KMR - Kansas Music Review

March 2012 is Music In Our Schools Month© (MIOSM). The 2012 Music In Our Schools Month Theme is "Music Lasts a Lifetime." The 2012 World's Largest Concert will be March 8, 2012.

It is not too late to join in the 2012 Music In Our Schools Month celebration! With participation no longer limited to one day, the Concert for Music in Our Schools Month provides a month long performance opportunity for students and a chance for music teachers to shine the community spotlight on the importance of school music programs. While the "official date" of the Concert for Music In Our Schools Month is Thursday, March 8 at 1 p.m., all teachers are encouraged to get creative and teach and sing with their students any number of the Concert songs at any time during March 2012—whenever it fits into their school and community schedules! The concert video will be available on the NAfME website during the month of March. The song list, sheet music, and rehearsal tracks for the Concert songs are available free of charge to NAfME members at http://www.nafme.org. Program order: "Discussion' Percussion," "Dona Nobis Pacem," "El Vito," "Everlasting Melody," "Feel the Beat," "Rock Island Line," and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1st verse only).

I would also like to invite all of you to attend Arts Day at the Capitol on Thursday, March 8, 2012, to help the Kansas Citizens for the Arts in their efforts to fund the arts in Kansas! For the entire schedule and additional information visit: www.kansasarts.org.

State of Kansas
- PROCLAMATION -
By the GOVERNOR
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, GREETINGS

WHEREAS, music is a universal language that speaks to all people, an art form whose creation, structure and performance inspires each person, and one of the most compelling means of human expression; and

WHEREAS, the study of music is a core educational component that encourages creativity, imagination and intellectual development and, as well, provides a distinctive means of communicating complex thoughts, concepts and emotions; and

WHEREAS, "Music Lasts A Lifetime," the theme of MENC [NAfME] - the National Association for Music Education reflects the importance of music education in our schools and highlights the cultural significance of music and;

WHEREAS, the Kansas Music Educators Association is concerned with maintaining and improving school music programs for all students regardless of their socio-economic status or their abilities and;

WHEREAS, MENC [NAfME], The National Association for Music Education has designated March 2012 as Music in Our Schools Month; now

THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED, that I, Sam Brownback, Governor of Kansas do hereby proclaim the month of March 2012, Music In Our Schools Month in Kansas and urge the observance this month as an opportunity to support the purposes and practices of music education and encourages teachers, parents, students, and all citizens to participate.