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SABIAN PROVIDES CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE LITTLE KIDS ROCK MUSIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE
Donation Promises to Enhance Music Education Programs
In continued support of musical education in America's schools, leading cymbal maker SABIAN has donated 100 SBr cymbal sets to Little Kids Rock, an organization dedicated to bringing free musical instruments and music instruction to under-served schools across the US.
SABIAN is proud to support the Little Kids Rock initiative, and David Wish's dedication to bringing music education back to schools, said Stacey Montgomery-Clark, Vice President of Marketing, SABIAN. Here at SABIAN, we believe that including music education in a child's academic curriculum is invaluable to their development, and fosters a lifetime appreciation for music.
David Wish, Founder and Executive Director of Little Kids Rock, was on hand at the NAMM show to accept the donation and provide insight into the childhood music initiative. Wish said, SABIAN has been instrumental in helping to establish successful music programs in public schools around the country. With this donation, SABIAN is again ensuring hundreds of children, ages K-12 nationwide, will be educated on the fundamentals of music.
Given the current economic climate and the loss of music programs in schools, SABIAN's donation and the efforts of Little Kids Rock will focus on training more volunteer teachers and reaching more students who may not have the opportunity for music education. To date, its estimated that Little Kids Rock has reached 85,000 under-served children in grades K - 12.
SABIAN has been a sponsor of Little Kids Rock for approximately five years, and has provided the organization with hundreds of cymbal sets.
About Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that transforms children's lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in underfunded public schools. Little Kids Rock was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school. Today, Little Kids Rock is one of the leading nonprofit providers of free lessons and instruments to underserved children in US public schools, and has served more than 85,000 students at more than 1,100 schools in 23 cities nationwide. Little Kids Rock Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley and other famous friends in the music industry.
More information can be found at: www.littlekidsrock.org.