change lives!
The West Music Booster Club Handbook
The West Music Booster Club Handbook contains ideas, guidelines and strategies for organizing and sustaining arts education advocacy. By making the most of state and national resources, local arts education advocacy efforts can build upon proven, established programs, and maximize the impact of support at the regional, district and school building levels. To request your copy of the West Music Booster Club Handbook, contact David Law, President of the Iowa Association of Arts Educators at maestrolaw@gmail.com.
Music Matters!
Let your voice be heard about the importance of music education for every child! Find out more from the links below.
Websites for more information
- Children’s Music Workshop
- Music in Schools Today
- National Assoc. For Music Education
- Support Music
- Arts Education Partnership
- Mr Holland’s Opus Foundation
- American Music Therapy Assoc.
- Fender Music Foundation
- International Society for Music Education
- VH1 Save the Music
- Edufund
Action Tools: How to get involved
- American’s for the Arts
- Arts Action Fund
- Arts Education Partnership
- Center for Arts and Culture
- Grammy in the Schools
- Grassroots Advocacy Guide
- MusicFriends.org
- Support Music: A public service of the Music Education Coalition
- Yale 1957’s Music in Schools Initiative
For Parents
Videos/Podcasts
General Arts
Stats & Research
- Arts Education Partnership: Research
- Involvement in the Arts & Human Development
- Society for Research in Music Education
- The Sound of Silence: The Unprecidented Decline of Music
- Education in California Public Schools
Articles For Educators
- Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills
- Musical Training Helps Language Processing Studies Show