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Music for All Unveils:
Music for All's informative, innovative, redesigned web site was created to integrate the content of the previous bands.org, orchestraamerica.org and music-for-all.org sites into one cohesive resource. Music for All used extensive research through focus groups, expressed visitor needs and analysis of site usage to create a site with improved user navigation and more expansive points of entry.
Just a few of the things you can do on musicforall.org: learn about all of Music for All's programs, including Bands of America and Orchestra America events; research and advocacy initiatives; subscribe to podcasts, newsfeeds, eNewsletter, recaps and results; join the Music for All Network; purchase tickets, DVDs, historical recordings and more.
See for yourself and explore!
Remembering Sandy Feldstein (1940-2007)
On August 30, 2007, Music for All Board Member Sandy Feldstein lost his year-long battle with cancer.
A beloved friend, Sandy devoted his life to music education.
His work and influence is apparent across the music industry and music education.
Read Bob Morrison's tribute to his long-time friend and mentor.
To celebrate his life, the Feldstein family is establishing the Sandy Feldstein Music Education Fund.
It is their hope that the generosity of those who loved their father and husband and those who love music will ultimately lead to a scholarship in his name.
Please join us by recognizing Sandy Feldstein's incredible impact on music education by donating to the Sandy Feldstein Music Education Fund.
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SupportMusic Community Action Kit
The SupportMusic Community Action Kit is designed to help you promote music education.
Get your Kit by calling NAMM at 800.767.6266 or e-mailing your request to info@namm.org.
Music for All is a proud national partner of the SupportMusic Coalition.
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Music for All releases groundbreaking report: Within Our Power: The Progress, Plight and Promise of Arts Education for Every Child
On September 18, 2007, New Jersey Secretary of State, Nina Mitchell Wells, and Commissioner of Education, Lucille E. Davy, along with the project partners for the New Jersey Arts Education Census Project, participated in the release of the report WITHIN OUR POWER: The Progress, Plight and Promise of Arts Education for Every Child.
The report was announced via webcast and before a live studio audience at New Jersey Network Studios in Trenton.
The Report includes the highlights, findings and recommendations from the New Jersey Arts Education Census Project.
Within Our Power is the result of collaboration between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, the New Jersey Department of Education, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, and Music for All.
Additional support was provided by NAMM - International Music Products Association, the D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts and David Bryan of Bon Jovi.
"The big headlines are first, the need for better accountability for arts education.
Great policies with no accountability means far too many students do not have access to a quality education that includes the arts, and access and equity is what this is ultimately about.
Secondly, socioeconomic status is not a factor.
There are great arts programs across all economic categories in New Jersey," stated Bob Morrison, Music for All Executive Vice President and the director of the project.
The Census Project is being hailed as a model for how other states and communities may measure the status and condition of arts education.
Read the report and related findings
View the report press conference
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Live Webcasts: Grand National Finals, San Antonio Super Regional Finals
New Pay-Per-View Option $19.95 each
There's nothing like being there in person, but if you just can't make it, your computer is the next best thing!
For the first time, you have the option to get Grand National Finals LIVE Webcast for just $19.95.
You can also get the San Antonio Super Regional Finals LIVE Webcast for $19.95.
These Pay-Per-View options are for the live one-time show only, as it happens.
Watch your inbox for PPV order info as soon as it is available.
Your Best Bet? Become a Music for All Network Member and Get These Webcasts plus St. Louis and Atlanta Super Regionals On-Demand
Music for All Network Members get all this included in their annual dues of $30* (lower dues available to Hub members)
- Grand National Finals Live
- San Antonio Super Regional Finals Live
- Post-Event, On-Demand: Grand National Finals, San Antonio Super Regional Finals, St. Louis Super Regional Finals, Atlanta Super Regional Finals
As a Music for All Virtual Network Member, you can watch the LIVE Webcasts PLUS the full collection of post-event, on-demand streaming video whenever you want, as often as you want.
Do the math and you'll see that you can get full access to great video for less than the total of the Pay-Per-View options.
* Amount of dues based on member school age level.
Join the Network to get both live Webcasts PLUS On-Demand
New Lower Prices for 2006 and 2005 BOA Championship DVDs
Music for All has dropped prices of Bands of America Championship DVDs. 2006 Grand National Finals DVD Set is now just $78. All 2006 Regional and Super Regional Finals DVD Sets are now just $50.
We've dropped the prices of 2005 DVDs even lower. 2005 Grand National Finals DVD Set is now only $45 and 2005 Regional and Super Regional Finals DVD Sets are now just $35.
We've established new lower pricing for the previous two year's BOA Championship DVDs.
Buy online now or onsite at this fall's BOA Championships at the Mr. Video booth.
See all the past year BOA Championship Legacy Videos as blowout prices!
Connect: The Music for All Network
Imagine being part of the largest national network of support for all music.
The Music for All Network is the first social network and chapters-based program for people who love music and want to make a difference.
Spread the word to your friends, family, students and colleagues about the new Music for All Network to grow this grassroots community of music enthusiasts.
Forward this email to a friend who shares your passion for music.
Check out my.musicforall.org to learn more and join our community!
We can't wait to see you there!
BOA Championship Season is Underway!
BOA's Fall Championship season kicked off Saturday, Sept. 15 with the Fall Preview Experience in Carmel, IN.
We continued on Sept. 22 with three events in Oxford, OH; Ft. Mill, SC and Owasso, OK.
This weekend's events include Ypsilanti, MI and Midlothian, TX.
See the schedule of 21 BOA Championships and who's enrolled.
Buy tickets at the gate or order tickets online for upcoming shows.
Become a Music for All Network Subscriber* for BOA results, recaps, discussion forums and more.
*The NEW home for BOA Network members...if you were an active BOA Network member, you're already an MFA Network Subscriber.
Upgrade to "Virtual Membership" to get video and more!
San Diego's Colortone To Be Featured at Garage Bands America
The band Colortone will play at Garage Bands America, Fri. night, Nov. 16 in Indianapolis.
Colortone's music is an eclectic blend of rock, alternative, blues, reggae, funk and hip-hop.
The former classmates started the band while in high school.
Now they're spread out: Tolan Shaw, 18, going to University of San Diego; Robin Park, 19, to Northern Arizona University and Eric Christensen,18, to UC Santa Cruz.
The coolest part is Colortone's path to MFA.
"I found out about Music for All when I picked up an MFA Awareness bracelet at the Guitar Center in San Marcos, California," says Robin.
"After reading the packaging, I became more interested and went to your web site and found exactly what we wanted."
What they wanted was a charity to donate proceeds from their first CD, Destiny Unknown.
They not only donated all proceeds after cost to support Music for All, but set up donation tables at performances as well.
"Colortone's message - Music's for the people: love to play, play to love," says Tolan.
"Music is an expression that all can embrace, interpret and feel, one that will never die and will constantly be created and twisted to signify the artists emotions.
It is our joy and sanctuary in life."
Listen to a Colortone track
Wanna Play? We're still looking for a few great bands to play at the 2007 Garage Bands America show, Friday, Nov. 16 on Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis, part of the Grand National Championships' Celebrate America.
Members must be 21 or younger, all musical styles welcome.
Download the application and audition DVD requirements.
Deadline to apply: October 15
Music for All Wins 10 Pinnacle Awards from the International Festivals and Events Association
Music for All was presented with ten awards in the prestigious IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards competition, September 19, 2007 during the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Ceremony held at the IFEA's 52nd Annual Convention & Expo, in Atlanta, Georgia.
MFA won awards in the following categories:
- Best Event Video for Sale - Silver - 2006 Grand National Finals DVD
- Best Organizational Website - Bronze
- Best Organizational E-Newsletter - Gold
- Best Miscellaneous Multimedia-Gold - Ringtones
- Best Miscellaneous Multimedia-Bronze - Summer Symposium Coverage (blog, photo gallery, video)
- Best Organizational Newsletter - Silver
- Best Street Banner-Gold-Grand National Skywalk Wrap
- Best Sponsor - Bronze - Yamaha, National Presenting Sponsor
- Best Community Outreach Program - Silver - INergy, Indy's Musical Ambassadors
- Best Other Merchandise - Silver - Music for All Stamped Necktag
Signature Sounds: Simon Boyar
Official Artist Publication of the Yamaha Band & Orchestral Division
The latest issue of Signature sounds features recently signed Yamaha Marimba Artist, Simon Boyar (pictured right).
At just 25-years old, the marimba virtuoso's resume reads like that of a musician more than twice his age.
Boyar also seeks to expand the repertory, perception and setting of the modern marimba, to spotlight it as a solo instrument, and to incorporate it into the mainstream musical landscape.
Signature Sounds is a free eMagazine from the Yamaha Band & Orchestral Division.
Subscribers are treated to full-length, in-depth interviews, short news updates and a complete listing of all Yamaha clinics across the United States.
Read the Latest Issue
Music for All is supported by the Arts Council of
Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis.
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