Music+Links+(external)

=Music Links (not on this site)=

Please post links that you feel would be helpful for other Music Advocates to see, hhear or use in promoting music in Berks County.

__Videos__
[] Why we need the Arts [] Keep Arts in the Schools [] Keep Arts in the Public Schools [] Don’t Unplug the Arts [] Restore Arts Funding Now [] The Arts Teach [] Mike Huckabee: Art and Music Education [] Barack Obama on Music Education [] The Case for Music Education

__Advocacy Websites__
[|American Music Conference (AMC)] [|http://www.amc-music.com] Start here for resources, statistics, files, "Advocacy Toolkit," etc. [|MENC Advocacy Page] [|http://www.musicfriends.org] Information for Press and Public [|Arts Ed Net (PA)] [|http://www.artsednet.getty.edu] [|Articles and Quotes from <>] [|http://www.berksmusic.com/whymusic/whymusiclinks.html] If you're doing advocacy research, check out this list of links! Great articles and quotes for newsletters, concert programs, advocacy research, etc. Also includes instructions for subscribing to have releases emailed to you weekly [|"Gaining The Arts Advantage: Lessons From School Districts That Value Arts Education"] [] A study published by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Education Partnership (1997) [|NAMM National Association of Music Merchants] [] [|NARAS National Association of Recording Artists] [|http://grammy.com] [|Pennsylvania Coalition for Music Education (PCME)] [|http://www.amc-music.com/states/pa.htm] Pennsylvania information from the National Coalition PA Coalition email info group: email for information to zlz11@scasd.k12.pa.us [|PCAE Pennsylvania Council on Arts Education] [|http://wwwcciu.k12.pa.us/PCAE/PCAEHome.html] [|PCNTV] [|http://www.pcntv.com] [|http://www.pde.psu.edu] PA Senate and House floor schedules and text of pending legislation [|PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education] [] ww [|w.berksmusic.com] Articles linking music education with academic excellence [] The Research-Based Communication Tool Kit is a comprehensive document that brings together several components that advocates can use at state and local levels. [] Contains support music articles and research [] Knight Arts; witnessing the transformational power of the arts [|www.dana.org] The latest in Brain research, with pages devoted to music and the brain [|www.artsusa.org] Americans for the Arts; click the Advocacy tab [] Music education advocacy videos [] The Power of the Pentatonic scale [] Music Educators National Conference Advocacy page [] Programs, news, research, resources, etc [] Reading Musical Foundation site; click Advocacy Tab http://keyarts.wikispaces.com/Advocacy PA state advocacy page [] Music and Intelligence [] Music Enhances Academic Excellence