We know your music
teacher matters to you.

Tell us why and your school music program might win a $2,500 grant from the Music Empowers Foundation.

Lights, Camera, Action - Win!

All you or you school needs to do is send us a one minute video explaining why your school's music program and your music teachers matter.

We are interested in hearing things such as how:

• the music program/teachers have helped make you a better student
• your music teachers have encouraged and developed your and other students' creativity
• being involved in your schools music program made you a stronger leader or a better team player

All videos submitted will be reviewed by a panel of representatives from some of the largest and most prestigious music education charities in the U.S., including: Little Kids Rock and Berklee College of Music's "City Music Program". The school music program featured in the top video will receive a $2,500 grant from the Music Empowers Foundation.

Videos submitted will be featured on the Music Empowers website and on the Foundation's Facebook page. Sharing of videos is strongly encouraged.

Here Is How To Enter:

• 1Tell us via a 60-second video why your schools music program and music teacher(s) are important to you and your classmates.
• 2Upload your video to YouTube ( be sure to keep your settings public ). Don't have a YouTube account? Learn how to set one up. Get help uploading your video here.
• 3Submit your video using the form below, please provide your name, email and link (click "share" on YouTube to access your video's link) to your video.
• 4Watch the submitted videos here on our Web site; we'll also be featuring submitted videos randomly via Facebook and Twitter. Contest Winners will be announced shortly after April 12th.

Contest Rules:

In order to be considered for a prize, submitted videos must:

1. Explain why, in your/your classmates opinion(s) your schools music programs and its teachers matter, I.e.: Why are they important?

2. Videos must be approximately one minute in length. (We reserve the right to disqualify videos that are significantly longer than 1 minute).

3. The person who officially submits the video must be 18 years of age or older and will be responsible for obtaining permission to appear in the video from all participants.

4. Videos, once submitted, will become the property of the Music Empowers Foundation, which reserves the right to use all videos for Foundation promotional efforts including, but not limited to: social media, Web usage, press releases and Foundation presentations.

5. Videos should end with or otherwise contain the following (or similar ) mention of Music Empowers, "Visit Facebook and LIKE Music Empowers Foundation"