For generations, Black music has had a profound and powerful impact on our nation’s cultural heritage. It has shaped a variety of popular genres from rhythm and blues to jazz, gospel, country, rap and more. This month and every month, we continue to honor its roots....
The Save The Music (STM) team joined Artist Corps New Orleans (AC NOLA) and the New Orleans Arts Education Alliance (NOAEA) in hosting a Music Education Convening on May 11 and 12, 2022. The gathering marked the first gathering since 2018, and included: – K-12...
Let me start by stating the obvious: the pandemic hit us all, and it did so in ways that we never imagined. But did you know that an estimated 1.5 billion learners (91.3%) experienced limited or no access to education, play, peer interaction and sports, which are...
Save The Music staff got a chance to interview Naomi Moccio, a budding trumpet player in a small town in West Virginia. She participated in a side-by-side concert with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra that was organized by the team at Save The Music. The photos you see in this article are from her time […]
Successful Inc. is proud to announce a partnership with Memphis Music Initiative (MMI) and the Save The Music Foundation, in order to bring more musical instruments to youth in the Mississippi Delta and Memphis regional communities. To date, the organizations have worked together to provide approximately $250,000 worth of musical equipment to the area, including […]
Summary Over the past five years, Save The Music has grown and scaled our work at the community level, building on the culturally rich foundation of American music. We build community-level partnerships with local music advocates, educators, artists, and funders in places where we can invest in 30, 50 or 100+ schools over several years […]