NAMM's Joe Lamond Honored with Midwest Clinic's Music Industry Award
Tim Lautzenheiser, VP of Education for Conn Selmer (left) and Richard Crain, President Board of Directors, Midwest Clinic (far right), flank Joe Lamond (center), president and CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). Lamond received the Midwest Clinic's Music Industry Award for his outstanding support of music education. Among his accomplishments on behalf of music education, Lamond was honored as instrumental in creating the NAMM Foundation, which serves as the philanthropic arm of the association, raising funds to support NAMM’s mission. Over the past 10 years, NAMM and the NAMM Foundation have reinvested nearly $80 million dollars in support of its mission to promote music making for people of all ages. The Music Industry Award was presented to Lamond at the Midwest Clinic Annual Conference in December, 2013.
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About NAMM
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit trade association representing the $18.1 billion global music products industry, with a mission to strengthen the music industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music. Comprised of more than 9,000 member companies and individual professionals worldwide, NAMM supports an industry that employs more than 400,000 people globally. Through its programs, events and advocacy efforts, NAMM advances a shared vision of a thriving, innovative and inclusive music products industry where every person has access to the joy of music-making. NAMM also operates The NAMM Foundation, investing in the future of music through the support of education, global grantmaking and featured programs that expand participation in music across all ages and stages of life. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., NAMM serves as a leading voice for the global music products industry through public policy, advocacy, education and other member services. For more information, visit NAMM.org, and learn more about NAMM’s Vision, Mission & Objectives at NAMM About Page.