The Importance of Music Heroes In Your Child’s Musical Journey
By Marc C. Whitt Most often times when we think of heroes, images come to mind of those who have...
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Category: Advocacy
Marc Time!
Marc Whitt joins AMP as its new Digital Marketing/PR Manager. Beginning today, Marc Whitt is now part of an even larger musical family—those who belong to the National Association of Music Parents and he couldn’t be any more excited!
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Changing of the Guard
Though I’ve really enjoyed my time as AMP’s Social Media Manager, it’s with a...
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AMP Participating in Give Local America, a National Day of Giving!
Consider Making a Charitable Contribution Today! Event ends at 11:59 p.m. On Tuesday, May 6th,...
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How I Wasted Half My Life on Band
If your child wants to join band one day, I strongly encourage you to let them! They’ll learn discipline and determination, they’ll build lifelong quality friendships, and they may even get some college paid for, too! Take it from someone who is going on 11 years of amazing experiences. Band is awesome!
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A Tale of Two Counties: Lessons Learned
Welcome to the last in a four-part series by Dr. John Benham, a nationally renowned music educator who specializes in helping save music programs that have been targeted for devastating budget cuts. This week he shows us the results from taking (or not!) the right steps at the right times.
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A Tale of Two Counties: Reverse Economics
Welcome to the third in a four-part series by Dr. John Benham, a nationally renowned music educator who specializes in helping save music programs that have been targeted for devastating budget cuts. Today, he’ll introduce us to the reverse economics that will impress bean-counters.
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A Tale of Two Counties: The Importance of A Strong Music Coalition
Welcome to the second in a four-part series by Dr. John Benham, a nationally renowned music educator who specializes in helping save music programs that have been targeted for devastating budget cuts. This week, he touches on the importance of building a strong music coalition.
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Nominate Your Music Teacher for the 2014 GRAMMY Music Educator Award!
As parents, we do the best we can to teach our kids, and be positive role models for them. But it takes a village, as they say, and one of the best role models in your village just might be your child’s music teacher.
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A Tale of Two Counties: Introduction
Welcome to the first in a four-part series by Dr. John Benham, a nationally renowned music educator who specializes in helping save music programs that have been targeted for devastating budget cuts. In his first piece for AMP, Dr. Benham introduces us to two counties in which cuts to music education are proposed.
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Broader Minded
Recently, a new campaign was launched by the National Association for Music Education called broader minded. The website offers a well-designed interface to help music education advocates like us make their cases to decision makers on every level.
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Run Run Run
It happened. Every single school board member is a music parent complete with razor sharp...
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