Current Press Releases
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- June 20, 2009 -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education and Drum Corps International Form Partnership to “Add Quality to Life through Music”
- June 18, 2009 -- Celebrities and Students Deliver More than 120,000 Petition Signatures Supporting Music and Arts Education to Secretary of Education
- June 17, 2009 -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces Recipients of 2009 Teaching Music Awards
- June 15, 2009 -- Visual Arts, Music Achievement Stand As Core Component to Student Academic Success Across the United States
- June 4, 2009 -- 2009 NSBA/MENC Student Electronic Music Composition Talent Search Winners Announced
- May 18, 2009 -- New Publication Explores the “Things We Learn and Meanings We Make” through Music
- May 14, 2009 -- Music Honor Society Students Rally to “Change Music Education … for the Better!”
- May 14, 2009 -- Music and the Young Mind Provides “Wonderful and Imaginative Musical Ideas” in a Practical Guide for Early Childhood Educators
- May 8, 2009 -- Building Strong Music Programs Now Available from MENC: The National Association for Music Education and Rowman & Littlefield Education
- May 4, 2009 -- Music Inspires Creations by Students and Teachers for Music In Our Schools Month®
- May 1, 2009 -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces the 2008 Lowell Mason Fellows
- February 25, 2009 -- Steven Van Zandt, Mark O’Connor, Marty Stuart, and Clay Aiken Answer the Question “Why Music?” for Music In Our Schools Month®
- February 13, 2009 -- MENC Announces State Finalists in BMI John Lennon Scholarship Program
- February 13, 2009 -- School Musical Ensembles from Around the Nation Featured in World’s Largest Concert® on March 12, 2009
- February 6, 2009 -- "Music! Just Imagine..." Contest Inspires Eloquent Words from Young Music Students
- January 14, 2009 -- Tennessee Area Band “The WannaBeatles” Holds Tribute to Benefit MENC: The National Association for Music Education
- January 14, 2009 -- Music and Arts Integrated Math Enrichment Lessons
- January 14, 2009 -- "Close Your Eyes and Imagine India..."
- December 9, 2008 -- "How to Bring Musicals to Life in Middle School"
- November 7, 2008 -- Compelling Testimony Honors the Legacy of Generations of Music Educators in New Publication
- October 6, 2008 -- Voices from Around the Globe Will Sing Along with the World’s Largest Concert® on March 12, 2009
- September 17, 2008 -- “My Music Class” Receives Education Standard of Excellence Recognition in 2008 WebAward Competition
- August 15, 2008 -- Clay Aiken and Marty Stuart Answer the Question "Why Music?" as Students Head Back to School
- July 30, 2008 -- Annual Caitlin Memorial Scholarships Announced
- June 23, 2008 -- The 2008 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band Receives ASAE’s 2008 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence
- June 20, 2008 --MENC to Serve Jazz Educators through Formation of Society for Jazz Education
- June 16, 2008
Timbaland, GQ’s Gentlemen’s Fund to Support Music Education through MENC - June 13, 2008 -- National Anthem Project on Capitol Hill
- June 13, 2008
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces Tri-M® Chapter of the Year Recognition Winners - June 6, 2008
2008 NSBA/MENC Student Electronic Music Composition Talent Search Winners Announced - May 29, 2008
Improvisation is Focus of New Publication for Jazz Educators - May 8, 2008
Serving Jazz Educators is the Aim of New Initiative by MENC: The National Association for Music Education - April 21, 2008
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces the 2007 Lowell Mason Fellows - April 18, 2008
Music Teachers Can Expand the Borders of their Classrooms with New Guide to Teaching Mariachi - March 5, 2008
Music Educator's Approach Breathes New Life into Traditional Recorder Teaching and Performing - March 5, 2008
Clues to Controlling Music Classrooms Offered in New Publication - March 5, 2008
Web Clicks Support Music Education In March - March 5, 2008
"Blood, Sweat, and Tears" Combine to Create Model Music Programs - February 27, 2008
The King's Singers and The 5 Browns Answer the Question "Why Music?" for Music In Our Schools Month® - February 14, 2008
Voices from Around the Globe Will Sing Along with the World's Largest Concert® on March 13, 2008 - February 1, 2008
John Lennon Lives On -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces State Finalists in the BMI John Lennon Scholarship Program - January 14, 2008
Twenty-Two Music Students Score Nation's Best in MENC: The National Association for Music Education's - December 21, 2007
Keeping Your "Equipment" in Shape is Focus of New Publication - November 12, 2007
New Harris Poll Links Music Education to Advanced Studies and Higher Incomes - October 11, 2007
School Music is the Focus for Thousands of Music Educators at the 61st National Biennial In-Service Conference of MENC: The National Association for Music Education - October 10, 2007
MENC Collegiate Program Celebrates 60 Years of Supporting Future Music Educators - October 3, 2007
Voices from Around the Globe Will Sing Along with the World's Largest Concert on March 13, 2008 - August 9, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces Tri-M® Chapter of the Year Recognition Winners - July 25, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces Recipients of Fourth Annual Memorial Scholarships - June 25, 2007
2007 NSBA/MENC Student Electronic Music Composition Talent Search Winners Announced - June 19, 2007
Kids Helping Kids through Music Rewarded: 2006 World's Largest Concert for Feed The Children Scores Telly Award - June 11, 2007
Music Education's Past Celebrated, Future Examined at Centennial Congress and Celebration - April 9, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces the 2006 Lowell Mason Fellows - April 5, 2007
Music Education, American History, and U. S. Army Band Unite in Liberty for All: A Musical Journey Volume 2 Westward Expansion-Industrial Revolution - March 29, 2007
MENC's National Anthem Project Road Show Named PRWeek 2007 Non-Profit Campaign of the Year - March 19, 2007
School Music Ensembles from Green Bay, WI, Chesapeake, VA, and Cheyenne, WY Share the Spotlight During March — Music In Our Schools Month® 2007 - March 1, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Welcomes J. W. Pepper & Son Inc. as First "Elite" Corporate Member - February 28, 2007
Advice for Music Educators to Help Students Thrive Offered in New Publication - February 28, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Announces MENC State Finalists in the BMI John Lennon Scholarship Program - February 20, 2007
Trisha Yearwood, Al Jarreau, Kathy Mattea, Edgar Meyer, and Bonnie Rideout Answer the Question "Why Music?" for Music In Our Schools Month® - February 12, 2007
America's Best Student Musicians to Take the Field as "2008 All-American Marching Band" at U.S. Army All-American Bowl - January 24, 2007
Spotlight Will Shine on School Music Programs in March — Music In Our Schools Month® 2007 - January 5, 2007
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Celebrates Centennial in 2007 with Centennial Congress, Commemorative Books, and World-Record-Setting Performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" - January 5, 2007
Preparing Music Educators to be Advocates for School Music is Goal of New Webinar Series from MENC: The National Association for Music Education - January 5, 2007
Innovative Sing-Along Concert/Fundraising Campaign for Needy Children Wins Recognition for MENC: The National Association for Music Education - January 3, 2007
The Steel Band Game Plan: Strategies for Starting, Building, and Maintaining Your Pan Program Published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education in Partnership with Rowman & Littlefield Education - January 1, 2007
National Anthem Project honors choir to sing in the 118th Tournament Of Roses Parade