Craig Cortello,

The "Business Musician" Speaker, Trainer, & Featured Author

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One of my primary objectives for writing this book was to positively impact music education by providing a unique advocacy tool. Use the resources available here to learn, and most importantly,

GET INVOLVED!

Music Education Advocacy

TROUBLING INFORMATION:

• 93% of Americans agree that the arts are vital to providing a well-rounded education for children

• 62% believe that there are other people or organizations in the community who are better suited to take action (than they are).

• 40% say that they do not know how to get involved in arts education.*

A study of policymakers** (completed by the Education Commission of the States) around the country indicated the following:

• They all believe Arts education is important

• They never hear from their constituents on this issue

THEIR CONCLUSION: Arts education is not broken and doesn't need attention.

MUSIC ADVOCACY LINKS:

FREE E-BOOK! Everything We Needed to Know About Business, We Learned Playing Music CLICK HERE

From the Band Room to the Boardroom (The Nine Lessons of Playing Music that Translate into Business Success)

Contact elected officials

SupportMusic.com Community Action Kit

Sample Community Action Letters

Musicians Succeeding in the Business World Article (Available for Reprint)

Music Benefits Articles and Videos

Why Play Music?

Suggest a link

*2005 Harris Poll

**From lecture at ArtistsHouseMusic.org by Richard Baker, Louisiana Department of Education

The Universal Benefits of Music

 Applied to Business, Education, and Life

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"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Poet & Doctor of Medicine

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

- Malcolm Forbes, Publisher