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TODAY ONLY USE THE CODE FYG2W-GP66M to double your donation! I need $37 dollars to complete this project!!! "My students are very interested in music. We learn all about the beat, rhythm, musical instruments, composers, performance, careers in music and much, much more! I am requesting sand blocks for my youngest students to make percussion scratching sounds, some pool noodles to cut to add to the scratching sounds, copy paper for my lessons, and musical stickers for rewards for a great class period. Research has found that learning music facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills that children inevitably use in other areas. The art of practice and perfection from music class allows students to develop skills in other classes, such as math, science, English and more. Many of my students receive special education services and they mean the world to me. I am blessed to teach them hands-on music skills and these tools will help them connect to music in a very special way." Support this classroom here: https://lnkd.in/e-buZ2J5

Music education matters, but thousands of children never get the opportunity to learn. Many parents tell me, I can't afford to buy lessons for my own kids so why would I donate to help someone elses children. There are many reasons but here are just two... 1. The kids we aim to help, have little to nothing else to look forward to week to week. Maybe you're right, their parents should pay but if for whatever reason they can't....let's not punish or disadvantage the children. 2. Save the taxpayer millions - Children that engage in music education do better academically, stay in school and more often go on to third level education. The thousands of children that become early school leavers, more often than not end up as long-term social welfare dependent. Can you afford to donate just €20. to help Musical Youth Foundation (CHY#18624) to bring music education to every child in Ireland? Donate now via our REVEAL Music Radio station... https://lnkd.in/d62TaVjn https://lnkd.in/e4SyV2f2

Music education matters, but thousands of children never get the opportunity to learn. Many parents tell me, I can't afford to buy lessons for my own kids so why would I donate to help someone elses children. There are many reasons but here are just two... 1. The kids we aim to help, have little to nothing else to look forward to week to week. Maybe you're right, their parents should pay but if for whatever reason they can't....let's not punish or disadvantage the children. 2. Save the taxpayer millions - Children that engage in music education do better academically, stay in school and more often go on to third level education. The thousands of children that become early school leavers, more often than not end up as long-term social welfare dependent. Can you afford to donate just €20. to help Musical Youth Foundation (CHY#18624) to bring music education to every child in Ireland? Donate now via our REVEAL Music Radio station https://lnkd.in/dt7CHCaX https://lnkd.in/e9V8vR5W

For all my friends facing fiscal year end or tax season, here is my playlist that keeps me pumped up for the emotional rollercoaster that is audit time. Please note that not all lyrics are office appropriate. #music #audit #taxseason #fiscalyearend #nonprofit #charity #charityfinance #finance #tax

ICYMI: How does music play a role in building self-confidence and fostering collective creativity when moving schools? 💭 In this blog, our Regional Producer, Sooree Pillay, shares more on how our Horizons project supports the primary to secondary transition in #MusicEducation. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/e5BJ32QZ

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A brilliant article.

Dear friends - 1.5 months are trying to raise money for an all day music and arts festival in September.The event will be free, although we will welcome donations - all the money we collect through our funding will go to paying for the venue, engineer, to the artists participating and allowing anyone irrespective of funds to attend. We have always self funded and all profits from our events go to those participating. Proceeds from our events are never large and we never feel we pay artists enough. This is a common theme for people running small events and artists who spend hours making and working on their art. As Astra Taylor writes in The People's Platform there is a notion that if you make art you do it for the love of it and that somehow means that you don’t mind not being paid properly for what you do. But artist’s need to survive in capitalism too! It always struck me that during covid, everyone wanted to be able to get back out and congregate and hear music again, yet it was the capitalist system that was propped up during that time and musicians and artists were told too retrain. We are not sure that our model of funding for our festival will work, or whether it is the right model. It’s also difficult asking for funds when there are so many needful peoples and groups, and we appreciate that people my not want to support us. Please let me know what you think of our approach. We’d also be really interested to talk with other DIY/self funding promoters on further ideas as to how we can all increase monies for artists and support artists in our communities, much love and peace RFxxx https://lnkd.in/e_YNQvmv https://lnkd.in/eqzJMz4D

Equitable pay and protections for musicians remains a vital and unresolved issue, which if addressed, would be transformative for the music ecosystem as a whole, not to mention the lives of so many individuals within in. Working alongside our partners Whippoorwill Arts and 4A Arts (American Alliance of Artists and Audiences), we are proud to publish, after a year of extensive research including focus groups, 1:1 interviews and best practice case studies, the practical guide 'Recommendations for Live Performance Pay and Professional Protections For Working Musicians'. Initiated by Whippoorwill Arts, a US-based musician-centered nonprofit working towards a creating thriving landscape for live music, this document is designed to be an accessible resource for arts funders and organizations that want to positively impact the working conditions of artists and musicians. Thanks to all who have made this work possible - we hope it will be read, discussed, debated and lead to practical positive change... 🙏 #equitablepayandprotections #musicecosystems https://lnkd.in/eb2WZhjE