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Each year, new band and orchestra students have their debut performances in January, introducing themselves to their peers and parents. Called “Breakfast with the Band” or “Breakfast with the Orchestra”, first-year ensembles invite their parents and school communities to hear them play and then to talk about the program over juice and bagels. This school …

On January 15, 2013 violin virtuoso Joshua Bell graciously lent his home for an Education Through Music (ETM) friendraiser to help grow ETM’s supporter and donor base. Guests, from the entertainment, finance and philanthropy communities, gathered to hear the Grammy Award-winning violinist perform and speak on behalf of Education Through Music. A queue of well-dressed …

ETM Academy is continuing throughout the school year, with sessions held during the months of November and January. Facilitated by Director of Programs Peter Pauliks and the program staff, these six-hour long workshops continued to provide professional support for our music teachers. The January session, for example, focused on a unit entitled ‘Recorder Power’, where …

ETM is glad to welcome two new members to the Board of Directors this winter, Aly Alibhai and Manoj Susarla. Mr. Alibhai is a Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma and a BSc. …

In October, Princeton University’s Katzenjammers, a co-ed a cappella group, used their talents to host an on-campus benefit concert for ETM. This was the third year the Katzenjammers held a concert to support ETM programs. A band of employees from New York Life Insurance also held their third annual ETM benefit concert. Despite having to …

New GreatNonprofits.org Award Based on Positive Online Reviews New York, New York (December 4, 2012) –Education Through Music announced today that it has been honored with a prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. “ETM is thrilled to be recognized as a Top-Rated 2012 Nonprofit—a rating that …

For the 2012-2013 school year ETM has adopted a new professional development (PD) format to better support our partner school’s academic teachers. Rather than aim for shallow “integration”—a popularized buzzword—for incorporating musical concepts into curricula, ETM strives to bridge classrooms and develop sustained support for music education. “In an effort to add consistency and ‘follow-through’ …

Sprint (NYSE: S) recently announced the 2012 recipients of its New York City Local Giving Program, including a $10,000 grant to Education Through Music. In total, three area non-profit organizations were awarded grants as part of this signature community-support program. The New York City Local Giving Program awards Sprint Foundation grants totaling $50,000 to area …

#GivingTuesday™, in its inaugural year, seeks to create a national day of giving dedicated to supporting the charitable activities of nonprofit organizations. Capitalizing on the success of social media platforms such as twitter, #GivingTuesday™ hopes to become more than just a buzzword, but rather a movement which embodies the holiday season’s spirit of giving. Following …

On October 26, mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin visited ETM partner school M.S. 529 in the Bronx. In anticipation of her visit, students read a chapter from Rubin’s memoir, Do You Dream in Color?: Insights from a Girl Without Sight. The chapter, “The Babysitter’s Club,” chronicles Ms. Rubin’s struggles throughout middle school with fitting in and feeling …