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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Monday, October 26, 2015 |
CONTACT:
Daisy Gonzalez-Diego
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-2060 |
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
M-DCPS TO HOST JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR BUS AND
THE NAMM FOUNDATION SUPPORTMUSIC COMMUNITY FORUM
WHO: |
M-DCPS administrators, students, community leaders and interested citizens
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WHAT: |
Day One: John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, six music students from John A. Ferguson Senior High School will work with music industry professionals on the Lennon Bus, a state-of-the-art mobile recording studio to write and record an original song and film a music video.
Day Two: The NAMM Foundation hosts LIVE webcast SupportMusic Community Forum. Student performances, surprise donations, and panel discussions featuring local and national community leaders in the arts and advocates who articulate goals for supporting music education in the community. Working in partnership with The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation (MHOF),StubHub will award nearly 100 students and staff who present, including the school’s band and choir, which will be on-hand to perform. Earlier this year, StubHub announced a commitment to putting $1 million of musical instruments into at-risk public school music education programs as part of its Next Stage Social Good program dedicated to supporting youth music education. In partnership with artists and brands, StubHub will identify up to 30 schools over ten markets to make the donation with the support of benefit partner MHOF through 2015. |
WHEN: |
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
October 28, 2015
10 a.m. – Media Availability
The NAMM Foundation SupportMusic Community Forum
October 29, 2015
10 – 11 a.m. |
WHERE: |
School Board Administration Building, Auditorium
1450 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
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WHY: |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) was named one of the 2015 Best Communities for Music Education by The NAMM Foundation. The NAMM Foundation and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus invited 2015 Best Communities for Music Education districts and SupportMusic Merit Award schools to submit a student-made/faculty-advised video that answers the question, “What Makes Music Education Great in Your School?” M-DCPS will be presented with two surprise donations during the forum, including musical instruments and equipment worth $3,500.
M-DCPS was one of six winners selected to host a two-day residency with The NAMM Foundation and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. The SupportMusic Community forum will be webcast “live” to a national network of music education advocates on lennonbus.org/live and it will be filmed and rebroadcast on NAMMFOUNDATION.ORG. |
About the NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation is a non-profit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 9000 members around the world. The NAMM Foundation works to advance active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
About The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by Yoko Ono Lennon and the following sponsors and contributors: Canon U.S.A., Inc., Apple, NAMM, Montblanc, Adobe, Other World Computing, Juniper Networks, Securematics, Yamaha, Neutrik, Gibson Guitars, Epiphone, Avid, Audio-Technica, Digital Media Academy, SESAC, Genelec, SSL, NewTek, Thomann, TodoCast, IP Access, ZVEX Effects, Reflecmedia, Baker & McKenzie, JamHub, Sonicbids, Litepanels, Clear-Com, Anton/Bauer, AJA, DJI Innovations, Copperpeace, Applied Acoustics Systems, Mobile Roadie, McDSP, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, Noise Industries, JDI, iZotope, Mad Mimi, Ableton, Ampeg, Mackie, Guitar Player, Bass Player, Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, Digital Rapids, SKB, Sonnet Technologies and LiveU.
ABOUT STUBHUB:
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows and artists and introduce them to the ones they'll love next. As one of the world's largest ticket marketplaces, we enable fans to buy and sell tens of thousands of tickets, whenever they want, through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub and StubHub Music apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale market in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our industry firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first live entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewards™. Our business partners include more than 60 teams in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and NCAA, plus ESPN, NBC Digital, AEG and Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement. Throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Germany, StubHub provides the total end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or YouTube.com/StubHub.
ABOUT THE MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS FOUNDATION:
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation was inspired by the acclaimed motion picture Mr. Holland’s Opus, the story of the profound effect a dedicated music teacher had on generations of students. The film's composer, Michael Kamen, started the foundation in 1996 as his commitment to the future of music education. The Foundation donates musical instruments to under-funded schools in an effort to give students the many benefits of music education, help them achieve more in school and inspire creativity and expression through playing music. Hundreds of thousands of students across the country have benefited and thousands of instruments have been donated to 1,352 school music programs. Please visit mhopus.org for more information.
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