News Releases

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, announced today that it will run six televised public service announcements during the broadcast of the Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championships, which will air on ESPN2 on Sept. 5, 2007, at 10 p.m. Eastern Time/7 p.m. Pacific Time.

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, today announced the election of its 2007–2008 Executive Committee. The election denotes a change in NAMM's volunteer leadership with Chip Averwater, chairman of Amro Music Stores, taking over for outgoing NAMM Chairman Dennis Houlihan. The election results were as follows:

The NAMM Foundation sponsored a week of music lectures and events this week at the Chautauqua Institution to support the association’s dedication to communities and organizations making more music. The Chautauqua Institution offers more than 170,000 guests a nine-week summer retreat program that encompasses lectures and activities involving arts, education, religion and recreation. As part of the 2007 summer series, week eight (August 12–18) featured a program that immersed guests in the meaning and impact of music.

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, will be exhibiting at the sixth annual AARP Life@50+ National Event & Expo at the Boston Convention Center, Sept. 6–8, 2007, demonstrating to nearly 25,000 attendees the social and physical wellness benefits experienced by people over age 50 who participate in recreational music making (RMM).

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, and the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) hosted the first U.S.-based SchoolJam teen battle of the bands competition in front of a full-capacity crowd of nearly 300 at Emo’s Lounge in Austin, Texas.

Eight lucky bands are leaving the conference room for the concert hall as finalists of the Seventh Annual FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands. The first music competition of its kind, the FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands provides amateur, company-sponsored bands the opportunity to lose the tie and briefcase and pick up their passion. These eight bands will take the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 5–6, 2007, and have the opportunity to live out their rock 'n' roll fantasies and compete for the title of best corporate band. For a

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, today announced that its 2008 Summer NAMM event will be held in Nashville, Tenn., June 20–22, 2008, at the Nashville Convention Center.

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, closed its 2007 Summer NAMM show today at the Austin Convention Center, reporting an overall decrease in registrants from the 2006 summer trade show in Austin, with 12,845 total registrants for the three-day event. Even with the decrease in overall registration, the buyer-to-seller ratio was strong with 2,992 dealers and employees seeing products from and meeting with the 339 exhibiting companies.

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, opened its Summer NAMM trade show today, which runs through Sunday, July 29, at the Austin Convention Center. Between 10,000 to 12,000 music products industry professionals from 37 countries are expected to attend Summer NAMM to view the latest musical instruments and products from more than 300 exhibiting companies.

In fall 2007, the Disney Channel will present a special telecast, High School Musical: The Music in You, a docu-musical from two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA, American Dream). Kopple followed the month-long process of Fort Worth, Texas, students producing a stage adaptation of Disney's High School Musical, capturing with her camera the auditions, rehearsals and performances and how students balanced it with the rest of their lives.

NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, announced today that Joseph Perry, a graduating senior at John H. Pitmin High School in Turlock, Calif., and Zach Morris, a student at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center from Flagstaff, Ariz., are the recipients of the William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship.

Students in high-quality school music education programs score higher on standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music education programs, according to a study published in last week’s issue of the Journal for Research in Music Education. This is the first study ever to examine the quality of school music programs as a factor affecting test scores, independent of the socio-economic level of the school or school district.