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Strengthening the importance of music in our life and culture since 1940 N E W S L E T T E R Fall 2009 U.S. SECRETARY OF More than 1.75 million national music EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN and arts education advocates were REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF encouraged via a national network of THE ARTS IN SCHOOLS coalitions to participate in the call to hear Duncan express his concerns about access to arts education in U.S. Duncan featured on SupportMusic public schools, and how these programs Coalition Conference Call Discussing can be supported in the future. His Letter to School and Education Community Leaders that the Arts Are The call was initiated after Duncan Part of A Core Curriculum and issued a letter last week to school and Encouraging Use of Stimulus Funds education community leaders stating, “At this time when you are making critical and far-reaching budget and program decisions for the upcoming school year, I write to bring to your attention the importance of the arts as a core academic subject and part of a complete education for all students. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) defines the arts as a core subject, and the arts play a significant role in children's development and learning process…” U.S. Department of Education “The arts can help students become Secretary Arne Duncan tenacious, team-oriented problem solvers who are confident and able to The NAMM Foundation announced that think creatively,” he stated. “These it hosted a live, public teleconference qualities can be especially important in today with U.S. Department of improving learning among students from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to economically disadvantaged discuss his recent letter sent to school circumstances. However, recent and education community leaders National Assessment of Educational outlining the importance of the arts as a Progress (NAEP) results found that only core academic subject in U.S. public 57 percent of eighth graders attended schools. schools where music instruction was offered at least three or four times a Education Statistics' (NCES) next steps week, and only 47 percent attended for supporting the arts as part of a well- schools where visual arts were offered rounded curriculum. These efforts that often.” include: “Concerned citizens in cities, towns and • Conducting a survey to assess communities should share this letter the condition of arts education in with state and local school leadership,” grades K-12. This fall, elementary said Mary Luehrsen, NAMM's director of and secondary principals will be public affairs and government relations asked about their schools' and executive director of the NAMM offerings in music, dance, Foundation, who moderated the call. theater, and visual arts. “The Secretary has clearly stated that • Surveying elementary classroom arts education is part of the core teachers next spring as well as curriculum and is vital to a complete and music and visual arts specialists quality education for all children. All of at the elementary and secondary us need to work together to assure that levels about their programs and all children have access to a complete resources. education that includes high quality, • Reporting findings from this standards-based learning in music and comprehensive profile in early the arts.” 2011, the first report like this since the 1999-2000 school year. The SupportMusic Coalition conference The data is expected to help call also reiterated the points in practitioners and policymakers Duncan's letter about how state and make more informed decisions local actions can be reinforced to assure about arts education. access to arts education. During the call, Duncan highlighted the Duncan reminded listeners that under series of music events at the White the ESEA, states and local school House that demonstrates the admini- districts have the flexibility to support the stration's ongoing efforts to stress the arts through Federal Title programs and importance of arts education, beginning U.S. Department of Education with a Jazz Education workshop in June programs, including professional with 140 students from across the development of arts teachers as well as country. At the July White House event for strategic partnerships with cultural, reinforcing the importance of arts arts and other nonprofit organizations. In education, he joined the President and addition, Duncan stated that local school First Lady in featuring country music districts can use funds under the State artists Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley, Fiscal Stabilization Fund through the who appears in a White House video American Recovery and Reinvestment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCv Act for the arts along with other district Uy540I7o released today. expenses. To view Secretary Duncan's letter, visit Duncan also outlined the Department of the U.S. Department of Education's Web Education's National Center for site at www.ed.gov. The letter is also 2 available along with the full transcript of Publishers will receive one hundred today's teleconference at (100%) percent of the total licensing www.supportmusic.com. money. People who are interested in finding out Publishers who are not already affiliated more about the resources available for with HFA need to affiliate with HFA to supporting the arts in U.S. public take advantage of this opportunity. In schools are encouraged to visit the this circumstance, affiliation can be Department's web site for arts education limited to representation for Songfile® at licensing only, and then provide HFA http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/pr with their catalog of titles. These can be ograms.html, or for more information provided in a standard Excel document. and links to national, state and local Songfile® licensing royalties are paid to organizations working together to keep all publishers commission-free. The music education strong, interested usual $35 affiliation fee will be waived parties should visit for MPA publishers. www.supportmusic.com. Organizations interested in participating in the We will begin to roll out this program this SupportMusic Coalition, write to fall and will continue to promote the [email protected]. system and encourage all schools, churches and institutions to use this easy and legal licensing model. HISTORIC MUSIC LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR EDUCATORS REACHED CMA RELEASES FIFTH "CMA INDUSTRY INSITE" EPISODE The Music Publishers Association of the TOPIC: THE DIGITAL WORLD United States (MPA) has finalized a historic agreement with the Music Monthly Online Educational Educators National Conference Series Can Be Found On CMA's (MENC), the Music Teachers National Member Web Site, Association (MTNA) and the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) to create an easy, one- My.CMAworld.com; New stop mechanical licensing system for Episodes Posted Third Monday educators who wish to record music Each Month publishers’ works and titles. NASHVILLE - Understanding social If a band director wishes to record any networking, digital downloading, high school concert band title, they can ringtones and web sites is the focus of get a license from the HFA’s Songfile® the latest installment of CMA Industry website. A specially-designed entry InSite, an online educational series, page for this collaboration will be which is posted today on CMA's introduced this fall. HFA will collect the member web site, My.CMAworld.com. money and pay publishers directly with no commission deducted or fees taken. 3 The series is part of CMA's ongoing various business interests within the strategic mission of being a resource for industry function. the country music industry. The Association launched the monthly online The series is produced by digital educational series in April. The series is marketing firm Hi-Fi Fusion, whose an exclusive benefit for members of music industry experience and video CMA. production expertise made them an ideal fit for this project. The fifth episode on the digital world is available now and features interviews with Mike Dungan, President/CEO, RHODE ISLAND STATE Capitol Records Nashville; Fletcher COUNCIL ON THE ARTS & THE Foster, Sr. VP/GM, Universal Records South, Joe Galante, Chairman, Sony RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION Music Nashville; Randy Goodman, TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS President, Lyric Street and Carolwood FOR THE NATIONAL ARTS Records; Ashley Heron, Senior MARKETING CONFERENCE Manager, Marketing, Lyric Street Records; Genevieve Jewell, Director of The Rhode Island State Council on the New Media, Borman Entertainment; and Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Heather McBee, VP, Digital Business, Foundation are collaborating to provide Sony Music Nashville. scholarship grants to Rhode Island individual artists and organizations to Future topics include booking agents attend the National Arts Marketing and radio. Episodes are posted on the Project (NAMP) Conference in third Monday of the month. With each Providence, RI, October 30– new episode, CMA members are able to November 2, 2009. For information on submit questions to the panel of experts. the NAMP conference, go to Each segment, which is roughly 10 www.artsmarketing.org/conference. minutes long, is archived for easy access at any time. With more than 100 speakers, 30 sessions, and networking at every turn, "We have communicated to our new there isn't a better place to get the best artists that it is a necessity and an in arts marketing and fundraising. The obligation to participate in social National Arts Marketing Project networking," said Heron Conference sets the standard for helping you and your colleagues The series is designed to provide increase earned revenue, fill the seats, information about each segment of the or increase your visitors. music industry in a clear, informative, and entertaining way. The series was To apply for scholarships, first register developed by CMA's Artist Relations using RISCA's online application form at Committee, led by chairman Kix www.arts.ri.gov/register. Then begin Brooks of Brooks & Dunn and vice your NAMP scholarship application at chairman Jay DeMarcus of Rascal www.arts.ri.gov/apply.