Music National Service Initiative

Twenty third-graders file into a brightly lit classroom at Langston Hughes Academy in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Though it is just one of the dozens of charter schools that now enroll 60 ...

Will "support the creation of an "Artists Corps" of young artists trained to work in low-income schools and their communities.

In the history of meltdowns by 4-year-old boys suffering a sugar jones, Josh Muilenburg was poised to break world records in time dedicated, force deployed and decibel levels achieved.

Music National Service (MNS) is a new nonprofit enterprise that supports and expands the use of music to meet important civic and social needs.Research shows that music can serve as an effective intervention in: 1) Under-resourced public schools and low-income communit...ies to develop more successful students and youth; 2) Health care and therapeutic settings for patient recovery and improved functioning; 3) The public domain for increased civic engagement, diplomacy, and peace. In fall 2009, MNS is piloting a “musical Peace Corps” called MusicianCorps and a “music volunteerism” network called MusicianMentors that will expand access to music education and improve youth achievement in underserved public schools and communities.

  The Center for Arts Education is committed to stimulating and sustaining ...

Music National Service (MNS) is a new nonprofit enterprise that supports and expands the use of music to meet important civic and social needs.Research shows that music can serve as an effective intervention in: 1) Under-resourced public schools and low-income communit...ies to develop more successful students and youth; 2) Health care and therapeutic settings for patient recovery and improved functioning; 3) The public domain for increased civic engagement, diplomacy, and peace. In fall 2009, MNS is piloting a “musical Peace Corps” called MusicianCorps and a “music volunteerism” network called MusicianMentors that will expand access to music education and improve youth achievement in underserved public schools and communities.

- Music National Service (MNS) is a new social enterprise that supports and expands the use of music to meet important civic and social goals. A pilot project has begun in New Orleans and WWNO's Paul Maassen spoke with Founder/CEO Kiff Gallagher and Sonja Robinson, Project Director in New Orleans. ....

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Dear Friends, The civic value of music in America is far greater than entertainment alone. Music can help youth to develop "the imagination to create," as well as discipline, perseverance, teamwork and other critical skills needed to succeed in the 21st Century. ...