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In the mid-19th century, educator Luther Whiting Mason established music education in the schools of Cincinnati, and become a prominent author of textbooks. His National Music Course, first published in 1870, was a widely adopted standard part of many American curricula. Music education continued to expand across the country, and gained in ...
Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do original research on ways of teaching and learning music.
Berklee College of Music and Music Will partnered [22] with the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to expand the district's Modern Band music program to an additional 60,000 students in 600 city schools. [23] The Amp Up NYC initiative is the largest private investment to date in a city's public school music education program. [24]
The Fender Music Foundation (FMF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants musical instruments and equipment to ongoing music education programs in the United States. Many of the grants they award go to music education in schools and organizations for under privileged or mentally disabled children, teenagers and adults.
American Festival for the Arts (AFA) was founded in 1993 by composer and arts advocate, J. Todd Frazier. [1] AFA's function is to provide community based music education programs and performance opportunities for young people and, through its concert series and outreach, to broaden the audience for both American works and the Classical music repertory.
Music SA, formerly AusMusicSA and also known as South Australian Contemporary Music Company Ltd, is a non-profit organisation whose aims are to promote, support and develop contemporary music in South Australia, which it does by providing training at many levels, professional development advice and live performance opportunities.
By the 1960s, jazz music was losing ground to rock music, and the founders of the AACM felt that a proactive group of musicians would add creativity and outlet for new music. [3] The AACM was formed in May 1965 by a group of musicians centered on pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, who had organized the Experimental Band since 1961. [4]
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