Mission Statement

We believe that music must be an integral part of the school curriculum.

Music addresses all three of the major learning styles while involving both sides of the brain in a manner unique in all education.

Music affects the whole person in a communication that transcends differences in language and experience.

We exist to foster a heightened awareness of the value of music within the educational community for the benefit of the students & the community at large
 
  Community Council for
  Music in the Schools
   
Executive Board
  Mary MacKenzie, Founder/Co-Chair
  Ann Marie Haney, Co-Chair
  Martin Chambers, Treasurer
  Everett Crouse, Community Relations
  Mary Solsbak, Communications
  Clancy Sloan, PTA Liaison
  Sylvia Shepherd, Professional Music Assoc. Liason
  Jodie Harrell, Member At Large
  Dean Hickman, Music Teacher Liaison
   
Supporting Council
  Music Departments:
    SDSU
    CSUSM
    UCSD
    USD
    Grossmont College
    Mesa College
    Palomar College
    Point Loma Nazarene University
    San Diego City College
    Southwestern College
   
  America's Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society
  American College of Musicians
  American Guild of Organists - San Diego
  American Harp Society - San Diego
  American Orff Schulwerk Assocation - San Diego
  American String Teachers Association - San Diego
  Barbershop Harmony Council - San Diego
  California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT)
  Civic Youth Orchestra
  CMEA Southern Border Section
  Community Music School
  Jazz Artists Guild
  La Jolla Music Society
  La Jolla Renaissance Singers
  La Jolla Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  Lyric Opera of San Diego
  Mu Phi Epsilon
  Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego
  Music Teachers Assoc. of California - San Diego
  Musicians Assoc. of San Diego County - Local 325
  National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing - San Diego
  National Guild of Piano Teachers - San Diego
  Pacific Men's Chorale
  San Diego Chamber Orchestra
  San Diego Chorus of Sweet Adelines International
  San Diego Early Music Society
  San Diego Flute Guild
  San Diego Master Chorale
  San Diego Men's Chorus
  San Diego Mini-Concerts
  San Diego Opera
  San Diego Symphony
  San Diego Unified PTA
  San Diego Youth Symphony
  Sigma Alpha Iota
  Spreckels Organ Sosiety
  Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra
  Young Audiences of San Diego
   
  P.O Box 22471
  San Diego, California 92192
   
  Phone (619) 594-5405
     

PURPOSE AND PROJECTS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
FOR
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS

The Community Council for Music in the Schools (CCMS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 under the umbrella of the San Diego State University Foundation, FID #956042721. All CCMS funds are held independent of SDSU accounts.

The primary purpose of the Community Council for Music in the Schools is to promote and support music education in the public schools, and to work in partnership with music organizations in the private sector that provide music enrichment to students.

A major project of CCMS is the collection and repair of donated instruments which are issued to school music teachers for loan to needy students who are unable to rent or purchase an instrument. From 1999-2005, nearly 600 instruments have been placed in 60 San Diego City Schools, grades 4-12.

CCMS depends on cash donations for maintaining the instruments in top playing condition. All contributions are tax deductible.

CCMS assists in seeking funds for San Diego City Schools instrumental and choral honor concerts and festivals. These concerts provide an opportunity for outstanding music students to perform in advanced ensembles and to receive recognition for their hard work and accomplishments.

The board members of CCMS have given numerous music education advocacy presentations at conferences of music organizations such as the California Music Educators Association and the California Music Teachers Association, philanthropic groups.

50 member music groups & institutions make up the supporting council.