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The 2004 NAMM Summer Session closed Sunday, July 25, reporting a grand total of 23,198 registrants, a slight increase over last year’s record-breaking attendance of 23,047. NAMM, the International Music Products Association, produced the three-day music products trade show, which occupied the Nashville Convention Center and parts of the adjoining Gaylord Entertainment Center.

Education Secretary Rod Paige gave a strong boost to SupportMusic.com, the entity’s affiliates throughout the United States and community-based arts and music education advocates everywhere when he sent a two-page letter last week to America’s school superintendents (approximately 16,000 nationwide) urging them not to cut art programs. Secretary Paige’s directive also encourages states and local communities to access funding available through Department funding programs, or Title programs, to support arts education programs.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, hosted the final day of its 2004 NAMM Summer Session today at the Nashville Convention Center and adjoining Gaylord Entertainment Center. The morning’s Gospel Music Pancake Breakfast featured performances by two diverse acts: The Crabb Family, a contemporary gospel group, and Denver & the Mile High Orchestra, a high-energy, “big band” style group, who played to a sold-out crowd. Proceeds from the event will benefit the American Music Conference.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, hosted the second day of its 2004 NAMM Summer Session today at the Nashville Convention Center and adjoining Gaylord Entertainment Center. Many of the day’s attendees stopped by last night’s concert at The Hang in the Gaylord Entertainment Center, where the Spin Doctors performed and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest winner was announced: Arthur Godfrey received the award of Maxell Song of the Year 2003—and a check for $20,000.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, today announced a new six-year deal with the City of Anaheim to continue to host “the NAMM Show,” the association’s 103-year-old trade show for the musical instrument and products industry, through 2010.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, today kicked off its 2004 NAMM Summer Session, drawing an international crowd of music products industry professionals to the Nashville Convention Center and adjoining Gaylord Entertainment Center.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, today opened its 2004 Summer Session trade show, which runs through Sunday, July 25, at the Nashville Convention Center and the adjoining Gaylord Entertainment Center. With more than 500 exhibiting companies and thousands of retail buyers, the association’s second-largest trade show is expected to attract more than 20,000 attendees from around the world and is open to manufacturers and retailers from the international music products industry and media who cover musical instruments and products.

Just before midnight on July 20, 2004, an unidentified male was killed in a car explosion in an outer construction site parking lot at the Opryland Hotel and Resort, more than 10 miles away from downtown Nashville and the site of the 2004 NAMM Summer Session. NAMM has been in contact with local authorities, who say the blast may have been the result of a homemade car bomb and there is no reason to suspect terrorism at this time.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, today released Music USA 2004: International Edition, the association’s annual statistical review of the music products industry. For the first time, the publication has expanded to include five regions from around the globe: Australia, Canada, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, announced today that Luke Veronda of Kankakee, Ill., is the recipient of the 2004–2005 William R. Gard Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, established in the name of former NAMM Executive Vice President Gard, invests in the education of promising students interested in contributing their talents to the music products industry.

The International Foundation for Music Research (IFMR) announced $232,404 in new grants today, continuing the organization’s mission to fund scientific research exploring the relationship between hands-on music making and human development. The new grants were awarded to worthy scientific projects whose outcomes could ultimately be used to defend school music programs, create more music makers and increase demand for music products.

NAMM, the International Music Products Association, will host the Fifth Global Economic Summit of the Music Products Industry, August 25–28, 2004, in Carlsbad, Calif. Every three years, NAMM hosts a group of key industry leaders, media and advisers to explore emerging markets, reinforce global relationships and share different visions of the path to long-term, sustainable industry growth.