Best Communities for Music Education
The NAMM Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Best Communities for Music Education
The Best Communities for Music Education acknowledges over 1,000 schools and districts across the United States for their commitment and support of music education. The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2024 Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) Awards, a signature program now in its 25th year of recognizing and celebrating school districts and individual schools for their support and commitment to music education and their efforts to ensure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education.
A complete list of the 2024 Districts
A complete list of the 2024 Schools
About the Best Communities for Music Education Award Program
The Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) Award is a signature program of The NAMM Foundation that recognizes and celebrates school districts and schools for their support and commitment to music education and their efforts to ensure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education. Throughout the program's 25 years, the foundation has recognized over 1,000 school districts and schools, combined, in 43 states.
The schools and communities recognized by the Best Communities for Music Education demonstrate a commitment to ensuring music learning opportunities are available for every student and provide an example for other communities to follow. The impact of The NAMM Foundation's Best Communities for Music Education award is unique and different for each recipient, although all recipients report the sense of pride, joy and respect it brings to their communities.
Why Participate
- National recognition
- Community recognition and community pride
- Increased visibility of music education in your district, school, and community
- Program validation of your school or district's support for music education
- Program auditing tool for evaluating your music program
Eligibility
- School districts in the U.S. with a K-12 music education program
- Individual schools, public, private, charter, and parochial, in the U.S. with a music education program
- One application per school or district
- All surveys must be submitted by the deadline
There are two awards available. You may only apply for one award:
- The Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) award: this award is for school districts
- The SupportMusic Merit Award (SMMA): this award is for an individual school (charter, parochial, private) that serves students at various grade levels.
