Teen Magazine Combats Decreased Arts Funding - Brings Music World Into the Music Classroom

Teen Magazine Combats Decreased Arts Funding - Brings Music World Into the Music Classroom

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With funding for music education dwindling in many parts of the country, Music Alive!, the educational music magazine and listening program for teenagers, offers a low-cost solution that is both teacher- and teen-friendly.

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Celebrating its 25th anniversary season during this school year, Music Alive! (see www.musicalive.com) has engaged over 6 million teenage music students with its uniquely exciting mix of articles and recordings. Available for in-school use, it continues to close the gap between the music world and the music classroom.

As part of the anniversary celebration and in recognition of music teachers' efforts to keep their students engaged and inspired, Music Alive!, will award a Middle School music teacher in its first-ever Teacher Contest. The subscribing teacher who submits the most compelling description of a creatively-taught General Music class will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the National Association of Music Educators conference and related concerts in April 2006.

"We see music teachers as soldiers in the trenches these days," says Editor in Chief Caroline Horn. "State and national standards require them to do more with fewer resources, so we want to salute their work and their dedication."

Every month during the school year (October through May), Music Alive! provides 30 copies of the colorful Student Magazine, a Teacher's Guide of complete lesson plans keyed to national standards for music education and literacy reinforcement, and a Classroom CD of relevant recordings. A smaller set of materials is available for homeschoolers.

Each monthly issue features articles on hit songs, hot artists, and a mix of historic and contemporary music. Recent cover stories have featured No Doubt, the Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Nickelback, Jesse McCartney, Howie Day, and LeAnn Rimes.

"We reach students with the music that they know and love, at an age when they are at risk for tuning out," Horn explains. "Then we gently expand their interests."

Founded in 1981 by acclaimed record producer Milton Okun, Music Alive! is a not-for-profit initiative published by the Cherry Lane Music Foundation, Inc. The magazine is advertisement-free and always screened for classroom appropriateness.

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Source: Cherry Lane Music Foundation, Inc.

CONTACT: Abigail Tuller, Operations Manager of Cherry Lane Music
Foundation, Inc., +1-212-561-3021, atuller@cherrylane.com

Web site: http://www.musicalive.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Ms. Horn available for interview. Photos available.

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