Children's Music Foundation

September 2016

 
Thank You, Joey!
 
Last week, CMF was privileged to host a student outreach concert at Seattle's EMP Museum with Indonesian jazz pianist Joey Alexander. He is considered a child prodigy, releasing his first album, My Favorite Things, on May 12, 2015, at  age 11.  Alexander taught himself to play jazz at age 6, and has performed for Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In 2014, Wynton Marsalis invited Alexander to play at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2014 gala, which made him an "overnight sensation," according to The New York Times. Joey's second album, titled COUNTDOWN, debuted last week. Than you Joey, for inspiring our young students. We would also like to thank EMP for offering your venue for this wonderful opportunity! 

Welcome Jennifer
 
CMF is proud to announce the addition
 of Jennifer Staggs to the Board of Directors. Jennifer is an experienced marketer and excels in all facets of presence marketing management, brand marketing, and account services in the development, implementation and execution of an integrated event marketing strategy. Welcome aboard, Jennifer!
 

Children's Music Foundation

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Start Young
 


Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has been playing piano since the age of three, says in her video segment that music has given her a sense of balance and direction like nothing else in her life.

Rice explains, "The artist is actually in some ways the highest form of a human being." (click here to watch the video)
 
Benefits of Early Learning
 
 
A growing body of rigorous evidence suggests that policy interventions aimed at early childhood bear fruit for decades.(more)
 
US Way Behind on Early Learning
 

Out of 36 countries, the U.S. ranked 29 in enrollment rates for its 3- and 4-year-olds, according to Education at a Glance 2016, the 500-page report released from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. (more)
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