Keep Music Alive Partners with 1000+ Locations to Offer FREE Music Lessons to Celebrate 9th Annual Teach Music Week

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Mar 02, 2023, 08:36 ET

PHILADELPHIA, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 9^th Annual Teach Music Week will be celebrated Monday, March 20^th through Sunday, March 26^th. This annual week-long holiday invites musicians, music schools, music stores and other music organizations to offer a free lesson or class to new students (both kids & adults). This year, 1,000+ locations in a dozen countries will participate including the U.S., Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Come take a FREE Music Lesson during the 9th Annual Teach Music Week (March 20-26) with over 1,000 locations offering a free music lesson or class to new students. Keep Music Alive is honored to welcome the following music brands and organizations as our partners this year: Alfred Music, Casio, Conn-Selmer, D'Addario Foundation, Hungry for Music, Kala Brand Music, Les Paul Foundation, Music Nomad, REMO Percussion, Spirit of Harmony Foundation.

Keep Music Alive also hosts year-round Musical Instrument Petting Zoo events at schools, libraries and community festivals. We bring acoustic/electric guitars, ukuleles, keyboards and dozens of different types of percussion instruments for kids to interact with. These events are often referred to as a "please touch museum" for musical instruments. Keep Music Alive is also honored to partner with other non-profits to bring these programs to the families they serve.

Teach Music Week is celebrated annually during the 3rd week of March to coincide with national Music in Our Schools Month^®. Anyone interested in learning to play an instrument is encouraged to seek out a participating location or musician friend to help get them started. Teach Music Week also invites public, private and charter schools to schedule activities that will encourage more students to sign up for music, band and chorus classes.

Vincent James, co-founder of Keep Music Alive states: "We all know that the biggest hurdle to doing something is often just getting started. With Teach Music Week, we are hoping to inspire a new generation of musicians who will continue reaping the many benefits of playing music, long after the month of March is over."

Keep Music Alive is honored to welcome the following music brands and organizations as partners for the 9^th Annual Teach Music Week: Alfred Music, Casio, Conn-Selmer, D'Addario Foundation, Hungry for Music, Kala Brand Music, Music Nomad, REMO Percussion, Spirit of Harmony Foundation. Together, they are helping to share the Teach Music Week message, inspiring more children and adults to begin their musical journey. Music & Arts, the largest music lesson provider in the country, will participate in Teach Music Week by hosting a free group guitar lesson for kids 8 to 13 years old on Saturday, March 25^th at participating. Guitar Center locations will bookend Teach Music Week with a free group guitar lesson on both Saturday March 18 and March 25.

Individual locations from additional chains participating this year include Long & McQuade, Kindermusik, Gymboree Play & Music, Music Together and the legendary School of Rock. Keep Music Alive is also grateful for grant support received from the Les Paul Foundation and Music Nomad's "One for Music" Program. For more information or to find participating locations, please visit www.TeachMusicWeek.org or call or email (610) 874-6312, [email protected].

Keep Music Alive is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit on a mission to help more kids (and adults) reap the educational, therapeutic and social benefits of playing music. They are founders of two international music holidays: Teach Music Week (3^rd week in March) and Kids Music Day (1^st Friday in October). Each year, Keep Music Alive partners with hundreds of music school and retail locations to offer free music lessons and host special events including student music performances, instrument petting zoos, community jams, instrument donation drives and more. For more information, please visit www.KeepMusicAlive.org.

Music in Our Schools Month^® is a registered trademark owned by the National Association for Music Education (www.NAfME.org).

Media Contact:

Vincent James
610-874-6312
[email protected]

SOURCE Keep Music Alive