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Music Business and Education Students Invited to Apply for NAMM’s President’s Innovation Award
The NAMM Foundation encourages students preparing for careers...

Educator Anita Collins and animator/director Sharon Colman Graham recently released a TED-Ed video that highlights some of the actual neurological benefits to playing...

Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program Shines Spotlight on Nine Outstanding Young MusiciansYYPA Winners who attended the annual event: Back row,...

Maestro Lorin Maazel. Photo by Bill Bernstein. Lorin Maazel, an American conductor, composer, and violinist, passed away on July 13,...

The U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies has just approved a spending bill that...

Arts advocacy group Stand for the Arts, an initiative launched by arts network Ovation, recently released a PSA in support of the arts: {youtube}CBYaA3pB06o{/youtube}   Stand...

Music making celebrated around the world on June 21stThe world's largest annual music event, unified as the Make Music Day...

First new standards since 1994 define the future of music and arts educationThe National Coalition for Core Arts Standards has...

Rising summer sales of school band and orchestra instruments trumpet encouraging signsA current bright spot in music instrument sales also...

Drummer, singer, and band leader Phil Collins recently came out of semi-retirement to play his first gig in over four years. It wasn't...

222 educators selected from 208 cities and 41 statesA total of 222 music teachers from 208 cities across 41 states...

Coalition Descends on the Capitol to Lobby Congress About Making Music Education Available to All ChildrenNAMM President Joe Lamond speaks during...