The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium
The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium is a collection of leaders from all parts of the music industry and music education that have joined together to share resources, networks, and their passion to make music an ongoing part of the lives of children in the United States. The Consortium, encourages collaboration, shared services and advocacy while building a community in music education. The preservation of music education in the United States has been a cause very dear to Quincy’s heart for a very long time. This past week, The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium Summit was held in New York, bringing music educators from across the country together with with a common voice and passion for music education.
Bob Lefsetz (of The Lefsetz Letter), reported, “the consortium is fighting on all fronts…Quincy opens doors.” You can read his experience at the summit here.
Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post also attended the summit and described it as “a gathering of educators and musicians who are onto something that could–really–transform music education in this country. The keys: Dozens of people from schools and non-profit organizations around the country are actually WORKING TOGETHER for this initiative, and it has the imprimatur of the famous producer Quincy Jones.” You can read Valerie Strauss’s article on the summit here.
For more information on The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium, please click here.
When my mother cured a disease,
I did musical therapy.
While she pushed the keyboard with a finger, the other ability was restored.
The music education evolves the other fields.
thanks.
Dear Mr. Jones;
There are several things happening at Roosevelt Middle School in Compton that need attention with the instrumental music program.
I do not wish to bombard you with all things up front, so I will only list two;
1. Help make the music program continuous even through student grades are basic and below:
2. How to get my own career as a composer in gear so that my original compositions can help provide revenue to students. Please go to youtube.com/barnes8711 to hear original compositions and see music video made by the students and me.
I Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Charles Barnes
Please join Music 4 Hunger to save lives of children.
Founder and director Sampsa Lopponen is partnering with a master keyboard player Cornell Thigpen (Mary J. Blidge, Chaka Khan, Babyface) to raise money through music to save children.