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Date Posted: 20:26:10 09/09/03 Tue
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Score! Music
's message, "PAUL SIMON on Little Kids Rock board of Directors" on 20:45:49 06/23/03 Mon
FREE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR DOZENS OF BELEAGUERED NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Little Kids Rock, the D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts and drum companies bring free music classes to
under-funded NYC schools.
Sept. 4, 2003 - San Francisco, CA - Little Kids Rock (LKR), an innovative non-profit music program for children announced today that it would be expanding its program in New York City public schools. This effort will be made possible with the help of a generous grant from the D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts as well as support from a number of drum companies. The new support will provide the instruments and training necessary to put 50 new music classes into New York City Schools during the fall of 2003.
"Little Kids Rock is an organization that is critical to the growth of music education," says John D'Addario, Jr., President of the D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts. "As budget cuts become more prominent, it is wonderful to work with organizations like Little Kids Rock that step up to the plate and fill that void. It is an honor to be part of LKR's commitment to educating and creating thousands of future musicians and music enthusiasts."
Together, drum industry companies Sonor, Sabian, Evans, ProMark and Latin Percussion have committed over $150,000 worth of musical instruments to this initiative. "We are proud & honored to be helping Little Kids Rock reach the newest generation of musicians," said Jerry Goldenson, Director of Sales & Marketing at Sonor Drums. "Passion and commitment is what music is all about," concluded Goldenson. Sabian's Director of Sales, Peter Stairs, is similarly enthused. "When I read about this great program giving free instruments and lessons to kids I knew instantly that it was something that Sabian would want to get behind," said Stairs.
"We are honored that music industry heavyweights like D'Addario, Sonor, Sabian, Evans, Pro-Mark and Latin Percussion have given us their support and enabled us to expand our program," said David Wish, LKR's Executive Director. " With all the school budget cuts that we've seen in recent days, the need has never been greater."
LKR students learn to perform, compose and record their own music from a variety of genres, including pop, rock, funk, blues, rap and hip-hop. In addition to releasing four full-length CDs, the kids of Little Kids Rock have also recorded three music videos featuring student-written originals. To date, the Little Kids Rock program has served more than 2,000 students in California, New York and New Jersey. Additional LKR programs will be launching in Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago schools within the next year.
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