Infuse U.S. Classrooms with Music for Learning!

Dear Musical Friend,

Thank you for your support for the Reaching Classrooms and the Community campaign. Thanks to your contribution and those of other like-minded individuals who understand the value of our mission, the GITC staff has been very busy packing ukuleles and music supplies to send to the teaching artists who will help bring music to school teachers and young students this fall. Gratitude also abounds for our wonderful sponsors who provide materials for the GITC programs, including KORG, KALA, All Parts and Alvarez.  We couldn’t do this without all of you - our strategic partners!

Do you know how this work is helping students?  At a recent conference sponsored by the Museum of Making Music, GITC Executive Director Jess Baron served on a panel, along with music therapist Julie Guy (Music Therapy Center of California), western regional director Letitcia Rogers (Music and Memory), and Andrew Belinsky (Yoga and Sound). The team shared how experiencing the power of music can help people of all ages increase memory, improve their over-all well-being, and gain skills, talents and knowledge.  Jess served the role of addressing the educational uses of music. She was honored to share how strumming an instrument and singing songs for learning lights up the whole brain, activates the whole body and inspires the whole child. The power of this activity during the school day also calms student anxiety, increases student focus, improves student listening and speaking skills, and brings happiness into the learning environment.

Your support of our efforts this fall is making a difference for almost 500 teachers who have signed up for free classes so far- and more are registering every day. For every teacher who learns to teach through music and the power of song, an average of 80 students gain the ability to play and sing!

Thank you very much for your generosity and care for children. With your continuing participation, we can make a huge impact this school year, together. We look forward to creating more opportunities for you to be able to improve children's ability to learn enthusiastically and to make music at school.

With heartfelt appreciation,

Jess

Links:

• Museum of Making Music Website
• Video from Museum of Making Music event
• our website