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N E W S L E T T E R Fall 2014

NMC to Promote Copyright Members Requested to Education Program at Help Spread the Word Nashville NAfME About NMC’s Award Conference Winning Copyright Education Materials

The NMC board is requesting that member organizations promote our new, innovative education tool for primary school students designed to teach respect and admiration for creators, inventors and their works.

The program was created by the National Music Council and Music Publishers' Association to teach young students the consequences of The National Music Council will be disrespecting the rights of creators, and promoting its I Made It… Please Don’t how activity such as appropriating the Steal It copyright education tools at the work of others without permission National Association for Music negatively impacts creators and stifles Education conference in Nashville on creativity in general. October 26-29. We invite and encourage you to stop by our booth! The lesson plan, video, and educational extension activities are available via a free website at: http://www.IMadeIt.org. ADVOCACY ACTION: Sign the The 2:30 Emmy Award winning PSA is NAfME/Change.org petition to also available by clicking here. Department of Education and Congress: “You say music is a core subject, it’s The NMC is requesting members to post time your policies reflect that”. a link and/or article on their organization website and in member magazines that feature the classroom teaching tools and the PSA. We need members to help National Music Council and in get the word out and believe that the issue is of interest to your membership, Music Publishers as it affects the entire creative and Association Announce 2014 educational communities. Copyright Awareness

You can find an article on the program, Scholarship Winners the press release announcing the Emmy Award, and view the award winning The NMC and MPA have announced video and teaching tools at the National the winners of the 2014 Copyright Music Council Website at Awareness Scholarship for creative www.musiccouncil.org. videos that engage students in copyright and intellectual property protection. The Please let NMC know of your scholarship award was introduced in willingness to disseminate this 2010 by the Music Publishers information by contacting the NMC Association. Joining with other office at (973) 655-7974, or via email at educational outreach organizations like [email protected]. the National Music Council and the National Association for Music Education, the MPA has awarded more than $50,000 in funds.

NMC Postpones The winners are: Nashville American Eagle Awards 1st prize: Sean Musaeus of Portland, Oregon:

Annual Membership Meeting to Take Place in NYC on December 12th

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts with honorees and presenters, the National Music Council has postponed the presentation of the Nashville American Eagle Awards. The awards will be re-scheduled in Nashville during Sean Musaeus is a Sophomore at spring of 2015. Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon. While he has yet to declare his The annual membership meeting that major, he's been focusing on music and had been scheduled for the same day biology but also has interests in has been re-scheduled in New York City photography, filmmaking and fiction- on the afternoon of December 12th. writing. Details on location will be sent to members in the coming weeks.

2 2nd prize: Inioluwa Oguntola of copyright and intellectual property is Fayetteville, New York: important. .

About the Music Publishers Association Founded in 1895, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest music trade organization in the United States, fostering communication among publishers, dealers, music educators, and all ultimate users of music.

Inioluwa Oguntola is a senior at Manlius This non-profit association addresses Pebble High School in Fayetteville, New itself to issues pertaining to every area York. He plans to study engineering in of music publishing with an emphasis on the fall, though he hasn't settled on the issues relevant to the publishers of where he will head for school. print music for concert and educational purposes. 3rd prize: Sunny Yang of Chicago, Illinois:

Music Education Policy Roundtable Lobbies 114th Congress

The Music Education Policy Roundtable, of which NMC is a member, has drafted th the following letter to the 114 Congress. NMC encourages all of its Sunny Yang is a college junior at the member organizations and their Illinois Institute of Technology studying constituents to support these policies by marketing business, marketing and writing letters of their own to legislators. advertising. Dear Senator/Representative: We would also like to extend a round of applause to our honorable mention On the eve of the 114th Congress, and students Matthew Randall, Thomas with the state of our nation’s Phelan and Josiah Brown. We are sure th all of these students have a bright future prekindergarten-12 schools ever in the ahead of them in the fields they wish to forefront of the minds of voters and pursue. candidates, we ask that you make classroom music education a priority in Judges were extremely impressed with any legislation pertaining to education— the creativity that this year's students from preschool development funding to brought to the table, and commend all of reauthorization of the Elementary and the brave students who told us why Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

3 The Music Education Policy Roundtable, generally benefit the field, and to a coalition of 30 organizations standing assist organizations working to together to promote music education for accurately gauge the landscape every U.S. student, uphold the following and provide support to educators status for music education and seven in areas of the country where legislative priorities: music education is threatened.

· Core Status: In order to ensure that all · Accountability: Congress should students receive a include in any re-authorization of comprehensive education the ESEA, accountability including sequential, standards- provisions that include a measure based music education as part of of and for student achievement in the core curriculum, we ask that music, to be implemented in a Congress maintain the status of manner that ensures fairness to the arts as a core academic all students. subject in any reauthorization of the ESEA. · Funding: Congress should ensure that all appropriate federal funding · Evaluation: Congress and the U.S. streams authorized under the Department of Education should ESEA, particularly Title I monies, offer guidance language are made available for purposes recommending that music of teaching music and for music educators be evaluated on how education teacher training. well their students learn and achieve in their respective · Accessibility: Congress and the U.S. disciplines. Accountability for any Department of Education should and all such measures of offer language acknowledging the evaluation should be directly nationwide trend of reduced attributable to certified music school day time for music teachers. New evaluation education programs, and systems should be developed in recommending that this trend be the context of the number of reversed, via an increased focus students being taught and on the delivery of comprehensive instructional time available, curricula of learning. limiting the use of data to reliable measures. Likewise, observation- · Charter Schools: The U.S. based teacher evaluations should Department of Education should be limited to those conducted by offer guidance language to those individuals with expertise in involved in the development and music education. administration of public charter schools, recommending that · Research: Congress should mandate curricular decisions be made with that the U.S. Department of an eye toward providing all Education develop and carry out students with a comprehensive the process of collecting and education, including music taught disseminating federal data by certified educators. pursuant to the status of music education programs in order to

4 · Early Childhood Education: Congress ADVOCACY ACTION: should ensure that all appropriate federal funding for early Sign the childhood education, including NAfME/Change.org but not limited to those funds petition to Department of made available under Head Start, Early Head Start, and the Child Education and Congress: Care and Development Block “You say music is a core Grant, as well as any proposed subject, it’s time your legislation, is made available for early music education and for policies reflect that”. purposes of early music education teacher training. Further, Congress and the U.S. Department of Education should Music Education News issue guidance language clarifying the availability of funds under such programs for the Announcing the New National Core purpose of early music education. Music Standards: The National Please keep these priorities in Coalition for Core Arts Standards mind as you clarify your positions has released the New National Core on educational priorities during Music Standards after two years of election season, and when you inclusive writing and review involving return to Capitol Hill in January. hundreds of music educators. The new Our nation’s progress depends standards replace the original standards on the success of our students, released twenty years ago, and and we know music education is represent a notable shift in the a critical component of a Coalition's recommended approach to complete education, preparing improving each student's musical st education experience, supporting students for the 21 century educators with enhanced instructional workforce. Will you stand with us strategies, and emphasizing the benefits in these commitments to music of music education for the community at education? We look forward to large. your statement of support. Unlike national Common Core Click here for more information on the standards that have been widely Music Education Policy Roundtable criticized for narrowing student learning opportunities, the New National Core Music Standards aim to broaden and deepen learning opportunities for students.

Unlike controversial education standards mandated within other disciplines, the New National Core Music Standards were written by a team

5 of professional music educators and feeling about national education topics. vetted through a two-year inclusive Out of those polled 81% had heard of public review process. Common Core, and 60% opposed local teachers using Common Core to guide The standards were developed by the how they teach. Interestingly, 54% of profession for the profession, with a Americans say standardized testing is student-centered focus that respects “Not Helpful,” including a majority of each professional educator's teaching both parties (52% of Republicans and style and unique contributions. The 54% of Democrats); perhaps more goal of the new standards is not to tellingly, that number jumps to 68% if impose restrictive rules governing what the respondent identified as a public to do or how to teach, but to provide school parent. In addition, 32% of voluntary and pragmatic flexible Americans say that lack of funding is the processes and strategies that can be greatest obstacle, but there is a sharp welcomed, implemented, and assessed partisan divide, with 44% of Democrats in every American school district. and only 21% of Republicans agreeing. To read more click here. The new standards seek to instill music literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding, which is a departure from the previous emphasis New Jersey Pioneers Music and Arts on knowledge and skills. The new Education Support: Following the standards reflect the actual processes in inclusion of the arts in New Jersey’s which musicians engage. The standards School Performance Reports released cultivate a student's ability to carry out by the State Department of the Three Artistic Processes of Creating, Education, Inside New Jersey Magazine Performing and Responding, presented has included the arts as one of their together as steps, which enables criteria used to rank the best high students to understand music holistically schools across the state. This is the first in a way that relates to their personal life time the arts have been used as a experiences. qualitative measure of high schools across the state and may be seen as a The new standards provide teachers model for other publishers across the with frameworks that closely match the nation. unique goals of their specialized classes. The standards are presented in In January 2014, New Jersey became a grade-by-grade sequence from pre-K the first state in the nation to include arts through grade 8, and discrete strands education measures as part of the address common high-school music annual School Performance Reports classes, such as Ensembles and Music including information on the percentage Composition/Theory. of students enrolled in each of the four arts disciplines (Dance, Music, Theater, Find out more at nafme.org/standards. and Visual Arts). In March, the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership debuted Interactive School Performance PDK/Gallup Poll on Public Attitudes Dashboards for Arts Education based toward Public Schools: A new poll on the individual high school data from sheds light on how Americans are the School Performance Reports 6 released by the New Jersey State Republican member of the Senate Department of Education. Read more Health, Education, Labor and Pensions here. (HELP) Committee, and Rep. Kline is chairman of the House Education and · To read the Inside New Jersey Workforce Committee. The request asks coverage of arts education in the School that the GAO look into several waiver Performance Reports, Click Here. issues, including the Department of Education’s process for approving and · To review the Inside New Jersey list of denying waivers, and the changes that High School rankings, Click Here. states have made in order to qualify for a waiver from the department. Learn · For more information about the School more here. Performance Reports and information regarding arts education, visit http://www.artsednj.org/arts-education- data.asp

!! California MEA Adopts STEAM Position Statement: This month the California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Board of Directors adopted a MEMBER REPORTS “STEAM (Science, Technology, English, Arts, and Math) Education Position Statement,” which it plans to distribute widely to constituents of the state via standup4music.org and other channels. AATS “CMEA calls for music classes taught by full-time, qualified music teachers to be The American Academy of Teachers of scheduled alongside other STEAM Singing meets five times a year in New curricula,” the statement reads in part. York City for discussion on pedagogical “Music education is most effective when matters; opinion papers are written presented on its own by those with based on these discussions. educational and musical training.” To learn more click here. In Support of Fact-Based Voice Pedagogy and Terminology was presented at the NATS National Conference in Boston, July 8, 2014. An Education Committee Members additional paper was made available at Commission GAO Report on No Child the Conference: Research and Left Behind: Earlier this month Senator Creative Accomplishment in Lamar Alexander and Representative Promotion and Tenure: A Realistic John Kline requested in a letter to the Look at Expectations for Teachers of Government Accountability Office on Singing in Academia. These papers Tuesday that the agency study the can be found in their entirety at the current waiver policy for No Child Left Academy website. Readers are invited Behind. Senator Alexander is the senior to post comments through the moderator. Both papers will be 7 published in the fall issue of the Journal September 19th marked the the one- of Singing. Members of the Academy year anniversary of MCANA's newest were active participants and presenters initiative, Classical Voice North America, at the NATS Conference, July 5-9, a web journal for classical music 2014. criticism and commentary that seeks to bring music alive to the reader via links, We are continuing our efforts for arts images, audio/video samples, etc. at a education as outlined in our paper time when coverage of classical music published in 2012, Keeping Music in performances in traditional print media the Schools: Advocating for the Arts has declined in many areas. as Core Curriculum, an issue of continuing importance in 2014. The Barbara Jepson, President MCANA members of the Academy believe that all children should have the opportunity to participate in musical activities and receive music education from highly qualified and inspired teachers. Papers written by the Academy are available on NGCAE the website for the use of other authors as long as there is an acknowledgement Register for the 2014 Conference for of the source. Community Arts Education Join more than 500 leaders from 300+ The Academy is implementing online th conferencing to accommodate members organizations nationwide at the 77 outside the New York area in order to annual Conference for Community Arts increase participation in discussion. Education (November 19-22, Los Recent new members are Lorraine Angeles, CA) as we explore ways to Manz, Oberlin, Margaret Cusack, amplify our impact, increase demand Westminster Choir College of Rider and support for arts education, and University, and Brian Horne, Indiana transform our communities. The focus of University. this year’s conference - catalyzing positive change through arts education - has profound implications for all involved: staff, teaching artists, trustees, students, and our partners in other sectors. Through your participation, MCANA you’ll gain knowledge, relationships, and inspiration to advance your organization The Music Critics Association of North and shape the future. America held its 2014 annual meeting on June 17-19 in Chicago, in Register now. Advance Registration conjunction with the Chicago Symphony Deadline: October 30. Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony. Earlier in June, a handful of MCANA critics took part in an institute at the Dresden Music Festival in Germany.

8 SESAC precious memories, bring us out of darkness, and connect us all. I’m very Global Superstar Mariah Carey Signs excited about the ones cooking and our With SESAC: The Best-Selling Female new team at SESAC.” Brown’s most Artist of All Time joins SESAC on the notable songwriting credits include Heels of the Release of Her Brand New “Toes,” “Chicken Fried, “Colder Critically Acclaimed Album Me. I Am Weather,” “Goodbye In Her Eyes,” and Mariah…the Elusive Chanteuse. “Sweet Annie,” all chart-topping hits for SESAC has signed un-paralleled singer, Zac Brown Band. songwriter and producer Mariah Carey Charli XCX “The Voice of Summer”: for representation. “SESAC couldn’t be New York Magazine has called SESAC more excited to sign Mariah Carey to affiliate Charli XCX “the voice of our family of songwriters,” said Trevor summer” and here’s why: Charli XCX Gale, Senior Vice President, (PRS) co-wrote “Fancy” as recorded by SESAC. “Mariah Carey is without Iggy Azalea. The single spent 7 weeks question one of the most gifted and at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and also influential artists ever and is truly iconic. topped the Digital Songs, Streaming While simultaneously remaining Songs, On Demand Songs, Mainstream relevant, she continues dominating the Top Songs, R&B Hip Hop and Hot Rap charts in an unprecedented multi-format Songs charts. “Fancy” has been fashion. We are ecstatic to have the rare declared THE song of Summer 2014. opportunity to work with such a prolific Charli XCX also co-wrote the biggest hit songwriter and producer. Mariah wrote, of Summer 2013 with the chart-topping produced and used her incredible success of “I Love It” by Icona Pop. The instrument to weave together her new song went on to earn Charli SONG OF album, which is being greeted with THE YEAR and SONGWRITER OF massive critical acclaim worldwide. She THE YEAR honors at the 18th ANNUAL manages to top herself with each project SESAC POP AWARDS. Charli XCX is and continues to transcend the music now making a huge impact on the industry and the typical categorization of airwaves as an artist in her own right music, setting a standard that has yet to with the debut of her single, “Boom be matched. We are honored to have Clap” which is currently storming up Mariah Carey in the SESAC family.” Billboard’s Hot 100. The single was SESAC Signs GRAMMY® Award- also featured on the soundtrack of 20th Winning Songwriter/Artist Zac Century Fox’s hit summer romance The Brown: Zac Brown, songwriter and Fault In Our Stars. frontman of the three-time GRAMMY®- SESAC’s Ellen Truley Honored: winning and multi-platinum Zac Brown Congratulations to SESAC’s Ellen Band, has signed with SESAC for Truley as she will be honored at the songwriter representation. “I have a Nashville Business Journal’s WOMEN great respect for songwriting. It’s one of IN MUSIC CITY AWARDS on the most powerful ways to reach people, September 15 in Nashville. Truley, and to be able to write music, as my SESAC’s Vice President, Corporate career, is one of the greatest gifts I Relations, will be acknowledged for her could have asked for,” said Brown. creative and economic impact on the “Great songs accompany our most music industry.

9 SESAC Hires Greggory Smith into Of The Year, Contemporary Christian Atlanta's Writer/Publisher Performance Of The Year and Gospel Department: SESAC has announced Performance Of The Year were such that Greggory Smith has joined the lauded SESAC affiliates as Natalie Atlanta office as Associate Director, Grant, Seth Mosley and Hezekiah Writer/Publisher Relations. In the new Walker. The 45th Annual DOVE Awards position, Smith will be responsible for will take place Tuesday, October 7 at signing new writers and publishers and Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in providing service to existing writers and Nashville. The awards will be telecast publishers in the Greater Atlanta area, globally on the Trinity Broadcasting while overseeing day-to-day operations Network. in the Atlanta office. “We are excited to bring Greggory into our SESAC SESAC Congratulates our IBMA Writer/Publisher family,” says Trevor Nominees: Congratulations to SESAC Gale, Senior Vice President, affiliates Jamie Johnson, The Grascals, Writer/Publisher Relations, SESAC. “Not Suzanne M. Johnson, Jenee Fleenor only does he bring with him a wide array and Jerry Salley for their nominations in of experience, but also industry contacts the upcoming International Bluegrass from both the East Coast and West Music Association Awards. Garnering Coast, which we know will greatly nods in the categories of Gospel benefit our Writer Publisher initiatives in Recorded Performance Of The Year, Atlanta.” Instrumental Recorded Performance Of The Year, Recorded Event Of The Year SESAC Latina Signs Javier Rosas: and Bluegrass Songwriter Of The Year, SESAC Latina has announced the the SESAC-affiliated artists and signing of Mexican singer/songwriter songwriters made an impressive Javier Rosas for representation of his showing. public performing rights. Brimming with new corridos and songs, and carefully developing his songwriting craft, the talented young Rosas is best known as the writer and performer of his recent hit "En La Sierra y La Ciudad (La China)" (In the Mountains and the City), that made it to Billboard’s Top Ten in the Regional Mexican Airplay chart. A rising star, his exciting songs are winning him new fans every day due to his extraordinary success and his constant touring.

SESAC Affiliates Garner Nominations for 45th Annual DOVE Awards: SESAC affiliated songwriters, artists and producers garnered nominations in the upcoming 45th Annual DOVE Awards. Landing several nominations in a multitude of categories including Song

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