Advocacy Organizations - Music

The Fund’s Actors’ Work Program provides comprehensive employment and training services, including career counseling, training, tuition assistance, and job search and placement support. All members of the Actors’ Work Program are given the guidance and support to develop a career/education plan that will enable them to find a dignified sideline career. With offices in New York City and Los Angeles, over 9,000 entertainment industry professionals have utilized the services of the Actors’ Work Program in the past decade, enabling them to sustain a productive and financially stable life.

AAJC activities include ongoing interaction and programming with Historical Black Colleges and University; national technical assistance and consulting services for the continued development of jazz related career activities; career development programs for jazz instructors, teachers, professors, music management, artists and repertoire directors, promotions, producers, recording engineers, print and broadcast media, writers, historians, critics, and music therapy; alternative academic and nonacademic Jazz instructional venues; audience development programs through the creation of a network for performances, clinics, workshops, and tours; and partnershp with the National Association of Schools of Music as Jazz curriculum evaluators, and interaction with the music industry and musician's unions.

Organized by the Alliance of Artists Communities and hosted by Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design, the American Creativity At Risk symposium explored the nature of human creativity and its significance in a wide range of disciplines, taking artists' communities as a model and a metaphor for fostering pure research and innovation in all sectors of society and culture. The symposium resulted in a call to action addressing the challenges and opportunities of restoring creativity as a priority in public policy, cultural philanthropy, and education. Symposium speakers and panelists included Robert MacNeil, Lewis Hyde, Brendan Gill, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Ellen Winner, David Liddle, Mary Catherine Bateson, Ned Hall, and Stewart Brand, among others. Can be ordered through the Alliance website.

Monthly newsletter that summarizes key developments at art councils around New York State.

A bimonthly newsletter that summarizes federal legislation pertaining to the arts.

Benefits include awards, certifications and the bi-monthly Piano Guild Notes.

With over 250 local unions throughout the United States and Canada, the union is the largest in the world representing the interests of the professional musician.

The American Harp Journal's mission is to produce a magazine for the membership of the American Harp Society containing articles and columns designed to inform members and to leave an accurate record of the activities of the AHS and current issues in the harp world. This material may include (but is not limited to) biographies of major figures of the past and present, bibliographies, historical studies, listings of publications and recordings, articles of educational content for students and teachers, and articles concerning construction and maintenance of the harp.

The ALA site offers a wealth of free updated information on anti-censorship advocacy for artists, librarians and others.

AMC News' purpose is to educate the general public and government about the benefits of music in education, wellness, recreation and cultural activities, and to encourage music making for all ages and give recognition to those individuals and organizations who promote music making. It also strives to encourage the support, continuation, and improvement of music education standards. Available online.