{"id":14317,"date":"2019-09-09T11:19:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/?page_id=14317"},"modified":"2024-03-12T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:20:11","slug":"music-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/?page_id=14317","title":{"rendered":"Music Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_f31bdf78d2\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_fomkxo4gij\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Music Advocacy<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Music advocacy means that without the arts we simply ignore the best path to creative thinking, and the Twenty-First Century learner.<\/p>\n<p>This is the message <a href=\"\/about-contemporary-music-center\/namm-show\/\">NAMM<\/a> takes to Capitol Hill every spring in an attempt to gain support for Music programs. Along side former Secretary of Education Richard Riley and celebrity\u2019s like Tony Bennett; Menzie has attended the NAMM Washington \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.namm.org\/issues-and-advocacy\/fly-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fly-In<\/a>\u201d since 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15110 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/strumming-drumming.jpg\" alt=\"music advocacy\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/strumming-drumming.jpg 580w, https:\/\/contemporarymusiccenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/strumming-drumming-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_hm4hbyls7o\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default 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