Action is needed to protect arts education

The proposed FY 2026 budget slashes over $4.5 billion from K–12 education and eliminates key arts funding by merging 18 grant programs, including support for music, theatre, dance, media arts, and visual arts.

Congress has the final say and your voice matters. Take action today. Tell your elected officials to protect and increase funding for arts education.

To write to your elected officials, visit: nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/121747/

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PANDEMIC EXPERIENCES IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY

The US and global music communities have suffered through two difficult years of a viral pandemic that took the lives of nearly a million of our fellow Americans, well over five million lives worldwide, and crushed the livelihoods of tens of millions more. As we know, with a music economy based upon live performance and socially close collaboration among creators, educators and business people, our industry was affected far more than most.

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THANK YOU To Music Educators And Administrators For Keeping Music Alive During COVID

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NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL AND MPA INTRODUCE INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING CREATORS’ RIGHTS

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The National Music Council

Founded in 1940 and chartered by the 84th Congress in 1956, the National Music Council represents the United States to the International Music Council. The Council acts as a clearing house for the joint opinion and decision of its members and is dedicated to strengthening the importance of music in our life and culture.