Newsletter Winter 2014 - National Music Council

Strengthening the importance of music
in our life and culture since 1940
NEWSLETTER
Winter 2014
NEWSLET
TER
NEWSLET
TER
NEWSLET
TER
NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL
TO PRESENT 2014
AMERICA EAGLE AWARDS
IN NASHVILLE
Plans are underway to hold the NMC’s
American Eagle Awards, Leadership in
Music Symposium and annual membership meeting in Nashville this coming
July. The presentations will coincide
with the International Musical Product
Association’s Summer NAMM Show.
This will be the first time the American
Eagle Awards will be held outside of
New York City. Details to follow!
NASHVILLE MAYOR KARL
DEAN SAYS MUSIC IS ONE
OF THE TOOLS STUDENTS
NEED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE
In a speech on the stage of the Grand
Ole Opry House, Mayor Karl Dean
welcomed nearly 3,500 music teachers,
music students, and corporate partners
of the National Association for Music
Education to Nashville. He called the
Grand Ole Opry House “the Heart and
soul of Music City.”
As part of a kick off concert for the
NAfME 2013 National In-Service
Conference, Dean said, “It only makes
sense that you would have your national
convention here in our wonderful city
because music is our brand. We’re glad
you’re here.”
Nashville Mayor Carl Dean
The concert featured country singers
Casey James, Sarah Darling, and the
duo Striking Matches. Dean also said
that Nashville boasts more music
industry professionals than any city in
North America. To that end, he said city
leaders believe music and music
education are important. “Given the fact
that we are ‘Music City’, it makes sense
that we would have the best public
school music program of any city in the
United States.
Music, he said, is not a frill. “We owe it
to our children to provide them with the
tools they need to succeed in life,” and
he said music education helps students
to be successful.
In 2009, Dean began exploring how to
create a world-class music education program that would be unique to
Nashville and takes advantage of the
vast resources and talent available here.
The work was done in partnership with
the education committee of the Music
City Music Council, a coalition of music
professionals and executives the mayor
convened to promote and grow the
music industry in Nashville.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
COUNCIL HOLDS 5TH
WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC
The IMC, together with the Queensland
Conservatorium, organized the 5th IMC
World Forum on Music in Brisbane,
Australia from November 21-24. Some
of the Forum's sessions were recorded
and are available for viewing here. As
part of the Forum, the IMC presented its
Musical Rights Awards. The winners
were 'Orchestra of Indigenous
Instruments and New Technology'
hosted by Universidad Nacional de Tres
de Febrero, Argentina; 'Music and
Resilience' for the Palestinian Refugees
of Lebanon hosted by Associazione
Prima Materia, Italy; and 'Remix the
Orchestra' hosted by Auckland
Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), New
Zealand. Find the IMC's press release
here for more information on these
projects.
Two years later, Dean and Metro
Schools announced Music Makes Us:
The Nashville Music Education Project.
This project is a revolutionary
new approach to music education that
includes new contemporary curriculum
and technologies, but also builds on and
improves traditional music curriculum in
band, orchestra, and choir.
Music Makes Us has infused new life
into the music education program in
Metro Schools. Immediate
improvements included new classes in
songwriting and composition, world
percussion, rock band and mariachi,
and technology-based production such
as recording and hip hop at middle
schools and high schools.
IMC SETS ITS COMPASS
FOR THE FUTURE
Paris, 9 December 2013. - The 35th
General Assembly of the International
Music Council, held in Brisbane,
Australia, 24-25 November 2013,
adopted a series of key decisions that
will pave the way to building greater
capacity of the organization and its
members to work towards its vision to
be the world’s leading professional
organization dedicated to promotion of
the value of music in the lives of all
people.
Dean frequently visits schools and
“often sees the progress that is being
made in our school.”
Roz Fehr, NAfME Managing Editor for
News, October 28, 2013. © National
Association for Music Education
During the next two years, the IMC will,
in co-operation with or through its
members, focus its efforts on three
external strategic objectives:
2
• Affirming culture as the 4th pillar of
sustainable development
Ondaye (Congo), Valdemar Rodriguez
(Venezuela), Ahti Vä nttinen (Finland),
Daphne Wassink (Netherlands) and Yu
Long (China).
• Promoting and protecting creativity
and creators’ rights
The General Assembly paid tribute to
the outstanding work and dedication of
outgoing president Frans de Ruiter
(Netherlands) and elected him, along
with former IMC Treasurer Lars Grunth
(Denmark), with a standing ovation, to
join the circle of Honorary Members of
IMC, chosen among the world's
outstanding professionals, educators,
performers, and composers.
• Placing early childhood music
education at the forefront of the music
education agenda
Each objective will be achieved through
policy-making and advocacy,
collaboration and information exchange,
projects and research, as well as
targeted membership services.
In addition, the IMC will pursue its
institutional development with the aim of
positioning itself as a strong and
dynamic global network of organizations
involved or interested in music and in
the livelihood of professionals in the field
of music.
Building on the strategy decided upon at
its previous General Assembly in 2011,
the IMC adopted a fully revised version
of its Statutes and the Rules of
Procedure that will help to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of the
organization’s work and modus
operandi.
The General Assembly elected Paul
Dujardin (Belgium) as new President for
a renewable 2-year term. Mr. Dujardin
replaces Mr. Frans de Ruiter (The
Netherlands) who had served as
president since October 2009.
During the General Assembly, elections
took also place for the IMC Youth
Committee. The new Committee is
composed of young representatives of
seven IMC member organizations,
coming from the Americas, the Arab
World, Asia-Oceania and Europe.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
COUNCIL ELECTS PAUL
DUJARDIN AS NEW
PRESIDENT
Brisbane, November 25, 2013 – Mr.
Paul Dujardin (Belgium) was elected
President of the International Music
Council for a renewable mandate of two
years. Mr. Dujardin replaces Mr. Frans
de Ruiter (The Netherlands), who had
served as president of the organization
since October 2009.
Mr. Dujardin will be joined in the IMC
Board's Directorate by Jeremy Cox (UK)
as executive vice-president, Hisham
Sharaf (Iraq/Jordan) and Maria del
Carmen Gil (Puerto Rico) as vicepresidents; as well as Emily Akuno
(Kenya) as treasurer.
Mr. Dujardin is CEO and artistic director
of the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in
Brussels, a multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary arts center dedicated
music, visual art, photography, film,
theatre, dance, literature and
architecture. He has helped to found
and run a number of arts organizations,
The Board is completed by Alfons
Karabuda (Sweden), Hugues Gervais
3
including the Euphonia Foundation for
Music (which supports young creative
talent), the Jubilate festival, the Culture
et Democratie non-profit association, the
Ictus Ensemble, the Jeune
Philharmonie/Jonge Filharmonie youth
orchestra, the Trento Foundation, the
Mont des Arts/Kunstberg non-profit
association, and the Queen Elisabeth
Foundation.
As President of the International Music
Council, Mr. Dujardin will lead a 12member Executive Board made up of
representatives from Africa, the
Americas, the Arab World, Asia and
Europe.
The International Music Council is the
world’s leading membership-based
professional organization dedicated to
the promotion of the value of music in
the lives of all people. The mission of
IMC is to develop sustainable music
sectors worldwide, to create awareness
about the value of music, to be the voice
for music, to make music matter
throughout the fabric of society, and to
uphold basic music rights in all
countries. The IMC brings together
local, national, regional, and
international music organisations and
networks in 150 countries across the
world. It is recognized by UNESCO as
an NGO official partner (associate
status).
Moreover, he is or has been an advisor
to or board member of Musiques
Présentes, the Flemish Music Council,
the Friends of the Royal Brussels
Conservatory (Dutch-language section),
the Brussels Youth Orchestra, the
Belgian Wagner Association, the
European Yehudi Menuhin Foundation,
the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, the
Queen Elisabeth International Music
Competition of Belgium, and Venezia
Viva.
Paul Dujardin represents the Centre for
Fine Arts Brussels in various platforms,
such as the European Festivals
Association (EFA), the European
Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), the
International Society of Performing Arts
(ISPA), the Réseau Européen de
Musique Ancienne (R.E.M.A.) and
ASEMUS – Asia-Europe Museum
Network.
NEWS FROM THE
EUROPEAN MUSIC
COUNCIL:
4th European Forum on Music
From 1992 to 2002 Paul Dujardin was
the CEO of the Société Philharmonique
de Bruxelles, prior to which he was,
among others, in charge of the annual
festival “Ars Musica” dedicated to
contemporary music.
The 4th edition of the EMC's annual
conference, the European Forum on
Music, will take place in Bern,
Switzerland from 19 – 22 June 2013.
He dedicates his special interest to
creating dialogue between the arts and
the political spheres. He has succeeded
in developing BOZAR as an Agora, a
platform to initiate debate between
citizens, the arts, decision-makers and
other sectors.
Music contributes significantly to the
political and social development of a
peaceful and integrative Europe. In
times where faith in the European
project amongst the continent’s citizens
The Forum will focus on "Music and
Politics: a shared responsibility".
4
is wavering as a result of failing
currencies, austerity measures and
rising unemployment, music and culture
can play a pivotal role in restoring trust
and enthusiasm for Europe, and
nurturing social cohesion throughout.
of authors' collective management
organizations operating across EU
borders instead of having to deal with
separate organizations in each EU
member state. In negotiations with EU
ministers, MEPs were able to ensure
that smaller and less popular repertoires
will have access to the markets by
requiring collective management
organizations to issue licenses under
the same conditions for all repertoires.
Throughout the negotiations,
Parliament's negotiators highlighted the
importance of protecting authors’ rights
and ensuring that they are paid promptly
for the use of these rights. The agreed
text provides for royalties to be
distributed to artists as quickly as
possible and no later than nine months
from the end of the financial year in
which the rights revenue is collected.
MEPs also succeeded in ensuring that
rights holders will have a say in the
decisions on the management of their
rights and the freedom to select the
collective management organization of
their choice. In addition, they made sure
that rights holders would be able to
grant licenses for non-commercial uses.
The draft directive also imposes more
transparency and better governance on
collective management organizations.
On the other hand, political institutions
at local, national, and European levels
must provide the necessary frameworks
for the full potential of music for a
diverse and cohesive Europe to be
reached. The slogan ‘unity in diversity’ is
claimed by both the European Union
and Switzerland to identify themselves.
But what does this diversity look like?
What are its challenges? And how is this
diversity reflected in society? Inspired by
the host country, the Forum will ask:
What can Europe learn from
Switzerland, the so-called ‘nation of will’,
a confederation in which the different
communities strive for a united
Switzerland by respecting the diversity
of its society.
Together with its local partners, the
Swiss Music Council and the Yehudi
Menuhin Forum Bern, the European
Music Council looks forward to
welcoming you in Bern at an inspiring
Forum full of dialogue, opportunities for
networking and exchange, and of
course, music!
The agreed text still needs to be
adopted formally. The EP Legal Affairs
Committee voted unanimously in favor
of the deal on November 26 and the full
EP is expected to vote in February of
2014.
Registration will start in early 2014 at:
http://www.emc-imc.org/efmEMC.
European Parliament and Council
strike a provisional deal that will help
on-line music service providers to
get licenses more easily
Public consultation on Copyright
The European Commission has
launched a public consultation as part of
its on-going efforts to review and
modernize EU copyright rules. The
consultation invites stakeholders to
share their views on areas identified in
On November 4th, the EP and Council
agreed upon a new directive on the
collective management of copyright.
Under the draft law, service providers
will obtain licenses from a small number
5
the Communication on Content in the
Digital Single Market, i.e. territoriality in
the Single Market, harmonization,
limitations and exceptions to copyright in
the digital age; fragmentation of the EU
copyright market; and how to improve
the effectiveness and efficiency of
enforcement while underpinning its
legitimacy in the wider context of
copyright reform. The deadline for
replies is 5 February 2014. Click here to
take part in this consultation.
improved their ability to preserve and
advance their schools’ music education
programs amid budget cuts.
"The Best Communities for Music
Education designation gave our district
the opportunity to shine the spotlight on
our outstanding music teachers,
students, and community partners,” said
Heather Crocker, Director of
Communications for Blaine County
School District in Idaho. “In the true
spirit of education, our music teachers
passed the recognition on to their
students and community partners.
Programs like Best Communities are
critical to the future success of music
education."
NAMM FOUNDATION
INVITES EDUCATORS TO
PARTICIPATE IN 2014 BEST
COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC
EDUCATION SURVEY
Last March the NAMM Foundation
designated 307 school districts as Best
Communities for Music Education, and
66 individual schools earned the 2013
SupportMusic Merit Award for providing
students with access to comprehensive
music education.
Survey Recognizes Schools and
Districts for Commitment to Music
Education
CARLSBAD, Calif., The NAMM
Foundation’s 15th annual Best
Communities for Music Education
(BCME) survey is open for participation
by school districts and schools across
the country. The survey acknowledges
and celebrates U.S. schools and
districts for their commitment to and
support of comprehensive music
education in schools. Nearly 2,000
schools and school districts participated
in the survey last year, resulting in a
record number of designations.
The BCME program requires each
school and district to detail the
particulars of its access to music
instruction. Responses are reviewed by
researchers at The Institute for
Educational Research and Public
Service of Lawrence, Kansas (an
affiliate of the University of Kansas) and
the NAMM Foundation. The surveys,
one for districts and one for individual
schools, can be downloaded for review.
In conducting the annual BCME survey,
the NAMM Foundation is joined by
advisory organizations in the fields of
music and education: Americans for the
Arts, The John Lennon Educational Tour
Bus, League of American Orchestras,
The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation,
Music for All, Music Teachers National
Teachers, parents, school
administrators, and board members are
invited to complete the 2014 BCME
survey online now through Friday,
January 17, 2014. Past designees
report that receiving a Best
Communities designation significantly
6
Association, National Guild For
Community Arts Education, Yamaha
Corporation of America, Young
Audiences, and VH1 Save The Music
Foundation. The 2014 BCME designees
will be announced on March 18, 2014.
MEMBER REPORTS
AFM
AFM is pleased to report on a remarkably constructive meeting between the
US Copyright Office (USCO) and the
Arts, Entertainment, and Media
Industries Committee (AEMI) that took
place in late October. The meeting not
only identified a number of topics for
further discussion, but one USCO staffer
even ensured that her requests for
public comment would now include the
impact on collective bargaining.
The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit
organization with the mission of
advancing active participation in music
making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic
giving and public service programs from
the international music products Industry. Visit http://www.nammfoundation.org
for more information.
Attending the meeting along with myself
were Local 99 (Portland, OR) President
Bruce Fife and AFM Legislative-Political
Director and Diversity Director Alfonso
Pollard, plus Paul Almeida and David
Cohen of the Department of Professional Employees (DPE), AFL-CIO and
representatives of other unions including
the Directors Guild of America (DGA),
the International Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees (IATSE), Office and
Professional Employees International
Union (OPEIU), and the Screen Actors
Guild and the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists (SAGAFTRA).
SUPPORTMUSIC
COMMUNITY FORUM –
IT’S A WRAP!
The NAMM Foundation finished its back
to school year advocacy kick off with
five SupportMusic Community Forums
across the U.S.
In collaboration with the John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus, the NAMM
Foundation presented town-hall style
gatherings and webcasts about the
importance of music and arts education
with community and education leaders
in five cities. We are grateful for the
energy and commitment of the JLETB
team for helping NAMM realize this goal
to meet face to face with NAMM
Members, teachers, school and
community leaders and parents and to
strengthen advocacy for music
education.
The AEMI’s concerns about copyright
law were presented in the framework of
how they affect members’ jobs,
incomes, and benefits. David Cohen
explained that residuals and royalties—
downstream revenues—sustain the
people in our unions between projects.
An AEMI pre-meeting had narrowed a
list of possible questions and topics
about copyright policy and law to these
priorities: the licensing of sound
recordings in the digital space and
If you were not able to join us in person
or via the web, Click Here to watch and
share webcast recordings.
7
terrestrial radio; digital first sale; orphan
works; statutory licenses for cable and
satellite retransmission; pre-1972 sound
recordings; illegal streaming; and
exemptions under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.
updating would be topics that she identified as ripe for action because they
have already undergone extensive
analysis and discussion: orphan works,
a public performance right, and felony
streaming. Focusing on enforcement
alone, she said, was not productive;
witness the pushback on seeking felony
penalties for illegal streaming.
While several unions at the meeting
highlighted their own issues, they made
it clear that the presentations were
issues they all shared. Representing
DGA and IATSE, Alec French spoke to
orphan works, digital first sale, and
felony streaming. For SAG-AFTRA,
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland stressed the
importance of the Audio-Visual
Performances Treaty and the terrestrial
performance right. For the AFM, Bruce
Fife called for a licensing regime that is
fair and equitable across all platforms.
Register of Copyrights and Director,
USCO, Maria Pallante explained that
her call for a comprehensive review and
updating of copyright policy and law
consciously avoided the term “reform,”
which implies that something was wrong
and needs reforming. She also stressed
that, from her perspective, the copyright
conversation had been moving in the
wrong direction, namely toward an
expectation of unlimited fair use. The
outpouring against the PROTECT Intellectual Property Act and the Stop Online
Piracy Act indicated, however, that
turning around the conversation
required reframing it. That necessity
brought her to her broad call for a
comprehensive updating.
Among the open questions Pallante
posed were: What is the future of the
registration program? What should the
USCO do with recordation? What roles
should public-private partnerships play?
In response to our raising the AudioVisual Performances Treaty, USCO
Senior Counsel for Policy and International Affairs, Maria Strong, noted that it
has become controversial as we seek
implementation. She noted the varied
legal and copyright systems in other
countries and urged us to contact and
work with our counterparts in other
countries, who could provide local
presentations to their governments, with
an impact that only local people could
achieve.
Pallante and her senior staff noted that
our visit provides a useful reminder that
worker interests matter and that they are
not necessarily aligned with industry
views.
Sam Folio, AFM International SecretaryTreasurer
A part of that updating might include collective licensing, on a model yet to be
determined, while another part might
include carefully chosen and defined
exemptions. Pallante noted that, when
Congress has defined narrow exemptions, courts are more conservative in
invoking fair use. A third part of an
AATS
The American Academy of Teachers of
Singing meets five times a year in New
York City for discussion on pedagogical
matters; opinion papers are written
based on these discussions. Currently
8
being prepared for publication are
Promotion and Tenure and In Support of
Fact-Based Voice Pedagogy and
Terminology. Plans are underway for
presenting these at the NATS National
Conference in Boston, July 5-9, 2014.
Four renewable scholar-ships of $7,500
each will be given annually to qualified
undergraduate students with
demonstrated financial needs, one each
to an incoming freshman, sophomore,
junior, and senior. In addition, two
scholarships of $15,000 each will be
awarded, one to a student entering the
first year of graduate school and one to
a student entering the second year.
We are continuing our efforts for arts
education as outlined in our last
published paper, Keeping Music in the
Schools: Advocating for the Arts as
Core Curriculum, an issue of great
importance in 2013. The members of
the Academy believe that all children
should have the opportunity to
participate in musical activities and
receive music education from highly
qualified and inspired teachers. AATS
papers can be read at the Academy
website:
www.americanacademyofteachersofsing
ing.org. Readers are invited to post
comments through the moderator.
Papers written by the Academy are
available for the use of other authors as
long as there is an acknowledgement of
the source.
Funding for these scholarships has
been provided through an exceptionally
generous bequest by Messrs. Ron
Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee.
Application forms will be available on
January 15, 2014. The application
deadline is March 1. For further
information about the PogorzelskiYankee Memorial Organ Scholarships,
see the AGO's website, www.agohq.org.
Boston, Mass. will be the site of the
AGO's 52nd national convention which
will be held from June 23-27, 2014.
More than 1,500 organists and organ
aficionados are expected to attend the
biennial conference which is the world's
premier event for professional organists,
organ students, organ builders,
publishers of organ music, and other
individuals and companies that provide
products and services to organists. In
addition to internationally acclaimed
recitalists performing on the finest
organs in the Boston metropolitan area,
more than 90 workshops and 50
scholarly papers will be presented. The
convention will also feature a tradeshow
with 100 exhibit booths. Registration
and hotel information can be found on
the AGO's website.
The Academy is implementing online
conferencing to accommodate members
outside the New York area in order to
increase participation. Recent new
members are Margaret Baroody, singing
voice specialist with the Philadelphia
Ear, Nose, and Throat Association, and
Karen Brunssen, Northwestern
University.
AGO
The American Guild of Organists is
pleased to announce the creation of a
major new scholarship program for
students who are committed to the study
of the organ and who are enrolled in
accredited colleges and universities.
9
composers in the world. In 1998, Emmy
Award-winning composer Richard Bellis
joined the workshop as a mentor and
has served in that position for the last 16
years. The Workshop is partially funded
by the ASCAP Foundation.
ASCAP
Songwriters Are Under Attack by
Pandora - Speak Out and Sign the
Petition
Pandora has launched an aggressive
campaign to pay songwriters and
composers less. Add your name to our
petition asking incoming Pandora CEO
Brian McAndrews to stop attacking
songwriters, and share the message on
Twitter and Facebook.
www.ascap.com/pandorapetition
ASCAP Foundation Jay Gorney
Award-Winning Song Shines Light on
Veterans’ Issues
Songwriters Cheryl DaVeiga and
Anthony Krizan will share the honor of
receiving the 2013 ASCAP Foundation
Jay Gorney Award. Their award-winning
song, “Home Don’t Feel Like Home,” is
about some of the tough issues facing
veterans after returning home from
combat. DaVeiga was inspired to write
the song while staying at the Thayer
Hotel on the grounds of the Military
Academy at West Point, and enlisted
Krizan to co-write with her.
ASCAP Adventurous Programming
Awards Presented at 36th Chorus
America Conference
ASCAP joined Chorus America in
honoring four choral ensembles for their
adventurous programming during the
2012-2013 Concert Season on June
14th, 2013 at a special awards
presentation held at Chorus America's
36th Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Distinguished Composer and ASCAP
member Morten Lauridsen and ASCAP
Concert Music Membership
Representative Michael Spudic
presented the awards to members of
Chorus America for performances which
prominently featured music written
within the past 25 years.
New ASCAP Foundation TV & Film
Scholarship Honors Betty Rose
The family of Betty Rose, the widow of
British-born composer David Rose, who
made an indelible mark on film,
television, and easy listening
instrumental music, has established the
Betty Rose Scholarship to honor her
lifelong contributions to music. The
ASCAP Foundation Betty Rose
Scholarship will be presented annually
to an outstanding, promising composer
participating in The ASCAP Foundation
Composer-in-Residence Program at the
University of Southern California.
ASCAP TV & Film Scoring Workshop
Celebrates 25 Years
ASCAP hosted its annual Television &
Film Scoring Workshop from July 8thAugust 1st, 2013, celebrating 25 years
since the program first launched in
1988. Founded by composer Fred
Karlin, and co-produced with ASCAP’s
longtime veteran Nancy Knutsen, the
Workshop has become one of the most
well-respected educational programs for
Celebrating the Centennial of Sammy
Cahn with The ASCAP Foundation
Sammy Cahn Award
The 2013 Sammy Cahn Award recipient
is ASCAP member Sandy Emory
Lawrence, who won for her song "The
10
Pretty One." Lawrence joins a group of
distinguished past recipients that include
John Mayer, Josh Ritter, Lori McKenna,
Daniel Mackenzie, Chris Keup, Cinco
Paul, John Francis and Katie Herzig.
and was among its most performed
works in the U.S. during 2012.
Lori Henriques Receives ASCAP
Foundation Joe Raposo Childrens
Music Award
New York Youth Symphony
Composition Program Begins New
Season at ASCAP
Henriques is the recipient of the 2013
ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo
Childrens Music Award for her awardwinning song, “Something You Learn.”
The award, established in 2010 by Joe
Raposo's family, honors his legacy by
supporting emerging talent in the area of
children's music. Raposo was one of the
creators of Sesame Street and its first
and longtime musical director.
The New York Youth Symphony
Composition Program (formerly known a
“Making Score”) is now officially back in
session with yet another season full of
exceptionally gifted students. Hosted by
ASCAP since its inception in 2000, this
tour de force, nuts and bolts
composition workshop for young
composers has not only established
itself as a core component of the New
York Youth Symphony, but has locked
itself in as a vital mainstay within the
creative new music scene.
ASCAP and Secret Road Present
Showcase at CBGB Music Festival
ASCAP and Secret Road came together
to present an exceptional evening of live
acoustic-oriented music for the second
annual CBGB Music and Film Festival
on Thursday, October 10th. Featured
performers included Bess Rogers,
Storyman, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and The
Bones of J.R. Jones. The showcase is
part of the growing festival, featuring
more than 500 performers at 175
venues around New York City and
Brooklyn from October 10-12.
Brooklyn Bonfire Showcase Debuts
with Eclectic Lineup
ASCAP presented its inaugural Brooklyn
Bonfire songwriter series at Union Hall
on Wednesday, September 4th.
Featured performers included Kendra
Morris, The Bones of JR Jones, Chris
Mills and Jenna Andrews.
ASCAP Honors Top PRS Songwriters
and Publishers
Grammy-Winning SongwriterProducer Desmond Child Elected to
ASCAP Board
ASCAP hosted its 33rd annual Awards
on October 9th at the Grosvenor House
Hotel in London. Hosted by ASCAP
Executive Vice President, International
Roger Greenaway and Vice President,
Membership Seán Devine, the gala
dinner and awards presentation honored
those songwriter, composer and
publisher members of PRS for Music –
the UK's Performing Right Society –
whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP
ASCAP's Board of Directors has elected
the prolific songwriter-producer as a
director, it was announced by ASCAP
President and Chairman Paul Williams.
Child was elected to fill the seat left
vacant by the recent death of jazz
composer George Duke.
11
coalition, we do encourage all MemberGroups to strongly consider adding their
signatures to the Accord. Those
wishing to add their organization’s
support can e-mail here to that effect
and I will share your request with
SEADAE. NAfME strongly supports the
work that SEADAE has done, and has
signed on. Thank you for your
consideration of this important initiative.
MUSIC EDUCATION
ROUNDTABLE
(The National Music Council was one of the
first member organizations to join NAfME in
the Music Education Roundtable)
2013 Sees Roundtable Membership
Grow to 27 total Participating
Organizations
ROUNDTABLE ACTIVITY: Annual
Strategic Planning Teleconference in
January
This year, the Roundtable was lucky
enough to add nine more participating
organizations. The American School
Band Directors Association, Gordon
Institute for Music Learning, Guitar and
Accessories Marketing Association,
J.W. Pepper, Music for All, Music
Publishers Association, Music Sales
Corp., The National Association of
Music Parents, and Quadrant Arts
Education Research, all joined our
ranks.
Start thumbing through those calendars!
In short order, we will be sending
around a Doodle request regarding
availability in January for our annual
Strategic Planning Teleconference. It is
very important that we have the voices
represented of as many Roundtable
participating organizations as possible
during this yearly discussion of all
coalition matters, so please respond to
our Doodle with some dates that work
for you, and plan to join us!
ENDORSEMENT OPPORTUNITY:
SEADAE Moves Forward with “Arts
Education for America’s Students: A
Shared Endeavor,” Statement
NEWS ITEM: U.S. Senate Passes
Two-Year Budget
For many months now, our good friends
at the State Education Agency Directors
of Arts Education (SEADAE) have been
working to bring certified arts educators,
certified non-arts educators, and
providers of supplemental arts instruction together to develop a National
Accord on Professional Practice in Arts
Education. The intent behind the
creation of an Accord statement of this
nature is to develop and commit to a
coherent and shared vision involving the
key partners to insure all students are
provided with a quality arts education.
As such, SEADAE is asking its
colleague organizations to sign-on and
endorse the message of the Accord
(attached). While the Roundtable will
not endorse this new resource as a
In December, the Senate passed a
bipartisan, two-year budget agreement.
The budget cleared the chamber by a
64-36 vote, setting an overall spending
limit of $1.012 trillion for FY 2014 and
restoring approximately $85 billion in
sequester spending cuts. House
Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan
and Senate Budget Committee
Chairman Patty Murray both praised the
budget deal, acknowledging the
compromises both sides of the aisle had
to make so as to ensure its success,
and expressing optimism that the deal is
a positive first step towards greater
bipartisanship in Congress. The bill was
signed into law by President Obama
before his Christmas vacation. If
12
interested, you can read more about the
new budget deal here.
MTNA
Many of you may have seen the recent
op/eds in Music Trades, Wall Street
Journal, Forbes, Washington Times,
and Fox News that took issue with an
investigation of MTNA by the Federal
Trade Commission. At issue was the
FTC’s claim against MTNA and its
affiliated state and local music teacher
associations that provisions in our codes
of ethics against teachers soliciting
students from another studio somehow
restrains trade and drives up the price of
music lessons.
ROUNDTABLE ACTIVITY: Are You
“Broader Minded”?
Recently, NAfME reported on a new
Harvard-based study challenging the
“Mozart Effect” that has been getting
quite a bit of attention in the mainstream
press (click here and here). While the
findings of this research are actually not
entirely new, they have sparked a fresh
round of dialogue concerning the most
impactful manner of conducting music
education advocacy. I am excited to
announce that NAfME was already hard
at work revisiting the question of how we
“speak” about music when making our
case. To that end, look for a brand new
advocacy campaign entitled: “Broader
Minded: Think Beyond the Bubbles,” to
debut in early 2014. Roundtable
participating organizations will have the
opportunity to endorse NAfME’s new
“Broader Minded” vision under the
Roundtable “coin,” and to make use of
the methodology in advocacy efforts
taking place across the field. More
details soon!
Although we demonstrated that our
code of ethics is voluntary and the
association has never enforced the
solicitation provision, the FTC offered us
the unappetizing choice of entering into
a settlement or spending hundreds of
thousands of dollars fighting the federal
government.
Given the alternatives, MTNA negotiated a consent decree with the FTC to
purge our code of ethics and other
policies of any solicitation requirements
or other trade restrictions, to conduct
antitrust compliance programs, appoint
an antitrust compliance policy, and to
disassociate itself from affiliated state
and local music teacher associations
that engage in anti-competitive
practices. The decree is effective for 20
years.
NEWS ITEM: GRAMMY Music
Educator of the Year Finalists
Revealed
Take a moment to peruse the list of
finalists for this year’s first of its kind
GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year
Award. All of these individuals are
incredibly deserving of this prestigious
honor, and may even be associated with
your organizations: (Click here and here
for more information).
On Monday, December 16, 2013, the
Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)
issued a press release announcing that
it was publishing its proposed consent
decree with the MTNA for public
comment.
Chris Woodside
Assistant Executive Director
National Association for Music
Education
As indicated in the FTC press release,
the Commissioners ordered that the
13
proposed consent decree be made
available for public comment for a thirty
(30) day period. The deadline for
submitting public comments is January
15, 2014. After that date, the
Commission will consider the public
comments and decide whether to
approve or disapprove the proposed
consent decree.
local music teachers associations, which
have neither the manpower nor the
financial resources to take on the FTC.
Given the alternatives, MTNA and its
attorneys negotiated a consent decree
with the FTC under which MTNA and its
affiliated associations agree to purge
their code of ethics and other policies of
any solicitation requirements or other
trade restraints. Other provisions of the
settlement require MTNA to notify
members of the settlement, conduct
antitrust compliance training for national
and state leaders, and disassociate
itself from affiliated music teacher
associations that engage in anticompetitive practices. While the consent
decree, which still must be approved by
the FTC, imposes these time-consuming
recordkeeping and training obligations
on MTNA, it was the only viable
alternative for MTNA to pursue.
The Wall Street Journal portrayed the
proposed consent decree as a clear
example of the federal government’s
abusive practices against small
businesses. The Wall Street Journal
editorial labeled the FTC investigation
and enforcement as “patently absurd”
and “ludicrous.”
For any member of the public, including
those of you who wish to voice your
opinions regarding the proposed
consent decree and/or the FTC
investigation into MTNA’s Code of
Ethics, click here.
Below is an MTNA Member Advisory
that contains additional information on
the settlement. Please feel free to
distribute this information to your
members or colleagues:
MTNA Member Advisory
A recent editorial in the Wall Street
Journal took aim at the Federal Trade
Commission (“FTC”) for its investigation
into the code of ethics of MTNA and its
affiliated state and local music teacher
associations. At issue is the FTC’s
claim against MTNA and the affiliates
that provisions in their codes of ethics
against teachers soliciting students from
another studio somehow restrains trade
and drives up the price of music
lessons.
Regardless of the relative merits of the
FTC’s investigation, MTNA’s leadership,
after consulting at length with MTNA
attorneys, strongly believes that the
settlement by consent decree was the
best option for MTNA and its members.
Although MTNA demonstrated to the
FTC that its code of ethics is voluntary
and that the Association has never
enforced the solicitation provision, the
FTC offered MTNA the unappetizing
choice of entering into a settlement or
spending hundreds of thousands of
membership dues dollars fighting the
federal government. Moreover, the fight
would have included affiliated state and
Once the consent decree is approved by
the FTC, MTNA members will receive
additional information about the terms of
the settlement.
Dr. Gary L. Ingle
Executive Director & CEO
Music Teachers National Association
14
MTNA Activities and Initiatives
Summary
Show in Anaheim. The graduate and
undergraduate students, all of whom are
pursuing careers in the music industry,
will receive cash awards to attend the
annual trade show from Jan. 23-26,
where they will explore careers from
industry leaders. Awardees will
participate in professional development
offerings and have access to more than
1,400 exhibits at this global music
products trade show
Music Teachers National Association
continues to develop new programs and
initiatives to meet the needs of its
independent and collegiate teacher
membership and further the value of
music study nationwide. Activities and
new initiatives includes:
2013 MTNA Collegiate Chapters
Piano Pedagogy Symposium
The award recipients will also have the
chance to meet with NAMM president
and CEO Joe Lamond. “These students
are the up-and-comers in our industry,”
Lamond said. “In the not-so-distant
future, they will be the ones making a
difference in the future of the music
products business. I’m gratified that The
NAMM Foundation can help expose
them to the best of our industry at the
NAMM Show.”
The third MTNA Collegiate Chapters
Piano Pedagogy Symposium was held
November 7–8, at the Brigham Young
University. The Symposium was
designed to further promote
communication, fellowship and
collaboration among future music
professionals.
2014 MTNA National Conference
The 2014 MTNA National Conference
will be held from March 22–26, in
Chicago, Illinois. Highlights of the
conference include recitals by the
clarinet and piano duo Jon Manasse
and Jon Nakamatsu and pianist
Spencer Myer. Nearly 2,000 teachers,
exhibitors and student competitors are
expected to attend this event
The NAMM President’s Innovation
Award offers cash grants to exemplary
students who have expressed
commitment and aptitude for business
leadership and innovation in the music
products industry. Award recipients also
participate in the NAMM Generation
Next program. The program offers
educational sessions and other
opportunities with leading music product
and pro-light and sound brands during
the trade show. See the list of winners
here.
NAMM
NAMM Foundation Award Recipients
Attend Educational Sessions and
Learn From Industry Leaders at
Annual Music Trade Show
NFMC
The 2014 National Federation of Music
Clubs Conference will be held at the
Sheraton Airport Hotel in Portland
Oregon, June 24-28, 2014. We are
planning a terrific week with a little bit of
everything! We'll have sessions on
Carlsbad, CA, November 13, 2013 —
The NAMM Foundation will help send
56 recipients of the NAMM President’s
Innovation Award to the 2014 NAMM
15
teaching leadership skills though music
lessons, helping students who struggle
to access rhythm, and the role of music
therapy in our community. There will be
a session on conflict resolution, a
session on navigating the NFMC
website, and a workshop for those
interested learning more about the
upcoming festival database. It is safe to
say that our programming will include
engaging workshops, presentations,
speeches and concerts featuring many
local northwest talents. You will not be
disappointed! Our tour will take us up
the Columbia River Gorge to visit some
amazing landmarks and famous
waterfalls, and will conclude with local
dinner and entertainment at one of
NATIONAL GUILD FOR
COMMUNITY ARTS
EDUCATION
National Guild Honors Two
Extraordinary Arts Leaders with
2013 National Guild Leadership and
Service Awards
The National Guild for Community Arts
Education honored Shirley Brice Heath
and Dennie Palmer Wolf for their
extraordinary contributions to the field at
the 2013 Conference for Community
Arts Education (Oct. 30 – Nov. 2,
Chicago). The awards were presented
at the National Guild’s Annual Awards
Luncheon on November 2, 2013. More
than 650 arts education leaders
attended this year’s conference.
Oregon's most recognized locales. And
if you're not careful, you just might learn
how to folk dance while you're here!
After all, the theme is Music…the Dance
of Life. For more information, contact
NFMC, [email protected] or see
our website at www.nfmc-music.org.
Shirley Brice Heath, professor at
Stanford University, was honored with
the 2013 National Guild Leadership
Award for her groundbreaking research
on the impact of community
organizations and informal learning
environments on youth and community
development. The National Guild
Leadership Award was created in 1973
and is conferred annually to an
individual or institution whose work is
nationally recognized as exemplifying
and promoting the ideals to which the
National Guild and its members are
dedicated. Prior recipients of this award
have included Max Roach, Dr. Billy
Taylor, Joseph Gingold, David A. Baker,
Jane Alexander, Liz Lerman, Howad
Gardner, Anna Deavere Smith, Gigi
Antoni, and Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
Our 2013-2015 Young Artists Ellis-Duo
pianists are getting rave reviews as they
perform for state conventions and other
events. If you get an opportunity to
hear any of them, take the time.
Support our young American artists.
November is Parade of American Music
Month. In the past some of our NMC
organizations joined in the celebration.
NFMC still participates and gives
awards to the local clubs with the best
all month programming. Last year’s
winners were senior clubs from Canton,
MS, Dushore, PA and Fargo, ND. The
junior club winner was from Topeka, KS.
Another opportunity to support American
music and musicians.
Dennie Palmer Wolf, principal at
WolfBrown, was honored with the 2013
National Guild Service Award for her
lifelong dedication to increasing young
people’s access to arts learning
Submitted by Carolyn Nelson, NFMC President
16
opportunities, both in and out of school,
her powerful advocacy for equity and
diversity, as well as her pioneering
evaluation work. Wolf focuses on the
design, implementation, evaluation, and
research that help communities examine
and improve how young people and
their families’ gain access to learning,
culture, and creativity. The National
Guild Service Award was created in
1989 and recognizes outstanding
achievement to individuals who have
given exceptional service to the National
Guild and the community arts education
movement. Prior recipients of this
award have included Betty Allen, Angel
Ramón Rivera, Lolita and Azim
Mayadas, Robert Capanna, Michael
Yaffe, Andrea Olin-Gomes Kaiser, and
Alice Pfaelzer.
The recipients are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Seven Community Arts Education
Leaders Receive 2013 National Guild
Milestone Certificate of Appreciation
for long-standing commitment to
ensuring equitable access to quality
arts education
•
Susanne Baker, Founder and
Director, DePaul Community
Music Division, Chicago IL
Paulette Bowes, Executive
Director, All Newton Music
School, West Newton, MA
Amy Dennison, Assistant Dean
and Director, College
Conservatory of Music
Preparatory Dept., Univ. of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Martha Frantz, Executive
Director, The Music Academy,
Rockford, IL
Stuart Kandell, Founder,
Stagebridge, Oakland, CA
Dorothy Kaplan Roffman,
Founding Director, JCC
Thurnauer School of Music,
Tenafly, NJ
Larry Zukof, Executive Director,
Neighborhood Music School,
New Haven, CT
Click here for bios
“The National Guild is thrilled to
recognize these exceptional leaders for
their vision and dedication to community
arts education,” said Jonathan
Herman, executive director of the
National Guild. “Through their decadeslong work with communities and their
service to the field, this year’s Milestone
recipients have each made a powerful
contribution to increasing access to arts
education for all.”
New York, NY— Seven community arts
education leaders have been honored
with the 2013 National Guild Milestone
Certificate of Appreciation for their longstanding, exceptional service to the
field. The goal of the Milestone program,
now in its second year, is to recognize
executive directors or divisional
directors at Guild member organizations
who have demonstrated a commitment
to supporting and advancing community
arts education for more than 20 years.
Certificates were presented at the
Guild's Annual Meeting at the
Conference for Community Arts
Education (Chicago, IL) on Friday,
November 1, 2013.
Nominations for the Milestone
Certificate of Appreciation are accepted
year-round. Nominees must be
executive directors or divisional
directors of Guild member organizations
to be eligible. Letters of nomination
should identify the nominee's long-term
(20+ years) commitment to supporting
and advancing community arts
17
education, highlighting relevant activities
and leadership positions throughout the
nominee's career. The nominee's
current bio must be included with the
nomination letter. Resumes are
encouraged if applicable. Nominations
should be emailed to National Guild
member engagement coordinator at
[email protected].
SESAC
SESAC Sponsors John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus
SESAC has announced a partnership
with The John Lennon Educational Tour
Bus, the world’s premier non-profit
mobile recording and HD production
studio. The new partnership kicked off
with a celebration at SESAC’s headquarters hosting tours of the bus for
music industry personnel and music
students.
The National Guild for Community
Arts Education supports and advances
access to lifelong learning opportunities
in the arts. We foster the creation and
development of community arts
education organizations and programs
by providing research and information
resources, professional development
and networking opportunities, advocacy,
funding, and high-profile leadership. Our
more than 450 members, located in 45
states, include community schools of the
arts; arts centers; and arts education
divisions of performing arts institutions,
universities, museums, and other
organizations.
Attendees were able to sample the
cuisine of local food trucks that were onsite during the day. The John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus is a 501(c)(3) that
has traveled across the U.S. and
Canada for the past 16 years and
continues to serve as a living legacy to
John Lennon by providing young people
with free hands-on access to music and
video creation.
SESAC is the most innovative and
technologically adept of the nation’s
performing rights organizations, utilizing
a selective process when affiliating
songwriters and publishers that results
in a level of service and attention
unparalleled in the industry.
Collectively, Guild members serve more
than 1.2 million students, employ 16,000
teaching artists, and reach an additional
six million Americans each year through
performances and exhibitions in rural,
suburban and urban communities
across the nation. In addition to
providing classes and lessons within
their own facilities, most members also
collaborate with senior centers,
hospitals, public schools, and other
agencies to increase communities'
access to arts education.
SESAC @ CMJ 2013
New York hotspot, The Delancey, was
the place to be on Wednesday, October
16, when SESAC took over for a
showcase during 2013 CMJ Music
Marathon. The line-up showcased
some of CMJ’s most anticipated acts
including Honey Wild, James Wallace,
Jay Stolar, Strange Talk, Et Tu Bruce,
Wake Up and Spirit Animal. The venue
showcase offered an incredible night of
music for the standing room only crowd.
For more information:
www.nationalguild.org
18
The CMJ Music Marathon & Film
Festival boasts some of music and film's
new and burgeoning talent in a four-day
festival held in New York City.
He is also a multi-instrumentalist and a
respected songwriter. SESAC Latina,
will now be representing his songs’
public performing rights in the United
States.
Celeste Zendejas Promoted to
Director, SESAC Latina
SESAC Hosts Rico Love Discrete
Luxury Dinner
SESAC announced the promotion of
Celeste Zendejas to the position of
Director, SESAC Latina. Zendejas is
responsible for recruiting songwriters
and publishers to SESAC Latina and as
well as maintaining existing affiliate
relationships. Zendejas works in
SESAC’s Los Angeles office.
SESAC along with and Moet Nectar
Rose invited tastemakers and top music
industry execs to an Evening of Discrete
Luxury with award-winning songwriter
and producer Rico Love. Love is an
award-winning songwriter/producer with
hits for the likes of Usher ("There Goes
My Baby"), Kelly Rowland ("Motivation"),
Melanie Fiona ("4 A.M."), Mary J. Blige
("Mr. Wrong") and more. The intimate
dinner, prepared by Bravo TV's Chef
Roble and held at the swanky Parlor in
NYC, served as a tribute to Love's
award winning production and
songwriting, as well as a celebration of
his upcoming work, Discrete Luxury.
SESAC Celebrates Bob Dylan &
“Wagon Wheel”
SESAC celebrated Bob Dylan and his
recent Darius Rucker No. 1 smash,
“Wagon Wheel” at a party held at
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. SESAC
celebrated Bob Dylan and his recent
Darius Rucker No. 1 smash, “Wagon
Wheel” at a party held at Nashville’s
Ryman Auditorium. Co-written by Old
Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor,
and recorded by Rucker for his True
Believer’s album, “Wagon Wheel”
quickly soared to the top of the charts
upon its release and recently garnered
CMA nominations for Song and Single
of the Year.
Christophe Beck Scores Runner,
Runner
SESAC award-winning composer
Christophe Beck created the score for
the highly anticipated crime drama,
Runner, Runner, starring Justin
Timberlake and Ben Affleck. The movie
was directed by Brad Furman (Lincoln
Lawyer) and hit US theaters in late
September. Beck, one of the industry’s
most successful and acclaimed movie
composers, also provided scores for
such high profile releases as The
Hangover I, II & III, The Muppets and
R.I.P.D.
SESAC Latina Signs Rafa Arcaute
SESAC Latina has signed multitalented
virtuoso, Rafa Arcaute, for representation in the United States. A multitalented virtuoso known for consistently
delighting Latin music fans, Rafa
Arcaute has won 10 Latin GRAMMYs®
and one Recording Academy
GRAMMY®. His production credits
include Calle 13 and many other artists.
SESAC #1 with “DONE.”
SESAC hosted a party in Nashville in
honor of the No. 1 success of The Band
19
Perry’s “DONE.” which was co-written
by affiliates, singer-songwriters John
Davidson and Jacob Bryant. Hundreds
of music industry representatives
gathered at Nashville’s sleek venue.
Davidson and Bryant wrote the hit with
band members Neil and Reid Perry.
“DONE.” soared to No. 1 on the
MusicRow, Billboard and Mediabase
charts.
SESAC is ‘Driven’
SESAC’s Peniece Le Gall moderated
the Indie vs. Major Label panel during
the 2013 Driven Music Conference in
Atlanta on September 28. The Driven
Music Conference is a direct-connect to
music industry professionals. The event
included discussions, Q&A and meet &
greets in a "talk show style" format with
those that are in the position to offer the
chance at music career advancement,
featuring top major record label and
independent record label executives,
national music media, managers,
songwriters, music producers, music
marketing professionals and more.
20