AT&T Broadband And VH1 Save the Music Team Up To Support Music Education in Chicago Sunday, June 3 At Orchestra Hall At 3:00 p.m.Business Editors/Telecommunications & Education Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 AT&T Broadband, in partnership with VH1 Save The Music Foundation, will participate in the 38th Annual Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. `All City Concert' at Orchestra Hall There are several buildings named Orchestra Hall:
VH1 Save The Music and AT&T Broadband's participation in this event is part of an ongoing commitment to restore music education programs in cities across America and raise awareness of the importance of music participation for our nation's youth. AT&T Broadband and VH1 Save The Music have restored instrumental music programs in 19 Chicago Public Schools since 1998. Since VH1 Save The Music was created in 1997, more than $17 million worth of musical instruments has been donated to 750 public schools in 43 cities, improving the lives of more than 250,000 children. The ten-year goal is to bring music participation to one million kids. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to improving the quality of education in America's public schools by restoring music education programs in the cities across the U.S. and raising awareness of the importance of music participation for our nation's youth. "AT&T and VH1 Save The Music will work together at the community level to conduct awareness campaigns, like the `All City Concert', fundraising events, a comprehensive instrument drive and other activities to restore music programs in Chicago Public Schools and increase access to music education for our children," said Pat Keenan, vice president of communication for AT&T Broadband. The national partner organizations of VH1 Save The Music include the National School Boards Association, U.S. Department of Education, Chief State School Officers Association, MENC-The National Association for Music Education MENC: The National Association for Music Education, formerly called Music Educators National Conference, is an organization based out of Reston, Virginia which is focused on the advancement of music education, both as a profession and the assurance of music education as , NAMM-International Music Products Association, the American Music Conference, and America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth. The VH1 Save The Music national sponsor is Subaru. Sheet music and method books are being provided through a generous grant from the Diane Warren Foundation and ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation as part of their Music In Schools Program in conjunction with Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Publications. VH1 Save The Music was recently honored with this year's prestigious Governor's Award, a special Emmy Award, from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, as well as a George Foster Peabody
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