A large majority believes that children should have opportunities to learn to play musical instruments as early as elementary school and that music and arts education are “extremely” or “very important.”
"Music education cannot be marginalized. Music education is at the very heart and the very core of what education has to be, if our kids are not just going to survive but thrive in the 22nd century.” – Richard Gerver
The Music Achievement Council's purpose is to enable more students to begin and stay in instrumental music programs, to share real-world, successful strategies developed by instrumental music teachers.
NAMM Foundation supports innovative community-based music learning programs that allow more people the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of active music making.