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Follow on Google News | Don't Stop The Music (USA): The British TV Sensation is Coming to America!Nationwide "project greenlight" search for a director to commence.
By: The Content Farm Nationwide “Project Greenlight” Search for a Director to Commence Imagine what it would be like if the talented artists, producers, and composers of the past and present had not been introduced to the power of music. This is the reality for large numbers of students, as schools throughout the US facing budget restrictions make music and art departments the first to go. The would-be musical stars of tomorrow are being denied access to essential education. In fact, just recently the city of Atlanta eliminated almost all music education programs. Although music education is often seen as a luxury, its absence from the curriculum is disastrous for America’s children, as the value of music extends well beyond any student’s potential for stardom. Music increases understanding of subjects such as math, science, and foreign language, and schools that offer a music program have graduation rates 20 percent higher than schools that don’t embrace the power of music education. It is for these reasons and more that The Content Farm, a Washington DC-based production company, accepted the opportunity to create a program to help lead America’s movement to protect the future of music education. In 2014, the BBC show Don’t Stop the Music inspired a nationwide movement to address the lack of music education in UK schools. Following the BBC’s lead and with the help of its producers and stars, The Content Farm is working with American musicians, actors, directors, writers and educators, in addition to New York’s classical music radio station, WQXR, which conducted a highly successful instrument drive in 2014, to develop a US version of Don’t Stop the Music, slated to air in late 2016. This TV program – and the community outreach efforts surrounding it – will explore the widespread importance of music education and its deteriorating status in American schools, expose students to music in new and exciting ways, and encourage Americans to share their idle musical instruments, in a collective effort to help protect the future of music education. The event’s finale will be a televised concert at a notable venue – think Carnegie Hall or the White House – featuring children from the series playing their new instruments alongside world-renowned musicians. Legendary artists including Paul McCartney, Sting, Chris Martin, and the Edge supported the BBC show, and American audiences can expect to see a similar level of superstar talent. Support from some of the biggest stars in music – a list already including Aloe Blacc, Arturo Sandoval (who’s donated his personal trumpet), Sir James Galway, Keith Lockhart, Lyle Lovett, Rhiannon Giddens and more – will help Don't Stop the Music USA create a musical intervention, inspiring parents and students to demand music education. In turn, American citizens will be called upon to support our nation’s children by providing students with their old instruments, empowering them to succeed in music education and beyond. “If Taylor Swift drops in on a school for a surprise gig, is that going to awaken a student’s interest in learning music? Absolutely! Adding excitement to this project: the production team has recently decided to “crowd source” directors to find someone with a new and powerful visual aesthetic and storytelling voice to be a director of the film. “If Don’t Stop the Music is about ensuring learning opportunities,” # # # About The Content Farm (www.thecontentfarm.tv) The Content Farm is a full service entertainment and media creator and incubator, providing top line talent for developing, creating, improving, selling and representing music, film, television and digital content. A consortium of industry leaders -- including designers, directors, producers, agents, lawyers and everything in between -- dedicated to finding, cultivating and distributing the best entertainment content. Specializing in organic original entertainment, the Content Farm is an award winning Maryland company, offering Hollywood-caliber talent outside the Golden State, the Big Apple and the Beltway. Content Farm team members have developed, produced and overseen business affairs for programming on cable, public television and radio, including In Performance at the White House, A Chance to Dance, Globe Trekkers, Car Talk, The Gershwin Prize and the films of Ken Burns. About MBM Entertainment (http://www.mbm- MBM Entertainment is an Emmy & NAACP-nominated entertainment production company based in New York City. A strategic partner of Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, MBM Entertainment’ About WQXR (www.wqxr.org) WQXR 105.9 FM, part of the New York Public Radio system, is New York’s only all-classical music station, immersing listeners in the city’s rich musical life. WQXR broadcasts essential destination programs including the Metropolitan Opera Radio Saturday Matinee Broadcasts, New York Philharmonic This Week, and the McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase. In 2014 WQXR launched a massively successful musical instrument drive to support New York City public schools, and will run another drive in 2016. To support fundraising for Don’t Stop the Music please visit: http://tiny.cc/ End
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