News: Philanthropy

October 29, 2023

Alpha Music Kicks Off Holiday Food Drive

Alpha Music, a 40-year-old combo music retailer based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will kick off its holiday food drive on November 1 to benefit the Food Bank…

October 15, 2023

PMC Announces NAMM Foundation Support for Future Programming

The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has announced that this year’s NAMM grant will help the PMC maintain established Experience Drumming! community grants,…

October 06, 2023

Hohner Partners with American Cancer Society

Throughout the month of October, which is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hohner has partnered with the American Cancer Society to support breast cancer…

September 11, 2023

Musician Ben Folds Teams with Casio on ‘Keys for Kids’ Initiative

On August 25, singer-songwriter Ben Folds lead fundraising event Keys for Kids — his initiative which provides school-age kids with access to keyboards and…

July 28, 2023

NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Hosts Benefit Concert with Graham Nash

On July 18, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music welcomed patrons to a sold-out “Concert for a Cause” benefit event that featured Grammy award-winning artist…

July 28, 2023

Pearl Awards ‘Musicians Making A Difference’ Scholarship

In May 2021, Pearl Corporation opened a new college scholarship, “Musicians Making A Difference,” awarding $10,000 annually in the amount of two $5,000…

June 16, 2023

NAMM Foundation Opens 3 Scholarship Applications

The NAMM Foundation has announced that three award programs are now open for application. These programs offer support to attend The NAMM Show for college…

June 09, 2023

Music & Arts Announces Orchestral Composer for Project Imagine

Music & Arts has announced the next phase of Project Imagine, a commissioned composition project aimed at providing underserved music programs the…