The Art of Music, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to music and musicians of all genres.
Since 2001, The Art of Music Annual Writing Contest has encouraged poets, authors, and songwriters to write on music-related topics as well as come forward with music-related poems, short stories, essays, and song lyrics they have written. The winning entries, along with the top scoring entries, are published in our anthology, The Art of Music - A Collection of Writings. The anthology gives writers a chance to share their music-related pieces and experience those written by others. The Art of Music - A Collection of Writings has been used in university-level poetry courses and can be found in libraries and bookstores as well as museum and performing art center gift shops. Portions of the proceeds from the anthology are donated to breast cancer research and awareness as well as to other non-profit organizations that support the creative efforts of writers, songwriters, and musicians. The editor, Elizabeth C. Axford, is a breast cancer survivor.
Our Digital and Archival Preservation of Historical American Sheet Music Project helps to preserve one of America's finest collections.
Elizabeth C. Axford, M.A. (Director/President) – Elizabeth C. Axford has a B.A. in Music from the University of Illinois and an M.A. in Music from San Diego State University. She is an award-winning songwriter, arranger, composer, poet, and author. Her songs and arrangements have been heard on artists' CDs, in videos, on the radio, in TV commercials, on PBS, CNN, the CW, on Internet web sites, as ringtones, as sound chips in greeting cards and gift bags, and in musical theatre productions. During her 25 years of teaching piano, she has done hundreds of arrangements for piano and keyboards as well as composed original piano pieces, instrumentals, and songs. She is an active member of many professional music organizations including NSAI, ASCAP, NARAS (voting member), MTNA, and MTAC. Her Piano Press Studio received the Best of Del Mar Award from the U.S. Local Business Association two years in a row for 2008 and 2009. She received an ASCAPLUS Award for the 2009-2010 distribution year. She is the author of "Song Sheets to Software - A Guide to Print Music, Software, Instructional Media, and Web Sites for Musicians" Book/CD-ROM (Scarecrow Press, 2009). She is a 13-year breast cancer survivor and the editor of "The Art of Music – A Collection of Writings."
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