History of the ETM® Model
1991 - 1995 - 2000 - 2005 - 2007- 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011
| Education Through Music, Inc. (ETM) is founded in New York | |
| ETM begins by piloting its innovative program at a school slated for closure. | |
| Pilot partner school wins the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Education | |
| ETM expands to partner with three schools | |
| ETM begins to advise schools throughout the U.S. The first such school is located in St. Louis | |
| A public partner school wins the New York State School of Excellence Award | |
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| ETM provides professional development seminars to school principals at the Mississippi Arts Commission's statewide "Whole Schools Institute" |
| ETM begins consulting on projects in Philadelphia and New Haven | |
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| ETM participates in the Urban Music Leadership Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, by invitation of Macmillan McGraw-Hill |
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| ETM presents to the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids (Michigan) and the Maryland Arts Council |
| ETM presents on professional development model at the Kennedy Center Partners in Education Annual Meeting | |
| ETM begins overseeing implementation of its model in seven schools in the California Bay Area | |
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| ETM receives funding from the Ford Foundation to launch an external evaluation of its programs by Philliber Research Associates. |
| U.S. Department of Education awards ETM a multi-year grant under its "Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grants Program " - ETM is one of only 14 recipients nationwide | |
| ETM's budget surpasses $1 million for the first time. | |
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| ETM-LA, Inc. is founded as ETM's first affiliate organization to partner with schools in Los Angeles using ETM's model. |
| ETM begins consulting with the Stamford (CT) Symphony to create materials and train musicians for a music appreciation collaboration between the Symphony and a Boys and Girls Club. | |
| 2007 | ETM provides professional development services to music teachers across the Stamford (CT) public school system. |
| 2008 | ETM-Bay Area, Inc. is founded as ETM's second affiliate organization, and partners with a public school in Richmond, CA. |
| 2008 | ETM-Bay Area pilots first partner school music education program at Peres Elemenary School located in Richmond, CA. |
| 2009 | ETM-Bay Area partners with second Richmond, CA school, Coronado Elementary and enters second year of partnership with Peres Elementary. |
| 2010 | Continues partnerships with Coronado and Peres; adds a third Richmond, CA school (Wilson elementary) |
| ETM-Bay Area expands to its fourth Richmond partner and adds schools in Oakland and San Francisco
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Planned for 2011-12:
- Partnerships with 6 schools and consulting support to 7 additional schools serving over 4,000 children in the Bay Area!
Quotes
"I learned that it's not scary playing or singing in front of a huge crowd."
- 5th grade student, on what playing music taught him