Teach Music Week to Offer Free Lessons to New Students

Keep Music Alive is excited to announce the 5th Annual Teach Music Week will be celebrated Monday March 18th through Sunday March 24th. 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 (kids and adults). This year, over 750 locations in 15 countries will participate including the U.S., Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Croatia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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 multitude of new musicians who will continue reaping the educational, therapeutic and social benefits of playing music, long after the month of March is over."

Keep Music Alive is honored to welcome the following music brands as partners for the 5th Annual Teach Music Week: Alfred Music, Casio, Conn-Selmer, D'Addario Foundation, Remo and Saga Musical Instruments. Together, they will be helping to share the Teach Music Week message, inspiring more kids and adults to begin their musical journey. In addition to hundreds of independent music schools, some of the largest chains in the world have participated in the past with some of their locations including: Music & Arts, Guitar Center, Long & McQuade, Bach to Rock, Kindermusik, Music Together, Gymboree, Musikgarten and the legendary School of Rock. For more information or to find participating locations, please visit www.TeachMusicWeek.org or contact Vincent James at (610) 874-6312 and 211000@email4pr.com.

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, they partner with hundreds of music school and music 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.

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

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