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There’s something for everyone in Classical Music Futures: Practices of Innovation, a free e-book for music scholars, practitioners, administrators, and educators interested in international perspectives on classical music.

As a first-time attendee at the El Sistema USA Symposium, an annual event that brings together people from across the U.S. who are involved in Sistema-inspired work, I didn’t quite know what to expect. But the experience was invaluable. It took place June 13-15, and I am still buzzing with inspiration and excitement about being part of the El Sistema community. 

We know how hard it is to obtain funding for the work you do, so we’re eager to share two grant opportunities that support community-building and international cultural-exchange initiatives.

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music is serious about helping children get an early start on musical enrichment.

If music is the universal language that brings people together, one would assume that this truth would hold for music education as well. But often, unfortunately, our field can pull people apart into seemingly oppositional camps. Over the course of my career as an arts education leader, I have witnessed many of these schisms, as well as their resolutions. I’d like to share three such dichotomies here.

What is music education for?

Sound Diplomacy is looking carefully at how music, culture, and economic development are in close dialogue with one another.

Big news from the Miami Music Project’s Teaching Artists Training Institute! They just received a whopping $1.3 million grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, offering multi-year support to increase the social impact of teaching artists in music education.

What sounds better than a trip to Athens in October? How about the chance to meet and learn from arts educators from around the world?

Twelve years ago, Carnegie Hall started the Lullaby Project, inviting new parents to create original lullabies for their children in an effort to promote wellness and social inclusion.

Yesterday, The Lewis Prize for Music debuted four short films featuring stories of impact from Creative Youth Development organizations across the U.S.