New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Keep Music Alive) The 6th Annual Teach
Music Week will be celebrated Monday, March 16th through Sunday, March 22nd. This annual week-long holiday invites musicians, music schools, music stores and other music organizations to offer a free lesson or class to new students (both kids & adults). This year, over 850 locations in fifteen countries will participate including the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, India, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Teach
Music Week is celebrated annually during the 3rd week of March to coincide with national
Music in Our Schools Month®. Anyone interested in learning to play an instrument is encouraged to seek out a participating location or musician friend to help get them started. Teach
Music Week also invites public, private and charter schools to schedule activities that will encourage more students to sign up for music, band and chorus classes.
Vincent James, co-founder of Keep
Music Alive states: "We all know that the biggest hurdle to doing something is often just getting started. With Teach
Music Week, we are hoping to inspire a new generation of musicians who will continue reaping the educational, therapeutic and social benefits of playing music, long after the month of March is over."
Keep
Music Alive is honored to welcome the following music brands as partners for the 6th Annual Teach
Music Week: Alfred Music, Casio, Conn-Selmer, D'Addario Foundation, Hungry For Music, Kala
Brand Music,
Music &
Sounds Retailer, and Remo. Together, they are helping to share the Teach
Music Week message, inspiring more children and adults to begin their musical journey.
Music & Arts, the largest music lesson provider in the country, is participating in Teach
Music Week by holding an Open House Weekend Friday March 20 through Sunday March 22 featuring an Open Mic special event and complimentary
Beginner Guitar Classes at all locations (www.MusicArts.com/OpenHouse)
Individual locations from additional chains participating this year include Long & McQuade, Kindermusik, Gymboree Play & Music,
Music Together and the legendary School of Rock. Keep
Music Alive is also grateful for grant support received from the Les Paul Foundation and
Music Nomad Equipment Care. For more information or to find participating locations, please visit www.TeachMusicWeek.org or contact
Vincent James at (610) 874-6312 and vincent(at)keepmusicalive(dot)org.
Keep
Music Alive is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to promoting the value of music: educationally, therapeutically and overall making us a happier society. To support this mission, they created two international music holidays: Teach
Music Week (3rd week in March) and Kids
Music Day (1st Friday in October). Each year, Keep
Music Alive partners with hundreds of music school and retail locations to celebrate by offering free music lessons and holding numerous community events including open houses, student music performances, instrument petting zoos, community jams, instrument donation drives and more. For more information, please visit www.KeepMusicAlive.org.
Music in Our Schools Month® is a registered trademark belonging to the
National Association for
Music Education (www.NAfME.org).
