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Click on the images below to see our videos on the powerful benefits of music and how you can enjoy them in your community.
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Alica Keys, Lenny Kravitz, John Rzeznik
Alicia Keys, rocker Lenny Kravitz and Goo Goo Doll John Rzeznick talk about the importance of school music programs and the impact they had on their lives as musicians.

PSA courtesy of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.

   

Bare Naked Ladies
Bare Naked Ladies campaign for the importance of getting involved in school music programs.

   

Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight speaks on behalf of the integral part early musical training had on his life. The ways it helped him in math, English and other subjects and the way it aided him as a student and molded him as an artist.

   

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
Look at the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus which features two studios, one that is multimedia based and the other, for recording songs by teens for the USA Weekend/John Lennon Songwriting Contest for Teens. Check out this additional video footage of the Tour Bus on the road with the Warped Tour '03.

 



Music Making & Wellness Participants
See what real people have to say about the benefits of music making in their lives. Click here to learn more about Recreational Music Making.

   

Remo
The company that pioneered modern drum heads is now helping lead the charge toward wellness through music making. See what’s making everyone feel so good.

   

Sesame Street Music Works
In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of the debut of Sesame Street Music Works, Big Bird, Oscar and Bob McGrath have all lent their support to music making in a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that hit the airways in November.

   

Suburban Legends
Check out the choreographed escapades of the ska band, Suburban Legends as they perform at the Winter, 2003, NAMM trade show. Its like N'SYNC playing instruments and rocking totally hard at the same time.

   

Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton advocates learning music in school and the strength it gave her to become a better person.

 

VH1 News Special Report
An in-depth report about the state of music education in our schools, and what can be done about it.

   

Weekend Warriors
Too grown up to rock? No such thing! Click here to learn more about the Weekend Warriors program.

   

New Horizons Band
A band program for adult beginners (even if you can't read music) and people who may have played in school but put it aside for many years. Click here to learn more about the New Horizons Band.

   

New Horizons Band
New Horizons Band percussionist Joan Cantor recounts “jumping in with both feet” in Iowa City.

   

New Horizons Band
Shirley Petherbridge describes her own New Horizons Band experience.