Grants

Gard Scholarship Award Recipient, Jon Blanchette, Reflects on Working for a NAMM Retailer

Jon Blanchette, a 2015 Gard Scholarship Award Recipient, gained experience in the music products industry working with NAMM member Rick’s Musical Instruments in Cumberland, RI. Blanchette experienced working in the industry firsthand while learning to repair brass instruments.

Grantee Spotlight: EngAGE, Inc.

One of this year’s NAMM Foundation grantees is EngAGE, Inc., a nonprofit organization that creates community and changes lives by transforming affordable apartment communities into vibrant centers of teaching and learning, artistic exploration, creativity and engagement for over 5,000 people living in affordable communities in Southern California, Oregon and Minnesota.

The NAMM Foundation Announces $675,000 in Grants to Music Education Programs Worldwide

The NAMM Foundation has announced that the organization will benefit 24 different music education programs with $675,000 in grants, an increase made possible by NAMM Foundation donors.
President Innovation Award

The NAMM Foundation Announces The 2017 President’s Innovation Award Recipients

"It was life changing. NAMM is filled with professionals in the music industry, which creates endless networking opportunities. I left NAMM more motivated than ever to further my career within the music industry."-Jeremy McCool, Western Illinois University, 1st year, Graduate Student

Gard Scholarship Award Recipient, Kelly Riordan, Reflects on Working for A NAMM Retailer

As a Gard Scholarship Award Recipient in 2016, Kelly Riordan gained experience in the music products industry, working with NAMM Member Hartland Music. While there, she was able to learn about and connect with the industry firsthand, selling music products and running a large conservatory.

A Past NAMM Innovation Award Student Shares Her Success

As a President’s Innovation Award Winner in 2015, Rebecca Scholldorf attended her first NAMM Show in Anaheim, where she was able to learn about and connect with the industry firsthand. We followed up with Rebecca to discuss her experience at The NAMM Show and life after college.

A Look Into Dallas Wind Symphony’s Band Camp: By Alum, Juan Alonso

The NAMM Foundation supports their summer band camp that provides at-risk and underserved students from the Dallas Independent School District the chance to attend a unique summer band camp presented by the professional musicians of The Dallas Wind Symphony.

The NAMM Foundation Grants $600k to Music Education Programs

The NAMM Foundation has announced that through the remainder of the 2016, the organization will make $600,000 in grants to 18 music education programs.

Chasing Opportunity: How The President’s Innovation Award Changes Lives

Jon Giroux was a President’s Innovation Award Winner in 2013 and attended both 2013 and 2014 NAMM shows and worked as with a D'Addario intern in their booth at the exhibit hall.

NAMM Foundation Boosts Music Education in High-Risk Schools

Grants totaling $142,550 support budding arts programs designed to help turnaround low-achieving schools

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