MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Mission Statement 

PREAMBLE
Music allows us to celebrate and preserve our cultural heritages, and also to explore the realms of expression, imagination, and creation resulting in new knowledge. Therefore, every individual should be guaranteed the opportunity to learn music and to share in musical experiences.

MENC's MISSION
The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.