We're a community of music writers, performers and music enthusiasts involved in nontraditional music education.

The community is part of the idea that if we musicians don't support each other, nobody else will. We're about encouraging people to get involved with music and to grow and be better artists.

No matter what kind of music you're into, you need rhythm. And it's good to expose people to as much diverse music as possible. If the Beatles had never gone to India, where would music be today?

Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.

I understand [Schwarzenegger] met with education coalition. As part of the education community we are always excited that there is a proposal for bringing money back to the schools.

The Community Education Program is supported by the fees that are charged to the individuals who take the Community Education courses.