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REMO Affiliates with SupportMusic.com Initiative To Keep Music in Schools |
Valencia, CA, July 11, 2006 -- REMO, an innovator in the world of drumheads,
drums and percussion accessories, has affiliated with SupportMusic.com, the
Music Education Coalition’s initiative and the source of information for
grassroots efforts to support school music programs. This affiliation
brings REMO into a valuable network that seeks to advance the coalition’s
advocacy mission to keep music strong in schools.
www.SupportMusic.com was launched by the Music Education Coalition, an
entity formed by the International Music Products Association (NAMM) and the
National Association for Music Education (MENC).
REMO founder Remo Belli, who also helped launch the Percussive Arts Society,
another SupportMusic member, has consistently responded to the needs of
educators by producing instruments that are ideally suited for use by
students as they develop and learn. For decades, educators who support the
addition of music instruction in every child’s education have incorporated
REMO products into their teaching curriculums. Early childhood educator Lynn
Kleiner partnered with REMO to develop her own line of children's
instruments. Will Schmid, past president of MENC and a world drumming
expert who is actively involved in his community as well as author Dr. Craig
Woodson, who has developed a “Roots of Rhythm” musical curriculum for K-8
students, have both incorporated REMO products into their educational
programs.
“We are very pleased to be a part of the SupportMusic coalition,” says John
Fitzgerald, Manager of Recreational Music Activities. “The coalition
delivers a vitally important message from the education and music industry
communities about the power of music making to bring value and innovation
back into the public education system.”
Always a forward-thinking company, REMO also understands the importance of
offering tools that build the musical community. REMO’s popular drum
circles span the demographic spectrum, impacting the Recreational Music
Making (RMM) movement, which seeks to make music enjoyable and accessible.
REMO also encourages music making for wellness with its newest program
HealthRHYTHMS, which promotes drumming as an effective means for maintaining
health and well-being. These and other dynamic drumming classes are offered
at REMO’s Recreational Music Center in North Hollywood.
SupportMusic coalition affiliates, REMO and over 100 other organizations,
are part of the national task force devoted to ensuring that every child has
access to music as part of a quality education. Coalition members serve as
resources for one another across the country as they strategize to defend
and save at-risk music and arts programs in the nation’s classrooms.
Strategies include monthly conference calls with the entire coalition,
collective grassroots community efforts wherever the need arises and the
sharing of experience and ideas to form the best strategies.
About SupportMusic.com
SupportMusic.com is a public service initiative that represents close to
seven million individuals who seek to critically impact the resolve and
support for music education in local communities around the United States.
SupportMusic.com is an advocacy effort that unites over 100 national and
regional affiliates with parents and community leaders seeking to improve
access and opportunity in music and arts learning. Primarily configured as a
website, but also as an ad hoc consortium of concerned individuals and
organizations, SupportMusic.com provides tools for grassroots advocacy,
promotes messages about the importance of music and the arts as part of
learning, and disseminates research that substantiates their vital role. To
find out how to help keep music in schools log onto www.SupportMusic.com.
About REMO
Based in Valencia, CA REMO, Inc. is the world’s largest drumhead company,
leading the way in synthetic drumhead and shell development for 50 years.
REMO supplies high quality products to professional drummers and
percussionists, educators and enthusiasts throughout the world and is
committed to having its products play a unique and important part in the
culture of all nations. In the words of Remo Inc.’s founder, Remo Belli, “It
’s time to think of the drum not only as a musical instrument, but also as a
unifying tool for every family, a wellness tool for every retiree, and
educational tool for every classroom.” It is REMO’s mission to create,
design and produce better products to fulfill that role. |
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