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Instrument Manufacturers:
Publishers:
Information resources for musicians:
- Canadian Brass site,
with discography and information about sales, rentals, and instruments.
There are even e-mail links to the players!
- TCMR Communications Church
musician oriented newsletters and other references.
Instrument Related Links:
Web Sites for Other Music Education Organizations:
- American Music
Conference. Internet site for this national organization dedicated
to the promotion of music for the general public. A national arts
advocacy site.
- Arts Education Parterships.
State and local arts education partnerships across the United
States, including Champions of Change after school programs.
- Mr. Holland's Opus
Foundation. An organization dedicated to promoting instrumental
music nationwide by partnering with businesses, schools, and
communities to provide new and refurbished musical instruments
to qualified
schools and individual students.
- Music
Education Online. A directory of K-12 music education resources
on the Internet maintained by Larry Newman, executive director
of the Childrens Music Workshop in Los Angeles.
- Music Publishers
Association. MPA addresses itself to issues pertaining
to every area of music publishing for the advancement of standard,
contemporary,
and educational music.
- Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA). MTNA is a nonprofit organization of
24,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed
to furthering
the art of music through programs that encourage and support
teaching, performance, composition and scholarly research.
- National Association
of Music Merchants. NAMM's missions are to unify lead,
and strengthen the global music products industry and support
music
education.
- National
Band Association. The largest band organization in the
world was organized for the purpose of promoting the musical
and educational
significance of bands and is dedicated to the attainment of
a high level of excellence for bands and band music.
- National Endowment
for the Arts. The NEA serves the public good by nurturing
the expression of human creativity, supporting the cultivation
of community
spirit, and fostering the recognition and appreciation of the
excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments.
- The National Foundation
for Advancement in the Arts. Its mission is to identify
emerging artists and assist them at critical junctures in their
educational
and professional developments, and to raise appreciation for,
and support of, the arts in American society.
- Organization
of American Kodály Educators. OAKE's purpose is
to promote Kodály's
concept of "Music for Everyone" through the improvement
of music education in schools.
- President's Committee
on the Arts and Humanities.
- SupportMusic.com This
is an excellent resource to direct parents on how to promote
their school's music program as well as how to save the program
from
budget cuts.
- Wisconsin
State Music Association The official Wisconsin State
Music Association Festival music listing.
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