OUR CMA FOUNDATION STORY
History
The CMA Foundation transforms lives by investing in music education programs across the United States. Beginning in 2006 with passionate artists and industry professionals who first fell in love with music within the four walls of a classroom. Thanks to the teachers who believed in them, they were able to go after their dreams.
For us, it’s not just about raising up the next generation of musicians, but leveraging the impact that music has on students.
Why Music Education
Music has been proven to be an integral part of brain development, human connection, and even stress relief.
With nearly four million students nationwide lacking music education, we are on a mission change that statistic by investing in music education programs across the United States.
For students, music is an effective and invaluable tool to help improve academic achievement and social development, increase student participation and classroom engagement, and enhance social and emotional development.
They are better equipped to learn, retain, and articulate what they’ve learned when they’re exposed to music education.
What we love most is how music helps students over the biggest hurdle: showing up to class. The CMA Foundation is proud to partner with the Country community to provide more and more students with the opportunity to participate in music education programs.
CMA Fest
CMA Fest, the Country Music Association’s annual four-day music festival in Nashville, Tennessee, has been partnering with the CMA Foundation since 2006. Thanks to more than 300 Country Music artists who donate their time and talent each year at CMA Fest to support our work, we have been able to invest more than $30 million into the enrichment of music education programs across the United States.
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