June 1, 2021 — The National Music Council will honor iconic a cappella group Take 6, and pay tribute to music educators across America for their extraordinary service during the pandemic, at the organization’s 37th annual American Eagle Awards on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville. The honors are presented each year in recognition of those...
Assessing the Risk of Music Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 23)
A survey was conducted beginning April 28, 2021 to assess the level of spread events that occurred in school-based music programs. 3,000 surveys were returned and analyzed in June 2021.
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July 19, 2021 — The National Music Council honored iconic a cappella group Take 6, and in an unprecedented move, presented the prestigious American Eagle Award to all music educators across America for their extraordinary service during the pandemic, at the organization’s 37th annual ceremony on Thursday, July 15 at Summer NAMM in Nashville. The honors are presented...
Music Creators are Uniting to Demand Payment When Their Songs are Played on AM/FM Radio Washington, DC, November 1, 2021 — musicFIRST — the voice for fairness and equity for music creators— today announced the beginning of Music Fairness Awareness Month, an effort by music creators throughout the month of November to bring attention to a century-long injustice that...
National Music Council’s Spring 2022 Newsletter
As we are excited to welcome the new year, we must reflect on the past two years and the impact they had on music. 2020 saw the shutdown of music performance, education, and a change in how we approach intellectual property in the United States and
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COVID-19 Rehearsal and Performance Guideline Update
The National Music Council and an unprecedented coalition of performing arts organizations joined forces in 2020 to commission a study on the effects of COVID-19 on the safe return to music rehearsal and performance spaces. This Performing Arts
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For more than 30 years, March has been officially designated by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) for the observance of Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®), the time of year when music education becomes the focus of schools across the nation. The purpose of MIOSM is to raise awareness of the importance of music education for all children – and to...
U.S. Music Leaders to Present “Pandemic Reflections on The Future of Music: Education, Creation, Performance and Business” Public Education Webinar on Monday, March 14, 2022. 2022, the Second Anniversary of the US Covid-19 Shutdown (Tuesday, March 8, 2022 New York, NY) The National Music Council of the United States (“the NMC”) announced today a symposium marking the...
The National Music Council of the United States, along with its music community colleagues, is extremely gratified that its efforts to curb the illegitimate expansion of the fair use doctrine in various foreign nations during the global pandemic have met with success! The United States Trade Representative and the Biden Administration has heard our voices, and...
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Calls on States, Districts, & Higher Ed Institutions to Address Nationwide Teacher Shortage & Bolster Student Recovery with American Rescue Plan Funds. The National Music Council applauds US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on his call to use American Rescue Plan funds to bolster student recovery. NMC encourages...