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Advocacy
Organizations that promote music making for everyone
Aarya Foundation http://www.aarya.org.uk/vision.html
A dynamic global initiative that promotes vocal music. Aarya recognises that singing is good for you and singing along is good for the world. Science is collecting evidence on singing’s benefits for the quality of life of those who are touched by it.
Adovates for Communinity through Musical Excellence http://www.acme-music.com/mission/
A.C.M.E.’s mission is to build stronger, healthier communities by providing social change opportunities through classical music.
American Folk Song Collection http://kodaly.hnu.edu/
Songs, lyrics, scores, field recordings, videos
American Orff-Schulwerk Organization www.aosa.org
To speak, sing and play; to listen and understand; to move and create–music making should be an active and joyful experience
Andy Mackie Music Foundation http://www.andymackiemusic.org/
Dedicated to music making for every child. Andy was a harmonica player who gave money, teaching time, and instruments to throusands of children.
Early Childhood Music and Movement Association http://www.ecmma.org/
To be an advocate for joyful music and movement experiences vital to the development of the whole child.
Education Through Music (ETM) http://www.etmla.org/
To provide and promote the integration of music into the curricula of disadvantaged schools in order to enhance students' academic performance and creative and general development.and promote the integration of music into the curricula of disadvantaged schools in order to enhance students' academic performance and creative and general development. to provide and promote the integration of music into the curricula of disadvantaged schools in order to enhance students' academic performance and creative and general development.
El Sistema http://elsistemausa.org/
A visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through music. A new model for social change.
Folk Alliance http://www.folkalliance.org/about-fai/
Exists to foster and promote traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music and dance and related performing arts...seeks to strengthen and advance organizational and individual initiatives in folk music and dance through education, networking, advocacy, and professional and field development.
Freenotes Harmony Park http://www.freenotesharmonypark.com/
Unique, captivating outdoor musical instruments that are easy and fun to play. For parks, school playgrounds, community projects.
Guitars Not Guns Music Program http://www.guitarsnotguns.org/aboutus.html
Supply guitars and lessons to foster children, at-risk youth, and other deserving children
International Society for Music Education - Community Music
http://www.isme.org/en/community-music-activity/community-music-activity-cma.html
Encourages active music making for everyone
Lifelong Music Learners Association http://lifelongmusiclearners.org/Home_Page.html
Adult music learners who share a love of music and the courage to begin an instrument or learn voice in adulthood
New Horizons International http://www.newhorizonsmusic.org/
Getting older adults musically active -- from the beginner to the musically advanced
Melodius Accord http://melodiousaccord.org/
Promoting melody as an unparalleled means of communication for human beings; singing together brings immediate benefits--physical, mental and spiritual.
Minnesota Community Sings http://www.mnsings.com
Getting people together to sing, and singing to get people together
Music for Lifelong Achievement http://www.supportmfla.org/involved/
A grass roots organization dedicated to distributing musical instruments to children who don't have the means to buy one
Music for People http://www.musicforpeople.org/index.html
Revitalizing everyone's music making and promoting music as a means of self-expression
Music. Play for Life http://www.musicplayforlife.org/
Provides information, advice and inspiration to Australians to encourage them to begin – and stick with – their music-making journey. Promotes to all Australians the power of music making to enrich our lives and the lives of our community - whoever we are, wherever we are – and encourages more of us to turn that belief into action. Now and for life.
Musical Futures http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/
Active music making in the schools for teens in England
North American Coalition for Community Music
Serves as a forum to facilitate life-long music making in all aspects of our society.
Organization of American Kodály Educators www.oake.org
Promotes Zoltán Kodály's concept of "Music for Everyone" through the improvementof music education in schools
Richards Institute of Education Through Music http://richardsinstitute.org/Default.aspx
Singlive http://www.singliveusa.com/index.php
Non-auditioned choirs for everyone
Sing Up http://www.singup.org/about/our-aims/
Singing at the heart of every elementary school in England
Sing Up Song Bank http://www.singup.org/songbank/songs
Repository of children's songs, recordings, lyrics, lessons
Singing Meditation www.singingmeditation.com
Interfaith spiritual practice that combines singing–of many types–with group observation of silence
Wanna Play? http://www.wannaplaymusic.com/why-play-music
and Recreational Music Making (RMM) are initiatives of the National Association of Music Merchants to get people making music.
World Music Drumming http://www.worldmusicdrumming.com/index.html
Engaging all students in hand drumming traditions (West Africa, the Caribbean, and others) combined with singing, moving, playing other instruments, and creating.
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