Five (5) Atlanta Public Benjamin Mays Cluster Elementary schools are marching to a new beat, thanks our partnership with Huber Engineered Materials. The $16,500 donation enables over 150 students to find their rhythm with top-notch percussion equipment as they launch into a new world of music in their schools. Give A Note was honored that […]
Give A Note Foundation believes music is the right of every student, and I couldn’t agree with that more. – Jeff Coffin, Saxophonist #StepInToMusic and support kids learning music Every child deserves the opportunity to experience learning music in school and we’ve teamed up with the kids at Are You Kidding Socks to offer a […]
Music marketing, promotion, technology, law and business classes introduce students who love music to a diverse field of career opportunities in the music industry. Give A Note recognized music educator, Dr. Warren Mize as one of our first Music Education Innovators Award recipients in 2018 for his successful music biz program at East Central High School (ECHS) in […]
Last night we had the pleasure of hosting Give A Note Artist Ambassador, Devon Gilfillian, in a Clubhouse discussion about the impact of Black American music in our lives and art, moderated by Jeff Coffin. Along with Cremaine Booker, Emmanuel Echem, Jovan Quallo, Raymond James Mason, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and other incredible musicians, Devon shared […]
We are thrilled to welcome our newest Corporate Ambassador, Writers Room U, as proud supporters of music education. Writer’s Room U is an all access pass to the Nashville songwriting scene that connects professional songwriters with K-12 schools and programs across the country to teach students about the music industry, music production, and songwriting craft. […]
Give A Note hosts weekly conversations about and in support of music education in our Music Education Matters club on the Clubhouse (iOS) app. People around the world join us to share their experiences and perspectives with music and music education. During one of these sessions, we met Jen Rafferty, a music educator and author of A Place in the Staff: Finding Your […]
This famous photograph of the Colored Waif’s Home brass band features bandmaster Peter Davis in the front center seat, below Louis Armstrong (indicated by the faint arrow). from the Joe Mares Collection, Hogan Jazz Archive Give A Note celebrates African-American music educators who played an important role in the lives of some very talented musical […]
by Dr. Andrew Edwards Instructional Coordinator for Fine Arts at Peachtree Ridge High School and Lead Teacher for Music Technology for Gwinnett County Public Schools Unless otherwise noted, all images posted below are courtesy of Dr. Edwards. From the first moment that you stepped into a college music classroom you began to seriously study the […]
As our world adjusted to the circumstances that limited our in-person social interactions, educators were thrown into a whirlwind of revamping their teaching methods to ensure their students could continue to learn. We sought ways to feel grounded, found security in the small things that assured us the world was still turning. We canceled flights, […]
Our friends at the CMA Foundation brought together artists and music teachers to bring some fun music learning to all of us at home this summer and invited our 2018 MEIA grantee, K. Michelle Lewis, to teach us how to make the Mbira instrument using items we can find in our house: wooden dowels (or […]
