All children deserve quality music education

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Joshua Bell honored
at ETM Children’s
Benefit Gala.
ETM expands program
to middle schools with
addition of partner
MS 180 in the Bronx.
ETM launches band and
orchestra electives.
“Measure for Measure”
report on ETM’s
external evaluation
(2005-08) funded by
the US Department of
Education released.
2009
National Association
for Music Education
(NAfME) invites
ETM to join The
Music Education
Policy Roundtable,
a national alliance
of music advocacy
organizations.
Executive Director
Katherine Damkohler
serves on the Arts
Education Council of
Americans for the Arts.
2012
The Country Music
Association (CMA)
Foundation donates
$125K to ETM
programs in NYC.
ETM lights the Empire
State Building purple
in honor of its annual
Children’s Benefit Gala.
2014
ETM celebrates
25th anniversary.
ETM rings opening
bell at NASDAQ.
2016
2008
2011
2013
2015
ETM expands its
program to 20 schools.
Michael Schaefer
elected Chairman of
the Board and Edmund
Schroeder named
Chairman Emeritus.
Dante Di Loreto,
executive producer of
FOX’s Emmy Awardwinning
TV series
“Glee” honored at ETM
Children’s Benefit Gala.
ETM Bronx partner
school PS 48 is one of
“GLEE Give a Note”
campaign winners.
ETM expands program
to 25 schools.
ETM unveils a new
state-of-the-art music
technology lab at MS
180 in the Bronx.
ETM internal evaluator
publishes report
detailing program
impact at partner
schools showing that
children learn better
when music is a part of
their school curriculum.
ETM extends program to 48
schools in all five boroughs
of NYC and reaches nearly
27,000 NYC students.
Steinway & Sons announces
five-year sponsorship
of ETM program.
Richard Bernstein elected
Chairman of the Board of ETM.
ETM partner school students
from MS 566 Pelham Gardens
in the Bronx co-write and
perform song with Grammywinning
songwriter Liz Rose
as part of the Country Music
Hall of Fame and Museum’s
“Words & Music” program.
Keith Urban donates 20
one-of-a-kind Keith Urban
guitars to ETM students.