Grants and Opportunities

for Teachers and Students

Grant Opportunity: Deadline Feb 1
NAMM, the International Music Products Association


NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE AWARD Professional Development Workshop

Grant Opportunity: Deadline Feb 1

NAMM, the International Music Products Association is pleased to issue a "request for proposals" (RFPs) for the 2006 Funding cycle. 
We are seeking projects that can further NAMM's mission of creating more active music makers.

To be considered for funding, programs must be duplicable, provide measurable results, are intent to become self-sufficient within a reasonable period of time, and should be designed to enhance or expand the market for music products.

Targets

The 2006 Funding Cycle is seeking programs and initiatives that focus on:

Group music programs with non-performance based outcome goals

Group-based music programs facilitated within senior homes, hospitals, youth groups, parks, etc. which provide a positive music making experience to all participants regardless of prior experience.

Integrated Music Making programs

Programs that train non-music educators to utilize basic music making to each other subjects such as math, history, world cultures, science, literature, citizenships etc.

Programs that train music educators to supplement their existing programs with non-traditional methods, instruments or technologies allowing them to teach music making to students who may not be interested in the traditional band and orchestra approach.

Programs that train music educators to utilize group-based informal music making as an after-school youth development and/or community building tool.


For info and guidelines go to:   http://www.namm.com/marketdevelopment/grants.html


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Subject: [ArtsEducationConnections] NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE AWARD
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:33:43 +0000


January 12, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact Carol Trimble, artseveryday@adelphia.net (207) 667-7707

STUDENT MUSICIANS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY:
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE AWARD

AUGUSTA - The Maine Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) has announced an opportunity for talented, Maine, high-school and early college music students who are seriously considering orchestral music as a
career. One Maine student will be selected to attend the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute from J une 28 through July 24, 2006. The student selected will receive a full scholarship, all expenses paid, for the Institute, including private lessons, chamber music coaching, performance opportunities in the DC area, master classes and seminars, all with members of the National Symphony Orchestra. Also included in the award will be round-trip air transportation to and from Washington, DC, as well as housing, meals and local transportation during the Institute.

Application deadline
for the program is Friday, February 3, 2006.
The program is open, by recorded audition, to students currently in grades 9-12 or college students who are entering their freshman or sophomore year as of September 2006. The fellowship is awarded only to students who play the violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, and harp.

For application requirements, instructions and forms, please visit the MAAE website, www.maineallforartsed.org. For questions, contact
MAAE at 725-9175 or maaemidcoast@suscom-maine.net .

The Maine Alliance for Arts Education, a non-profit organization now in its 32nd year, works at the state level and in local communities to strengthen educational excellence in all the arts: visual art, music, dance, theater, and creative writing. Maine Alliance for Arts Education collaborates with Maine's top arts and educational
organizations and agencies to provide needed services statewide in education reform. MAAE is a member of the Kennedy Center for Arts Education Network.


Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:13:48 +0000
Professional Development Workshop for Arts Educators
Presented by VSA arts of Maine

Autism and the Arts
Communicating through Different Mediums
Visual Arts, Theater & Music

Thursday, January 19th, 2-4pm
Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, Rockland

Space is limited! Registration fee $12

Please contact for further information or to sign-up.

programs@vsartsmaine.org or (207) 761-3861 voice/tty


Rachel Spatz
Program Coordinator
VSA arts of Maine
(207) 761-3861
rspatz@vsartsmaine.org

Promoting the creative power in people with disabilities through Vision,
Strength and Artistic Expression!