GenNext | NAMM Foundation

Joe Lamond interviewing industry guests during the Careers in Summit panel

About

GenNext at NAMM's Believe in Music Week is a collaboration between The NAMM Foundation and The College Music Society that offers college music students and faculty exclusive programming with access to career and professional development sessions.

Believe in Music Week is a new virtual event and global gathering to unify and support people who bring music to the world, taking place the week of January 18, 2021. Learn more about Believe in Music Week at believeinmusic.tv.

Who Participates

Current college music students studying music, music business, music technology or music education.
College-level music faculty members.

Believe in Music Week

Week of January 18, 2021
Online

Fall Webinars

NAMM Foundation programming for Believe in Music includes fall webinars (Sept.-Dec.) for college faculty and students, music educators, music service organizations, music makers and more.

Questions?

Contact Claire Kreger-Boaz.

Listen to Podcasts?

Talking Up Music Education is a podcast of The NAMM Foundation. The episodes below feature college music students and faculty.

Meet The Grand Prize Winners of A Cappella at NAMM: UCLA’s ScatterTones

GenNext’er Stephanie Landino Shares the Importance of Going To The NAMM Show

Discussing University Music with Members of the HBCU Band Directors’ Consortium

Additional Links

Join the NAMM GenNext Facebook Group

What Attendees had to say About GenNext at The 2020 NAMM Show

View Photos from The 2020 NAMM Show (all)

View Photos from The Grand Rally for Music Education

View photos of NAMM Foundation events at The 2020 NAMM Show

Read about The Grand Rally for Music Education at The 2020 NAMM Show

Future of Music: The 2020 President’s Innovation Award Recipients

Meet The Grand Prize Winners of A Cappella at NAMM: UCLA’s ScatterTones

Watch the Melodica Men Perform at The 2020 NAMM Show

Recent Articles

November 20, 2020
Ways to Make This a Memorable Year for Your Students
November 2, 2020
NAMM Foundation Holiday Celebration: An Hour of Music & Merriment
October 23, 2020
Replay the Webinar: Career Development & Entrepreneurship Workshop

Community Spotlight

The NAMM GenNext experience was an incredibly motivating, empowering, and inspiring activity as a young professional in the music industry.

- Alex Alberti, College Music Student, UNC Greensboro

Did you know?

"Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul." Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician.

Quoted in "We use music to say things we could never say with words" by Andrea Bocelli. Feb. 7, 2018

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