Wednesday, April 2, 2014
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Nelson Duffle at NAfME
nelsond@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BROADER MINDED™ HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL FOR CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
National Association for Music Education to play key role at Rock and Roll Caucus panel discussion on April 3 on the impact of music education in public schools
RESTON, VA (April 2, 2014) – The highly successful music advocacy initiative – Broader Minded™ - from the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) will be a featured part of a Congressional briefing tomorrow, April 3, at the Rayburn House Office Building (Room2456) on Capitol Hill.
This will be the first time NAfME has participated in a Capitol Hill briefing of this type in nearly a decade, and the specifics of the Broader Minded movement will be an integral part of the discussion.
Spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, [OH-11], the briefing is being called "Music Matters" and will include opening remarks from NAfME president and Ohio-based professor Nancy Ditmer. In addition, NAfME's Assistant Executive Director Christopher Woodside will be one of the panelists, and will present a summary of the Broader Minded initiative, followed by a showing of the Broader Minded informational video.
"Opportunities such as this one are extremely rare," said Woodside. "They demonstrate the progress that we are making in both furthering the cause for music education and asserting our relevance. The fact that NAfME has been invited to participate in this briefing is quite significant and I look forward to carrying our message to the Hill on Thursday."
The panel will also include representatives from several other prominent music education organizations – Dr. Lauren Onkey (Vice President of Education and Public Programming from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum), Jennifer Mondie (Violist and Orchestra Committee Chairman, National Symphony Orchestra), and Paul Cothran (Executive Director, VH1 Save the Music Foundation).
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