NATIONWIDE MUSIC EDUCATION SURVEY RESULTS ARE IN

—Yamaha and Partners Complete Nationwide Search for Best 100 Communities—

BUENA PARK, CA (May 14, 2002)—For the third year in a row, Yamaha Corporation of America has lent its expertise to a very special undertaking: the Best 100 Communities for Music Education survey.

Yamaha and its partners—The American Music Conference (AMC), The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), The National School Boards Association (NSBA), Perseus Development Corporation and The VH1 Save the Music Foundation—used an online survey form supported by direct telephone interviews to identify the nation’s leading school districts out of thousands of respondents.

For more than half a century, Yamaha has linked its production of quality musical instruments with an equally strident commitment to music education. Programs such as the Yamaha Music Education System (YMES), the Music In Education (MIE) teaching system and curriculum, the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Program (YYPA) and the Yamaha Advantage™ online band method community have all grown out of this belief that our mission is not merely to make quality products, but to ensure that customers around the world know how to get the most beauty and enjoyment from them.

In applying this knowledge base to the annual music education survey, Yamaha participated along with the other partner organizations by consulting on the creation of the survey questionnaire, helping to craft the data analysis methodology, and taking part in the nationwide publicity efforts on which the survey depends.

Click here to visit the website of the American Music Conference, where you can view the complete 2002 Best 100 Communities for Music Education results and a wealth of related background information.