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Advocacy

Music in Schools Today (MuST) offers advocacy assistance to parents, educators, schools and school districts in starting or strengthening music and arts programs in grades K-12. We help plan, organize, fundraise and work with legislators and the media.

By tapping into community resources, supporting existing music programs and designing new programs to meet changing school and societal needs, Music in Schools Today is helping to develop the authentic voice of our next generation. MuST's efforts will continue until the arts are recognized as central to the curriculum in budget and in law.

If you would like to start or boost a music program in your school, a good place to start is The National Association for Music Education's "Building Support for School Music: A Practical Guide" and VH-1's Save the Music Foundation's "Building Your Instrumental Music Program."


Music in Schools Today's Music Education Research
El Dorado Elementary School in San Francisco has joined the Learning Laboratory School Network (LLSN, pronounced, "listen") and is collaborating with Music in Schools Today and the New England Conservatory of Music to develop research-based and research-generated practices based on the principles and practices of the Music-in-Education National Consortium, of which Music in Schools Today is a member. View El Dorado's online digital portfolio system of their program.


Research on Music and the Arts' Role in Education

Book: Putting the Arts in the Picture: Reframing Education in the 21st Century


Get Involved: National Advocacy


Get Involved: California State Advocacy


Write Your Representative
Music in Schools Today enjoys the advocacy and support of the following elected representatives:

Is there a supportive representative in your area to thank? Please let us know!
Call us at (415) 392-9010 or e-mail advocacy@mustcreate.org.


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