Music In Our Schools Month

This March, South Carolina music educators will celebrate under this year’s theme, United Through Music. While concerts and performances remain an important part of MIOSM®, this year’s focus invites us to think even bigger about connection, collaboration, and community impact.

For over 40 years, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has designated March as Music in Our Schools Month®, a nationwide celebration designed to spotlight the essential role of music education. MIOSM® is both a celebration, and a call to action. It reminds communities, decision makers, and families that every child deserves access to a comprehensive, high quality music education as part of the school day.

United Through Music challenges us to think beyond individual classrooms and consider how music unites students across grade levels, schools within districts, educators across the state, families and communities, and diverse cultures and musical traditions. Music education builds bridges. It fosters collaboration, empathy, and a shared purpose, skills our students carry far beyond the rehearsal room.

South Carolina Music Educator challenge! Let’s showcase our amazing music programs this month.

Include hashtags #SCMIOSM, #MIOSM and #UnitedThroughMusic in your post so we can amplify the incredible work happening across our state and nation.

NAfME has provided free resources to support your efforts, including sample lesson plans for elementary through high school, a featured class guitar lesson, advocacy tools, promotional materials, and information about the history of MIOSM®. Visit the NAfME MIOSM® Resource Page to access materials that can support your planning throughout the month.

For questions, ideas, or to share how your program is celebrating, please contact Tamara Willing Silva, State MIOSM® Chairperson, at tamara.silva@scmea.net.

This March, let’s do more than celebrate. Let’s connect, collaborate, and advocate because we are united through music.