“Music in Our School Month” pivot to alternative due to Coronavirus pandemic

The 6th Annual Teach Music Week is still happening this week across the nation and with many schools and extracurricular classes being canceled or postponed the organization has worked a modification to keep the event going, and stronger!

“Keep Music Alive mission is to help more kids (and adults) reap the educational therapeutic and social benefits of playing music,” explained Joann Pierdomenico, executive director of Keep Music Alive, through an email to WFTV Channel 9.

Teach Music Week is urging music students to call or email their music schools to register for a free music lesson or class to be held later, once music schools reopen after the COVID-19 ceases.

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Teach Music Week is celebrated annually during the 3rd week of March to coincide with national Music in Our Schools Month. This year it will be celebrated between March 16 and 22.

Anyone interested in learning to play an instrument is encouraged to seek out a local 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.

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“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 educational, therapeutic and social benefits of playing music, long after the month of March is over,” Vincent James, co-founder of Keep Music Alive stated.

Keep Music Alive is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to promoting the value of music: educationally, therapeutically and overall making us a happier society. To support this mission, they created two international music holidays: Teach Music Week (3rd week in March) and Kids Music Day (1st Friday in October). Each year, Keep Music Alive partners with hundreds of music school and retail locations to celebrate by offering free music lessons and holding numerous community events including open houses, student music performances, instrument petting zoos, community jams, instrument donation drives and more. For more information, please visit www.KeepMusicAlive.org .

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