The Hampsong Foundation is joining with the Star Spangled Music Foundation, with resources located at http://starspangledmusic.org/, to celebrate the bicentennial of America’s national anthem in 2014.

StarSpangledMusic.Org is building a broad network of organizations (ensembles, museums, cultural organizations, foundations, etc.) to share news of activities related to American music and especially to create, test, revise and share educational materials for use during the bicentennial of the U.S. national anthem—”The Star-Spangled Banner.” Please visit the StarSpangledMusic.org website for more information.
 

Founders of Star Spangled Music:

Mark Clague, Ph.D.
Musicologist, University of MIchigan
Director, U-M American Music Institute

Susan Key, Ph.D.
Musicologist, Napa California

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In addition to the Hampsong Foundation,
partners in the Star Spangled Music network include:
-The Los Angeles Grammy Museum
-Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Laura Jackson
-University of Michigan Marching Band

Like the Star Spangled Music Foundation on Facebook–and read the interesting posts on their page!

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Related Links:
-O Say Can You Hear: A Music History of America’s Anthem (by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Music History and American Culture at the University of Michigan and Director of the School’s American Music Institute)
-Smithsonian Star-Spangled Banner Website