News and Resources

On May 30, Ohio will join two other U.S. states (Colorado and Arkansas) in starting a statewide instrument-donation program, sponsored by a number of collaborating music education organizations and a lot of volunteers.

Creative Capital for Artists is a free resource that announces, grants, residencies, and award opportunities for artists in all disciplines.

Each summer for the past 18 years, Music Connects has brought 60 young people from divided and marginalized communities across the Western Balkans together in Skopje.

Carnegie Hall celebrates 15 years of its Musical Connections program with Sing Sing Voices, a new collection of video playlists featuring original music created by participants and alumni at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison.

For over 100 years, Britain’s Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has supported music education in the U.K. and across the world.

If you are going to hire a staff member as your first dedicated fundraiser, Patrick Slevin (Executive Director of Austin Soundwaves) offers advice based on his personal experience.

The Art of Positive Fatalism – Lessons from Kinshasa is a new book by Lukas Pairon, the founder of the international research organization SIMM (Social Impact of Making Music).

The youth orchestra of the Brazilian program NEOJIBA has just returned from its 10th international tour, having visited Frankfurt, Germany, and four cities in China.

El Sistema Oman, a new youth orchestra program based in the Gulf area of Muscat, Oman, is completing its pilot year.

“Arts Plural: A Reader on Artistic Intelligence” is available free from the ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) Biennial Conference 2024.