Music education programs, research, advocacy, and people

NAMM Foundation Coverage from SBO+

SBO+ reports on the NAMM Foundation’s music education programs, research, advocacy, grants, awards, leadership, and educator initiatives. The archive also documents longstanding collaborations involving SBO+, the NAMM Foundation, teachers, students, and school music programs.

138 published stories

Collected from SBO+’s own published archive and updated automatically as coverage grows.

Primary-source history

NAMM’s own records document SBO’s role in programs including Best Tools for Schools.

Education-first coverage

SBO+ follows educators, students, schools, products, policy, advocacy, and the organizations shaping school music.

NAMM Foundation Coverage from SBO+

Archive

The Value of Multiple Perspectives in Advocacy

2022 SBO Essay Contest Winners

Ryan Van Bibber – TI:ME’s 2022 Mike Kovins Teacher of the Year

NAMM Advocacy Coalition Updates

Sound United’s Sound Start Foundation Names Terry Lewis as Executive Director

Modern Band Journal Inaugural Issue in the Mail with SBO!

Forest and the Trees: Perspectives in Music Education Advocacy

Music Educator Award™ Semifinalists Announced by The Recording Academy® and Grammy Museum®

I’m Changin’ All Those Changes

Application Period for the Best Communities for Music Education Awards Now Open

Joe Lamond to Step Down as President and CEO of NAMM in Early 2023

Come About! Music Ed Advocacy in Changing Times

NAMM Foundation Honors Communities and Schools for Music Education Efforts

NAMM Foundation Honors Communities and Schools for Music Education Efforts

Some NAMM 2021 Virtual Show Content Still Available; In-Person Summer NAMM Set for July 15-17

NAMM Foundation and Industry Leaders Announce Bernice Ash Memorial Award

Dear Santa

Make Music Winter Returns on December 21