New York, NY (Top40 Charts / National Association for Music Education) The
National Association for
Music Education is once again celebrating "Music In Our Schools Month" in March. To help focus attention on creating the next generation of musicians,
Vincent James, founder of Keep
Music Alive, has announced the second annual "Teach
Music America Week" to be celebrated March 21 to 27. Keep
Music Alive was formed to support music and music education.
During the week, musicians and music teachers are asked to offer at least one new student a free, 30-minute lesson. Keep
Music Alive is also asking aspiring music students (young and old) to find a musician or music teacher participating in "Teach
Music America Week."
Why is this important? Sometimes the biggest hurdle to anything is just getting started. Keep
Music Alive believes that by encouraging musicians, music teachers and potential students to reach out to each other during March, many will continue to teach, learn and share music with each other long after the month is over. The organization's goal is to get as many new students as possible to begin learning how to play a musical instrument.
"The purpose of 'Teach
Music America Week' and Keep
Music Alive is to help remind us how important and valuable music is and all the reasons why," says James. "By sparking musical interest in these new students, we will collectively help ensure that quality new music is created for future generations. As an added bonus, we will also be helping to develop their minds for many successful careers outside the arts."
James cites cuts in music and arts education, the switch from CD/MP3 sales to streaming and fewer live music venues as factors leading music down a troubling path. He says the Keep
Music Alive mission is an attempt to push back so that future generations will continue to enjoy quality new music.
Last year Keep
Music Alive published the book "88+ Ways
Music Can Change Your Life," featuring over 150 inspirational music stories and quotes from musicians, music educators and music lovers from all over the world, including a number of celebrities.
For more information on 'Teach
Music America Week' or Keep
Music Alive, contact
Vincent James at (610) 812-5231, Email or visit www.TeachMusicAmerica.org and www.KeepMusicAlive.org.
