12 Years of Work to Implement Music Education Statewide When I was asked to share my thoughts on the experience I’ve had working in West Virginia, I couldn’t help but find it remarkable as I began to unpack the journey we have been on, the lives we’ve touched, and the...
In partnership with the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History led by its Curator Randall Reid-Smith, Save The Music has jump started over 100 school music programs in West Virginia, with investments and partnerships in each of the state’s 55 counties....
When Save The Music started in 1997, music education funding cuts in public schools were on the rise. School boards and superintendents often cited economic strain as a justification for schools cutting music programs from the regular schedule and relegating music and...
For the past few years, Save The Music Foundation has partnered with another amazing music education charity, the Sound Start Foundation (created by Sound United), to advance their undertaking of donating 10,000 instruments to children across the world so the next...
Since 1997, Save The Music has been one of the leading music charities for children. If you’re mostly familiar with our program history, a lot has changed over time. Most of our supporters are foundations and other philanthropic funders focused on the communities we serve. Our grants now cover a full sequential offering for K-12 […]
Save The Music loves school bands! As an organization dedicated to the vision of every student in every school making music as part of their school day, bands are our life. That being said, Save The Music doesn’t make grants to or raise money or funds for individual...