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Five communities serving the GLOW area have been named among the best communities for music education by the NAMM Foundation.
The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, a music merchandise commerce affiliation, named Albion, Honoeye Falls-Lima, Le Roy, Pembroke and Perry among greater than 700 college districts in 44 states on its 2022 listing of best communities for music education program. The listing is in its twenty third yr.
“Music educators, administrators, and communities truly rallied to support and sustain music education through a period of intense change and adaptation. These districts and schools persevered in serving their students and communities and assured that music education was part of curriculum offerings,” Mary Luehrsen, govt director of the NAMM Foundation, stated in a press release.
Le Roy has acquired the designation 16 instances since 2006, and Albion has constantly made the listing since 2008. Honeoye Falls-Lima has additionally made the listing for a number of years.
Perry was first designated a Best Community for Music Education in 2019 and has made the listing annually since. Pembroke, first named to the listing in 2020, marks its third consecutive yr as a Best Community for Music Education.
This yr’s awards program was designed to have fun colleges and districts adapting, innovating, and persevering the face of change. Researchers at The Music Research Institute on the University of Kansas labored alongside The NAMM Foundation to create and method for districts and colleges to deal with the consequences of the pandemic and objectives for fairness and entry to music education for all college students and nationwide requirements for music education in a brief survey.
Collaboration and innovation have been additionally widespread themes of districts named “Best Communities,” in keeping with The NAMM Foundation.
In addition to the 738 districts receiving Best Communities for Music Education recognition, 80 particular person colleges throughout the nation have been awarded the AssistMusic Merit Awards, which acknowledges help for school-based music education applications.
Since its inception, greater than 2,000 colleges and college districts have submitted a survey for analysis. Based on survey responses in 2021, the muse acknowledged 686 college districts as Best Communities for Music Education, and 80 colleges with the AssistMusic Merit Award.