When Save The Music started in 1997, music education funding cuts in public schools were on the rise. School boards and superintendents often cited economic strain as a justification for schools cutting music programs from the regular schedule and relegating music and...
For the past few years, Save The Music Foundation has partnered with another amazing music education charity, the Sound Start Foundation (created by Sound United), to advance their undertaking of donating 10,000 instruments to children across the world so the next...
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (the “SDGs”) are the world’s shared plan to end extreme poverty, reduce inequality, and protect the planet by 2030. Adopted by 193 countries in 2015, the SDGs emerged from the most inclusive and comprehensive negotiations in UN...
Music fills our lives: from the music you share online to the songs playing in shops and restaurants, we are rarely far from music. More than just listening, playing music gives the brain a multi-sensory “workout” that strengthens several types of sensing and...
We say music helps you reach your potential in many ways. Meet Donyea from Brooklyn, NY and watch him talk about how music education and playing the cello helped him feel good about himself. “When I started playing the cello it started becoming my favorite...