Meet Our Sponsors & Exhibitors

National Sponsors
Exhibitors
Arts Education Expo Raffle
Become a Sponsor/Exhibitor

National Sponsors

The National Guild is deeply grateful to the following sponsors for their support and commitment to access and excellence in community arts education:

	National Endowment for the Arts
	MetLife Foundation
	Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
	William Penn Foundation The William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that foster cultural expression, strengthen children’s futures, and deepen connections to nature and community. In partnership with others, the Foundation works to advance a vital, just, and caring community.
	NAMM Foundation NMM Foundation advances active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs from the international music products industry.
	The Wallace Foundation The Wallace Foundation seeks to support and share effective ideas and practices that will strengthen education leadership, arts participation and out-of-school learning.
	ActiveEducate ActiveEducate, part of Active Network, delivers industry-leading online fee payment, registration and data management tools for many types of schools, administrators, finance personnel and students. Active’s simple, web-based technologies help improve efficiency and reduce the costs associated with managing school fees, private lessons, resource scheduling, attendance tracking, payroll module, activities, events, merchandise, fundraising, after-school care, and more.
	Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music is the world's leading provider of graded music exams and assessments. Trusted and respected by teachers and students around the world, the Associated Board has over 100 years of experience and expertise in the field of music education and benefits from a relationship with four leading conservatories in the UK.
	Easy-Ware Corporation, Inc. Easy-Ware sells Total Info, an affordable constituent relationship management solution for nonprofit organizations. Total Info offers: family-oriented data model, admission tracking, class registration and attendance tracking, alumni management, camp registration, box office management and ticketing (including online ticket sales), complete fundraising management including capital campaigns, pledges, major gifts, events management, auction checkout, as well as grant application tracking. Includes complete communications tools.
	Jacobs Music Offering the finest products and values in all price ranges, Jacobs Music is the area’s only representative for new and authentically restored Steinway & Sons pianos, restored at the Steinway factory. Jacobs Music Company is one of the largest Yamaha piano dealers in the country and represents other fine makers of new and used acoustic and digital pianos.
	Kindermusik With 30 years experience in developing early learning curricula and products, Kindermusik is one of the world’s most trusted names in music and movement classes for children newborn to seven. The Kindermusik philosophy is rooted in the work of early childhood development experts like Piaget, Montessori, and Greenspan, and is based upon the principles of early development applied to developmentally appropriate practice as defined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Our full curricula offer children seven years of musical learning that involves every aspect of growth and development: language, motor skills, social skills, cognitive development, emotional growth, and musicality.
	Music Together Music Together is a music and movement approach to early childhood music development. Developed in 1987 for the Center for Music and Young Children, Music Together introduced a new, research-based, developmentally appropriate curriculum emphasizing and facilitating parent, teacher and caregiver involvement. Its approach develops every child’s birthright of basic music competence by encouraging playful experiences rather than teaching theory.
	Musikgarten Musikgarten, an early childhood resource company, offers research-based, sequential, and age-specific curricula for families with babies and provides group piano instruction for 6- to 10- year-olds. Additionally, we provide group piano instruction for adults in a Recreational Music Making setting. Teacher training workshops are available for each curriculum, as well as ongoing business support.
	National Discovery Network National Discovery Network provides children an opportunity to be seen by theatrical agents and scouts in a professional setting. The Network strives to build young artists’ confidence and self-esteem in a highly competitive industry.
	StudioSchool Pro by Dedication Technologies StudioSchool Pro 4 represents 12 years of listening to you, the dedicated people who work in community arts. Combining Contact Management, Development & Fundraising, Class Registration, Scheduling and hundreds of time-saving features, StudioSchool Pro is the most powerful tool available for your organization. Visit us at the Guild Conference in Philadelphia or download a free demo from our website http://studioschoolpro.com and find out why so many Guild members have chosen StudioSchool Pro.

Exhibitors

	ActiveEducate ActiveEducate, part of Active Network, delivers industry-leading online fee payment, registration and data management tools for many types of schools, administrators, finance personnel and students. Active’s simple, web-based technologies help improve efficiency and reduce the costs associated with managing school fees, private lessons, resource scheduling, attendance tracking, payroll module, activities, events, merchandise, fundraising, after-school care, and more.
	The Active Network The Active Network’s software tools facilitate participation and help manage online registrations, reservations, payments, donations and fundraising, memberships, data, customer service and website content.
	Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music is the world's leading provider of graded music exams and assessments. Trusted and respected by teachers and students around the world, the Associated Board has over 100 years of experience and expertise in the field of music education and benefits from a relationship with four leading conservatories in the UK.
	Bee-In-Tuner, Inc. Bee-in-Tuner is an entirely automatic, frequency responsive, mechanical tuning device designed for violin, viola and guitar. This versatile tuning wand uses microprocessor and motor control technology for its intuitive operation and is ergonomically designed to fit the hand. A backlit screen clearly reads out your instrument, string, and selected tuning.
	Copyright Alliance The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. It is the only organization in the United States that acts on behalf of all artists and creators in all fields – from the performing arts to the written word to the captured image – to promote the importance of copyright and its economic, cultural, and educational implications for creators and their communities. As part of its educational mission, it offers free valuable copyright-specific curriculum guides and other educational resources for K-12 educators, university faculty, and parents.
	CSM-SYS (Community School Management System) In 2001, CSM-Sys, Inc. was awarded the exclusive license to distribute Community School Management System integrated registration software that was developed in Philadelphia for Settlement Music School. More than 100 users in 6 states now use Community School Management Software to integrate registration, scheduling, payroll, tuition, gifts, payments, online credit card processing and registrations, faculty contracting, and general ledger detail.
	Eastern University Eastern University prepares artist practitioners to become effective leaders committed to transforming urban communities. Eastern provides the skills, knowledge, and spiritual development to use a broad range of artistic expressions in holistic ministry and coalition-building within urban communities. Eastern graduates become deeply involved in solving urban problems through their own leadership and initiative in urban areas locally and around the world.
	Easy-Ware Corporation, Inc. Easy-Ware sells Total Info, an affordable constituent relationship management solution for nonprofit organizations. Total Info offers: family-oriented data model, admission tracking, class registration and attendance tracking, alumni management, camp registration, box office management and ticketing (including online ticket sales), complete fundraising management including capital campaigns, pledges, major gifts, events management, auction checkout, as well as grant application tracking. Includes complete communications tools.
	Jacobs Music Offering the finest products and values in all price ranges, Jacobs Music is the area’s only representative for new and authentically restored Steinway & Sons pianos, restored at the Steinway factory. Jacobs Music Company is one of the largest Yamaha piano dealers in the country and represents other fine makers of new and used acoustic and digital pianos.
	Kindermusik With 30 years experience in developing early learning curricula and products, Kindermusik is one of the world’s most trusted names in music and movement classes for children newborn to seven. The Kindermusik philosophy is rooted in the work of early childhood development experts like Piaget, Montessori, and Greenspan, and is based upon the principles of early development applied to developmentally appropriate practice as defined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Our full curricula offer children seven years of musical learning that involves every aspect of growth and development: language, motor skills, social skills, cognitive development, emotional growth, and musicality.
	Music Together Music Together is a music and movement approach to early childhood music development. Developed in 1987 for the Center for Music and Young Children, Music Together introduced a new, research-based, developmentally appropriate curriculum emphasizing and facilitating parent, teacher and caregiver involvement. Its approach develops every child’s birthright of basic music competence by encouraging playful experiences rather than teaching theory.
	Musikgarten Musikgarten, an early childhood resource company, offers research-based, sequential, and age-specific curricula for families with babies and provides group piano instruction for 6- to 10- year-olds. Additionally, we provide group piano instruction for adults in a Recreational Music Making setting. Teacher training workshops are available for each curriculum, as well as ongoing business support.
	National Discovery Network National Discovery Network provides children an opportunity to be seen by theatrical agents and scouts in a professional setting. The Network strives to build young artists’ confidence and self-esteem in a highly competitive industry.
	Raven Commerce Systems Raven Commerce Systems is a technology development company which specializes in application development using open source tools and frameworks. Stellarvisions, Inc. is a communication architecture studio. Together Philadelphia-based Raven and Stellarvisions collaborate to deliver culture-driven tools™ that shape how information is organized, displayed, shared, and experienced to reflect core values. The principals of both companies are also artists.
	RuffaloCODY RuffaloCODY is the nation's leading provider of fundraising and marketing services, design and consulting for both emerging and established arts education organizations. We recognize you have unique needs and a distinct methodology of managing philanthropy and has unwavering commitment to ensure arts education remains priority in every city and community, regardless of size, throughout North America. For this reason, we offer total solutions for fundraising cultivation, solicitation, acknowledgement and stewardship activities. While you may be looking for support in one tactical area, RuffaloCODY understands and can support all facets of your campaign's design, analysis and implementation.
	Sam Ash Music Stores Sam Ash Music has been serving educators and students since 1924. Featured products include electronic pianos, keyboard labs, CD recorders, quality instruments, and software for recording, arranging, and music instruction.
	String Letter Publishing String Letter Publishing is the source of information, instruction, and inspiration for guitar and string players of all ages and musical interests, from beginners to professionals. Its magazines (Acoustic Guitar, Play Guitar!, Strings, Teen Strings, and Guitar Teacher ), books, newsletters, and web sites serve the practical needs and interests of musicians, teachers, and the music trade, keeping the members of this creative community in touch and up to date.
	StudioSchool Pro by Dedication Technologies StudioSchool Pro 4 represents 12 years of listening to you, the dedicated people who work in community arts. Combining Contact Management, Development & Fundraising, Class Registration, Scheduling and hundreds of time-saving features, StudioSchool Pro is the most powerful tool available for your organization. Visit us at the Guild Conference in Philadelphia or download a free demo from our website http://studioschoolpro.com and find out why so many Guild members have chosen StudioSchool Pro.

Arts Education Expo Raffle (Saturday, November 1, 12:30 pm)
Enter to win valuable prizes from our exhibitors and the National Guild! To participate in the raffle, visit at least five booths during the conference and drop off your “passport to prizes” at the national Guild booth by 12:30 pm. on Saturday, November 1, 2008. You must be present at the raffle drawing to win!

Raffle prizes include:
· 1 full conference registration for the 2008 Conference for Community Arts Education in Minneapolis (National Guild)
· $250 Amazon Gift Card: Buy art supplies and materials, music sheets or CD’s, you can redeem this gift card on anything sold on Amazon.com (ActiveEducate, part of ActiveNetwork)
· Bee-In Tuner Kit for Viola/Violin: The only true self-tuning, frequency responsive, mechanical device that's easy, fun and the fastest way for you or your students to tune 7-10 instruments in 5 minutes. Estimated value: $204 (Bee-In Tuner)
· Complete Set of Composers Lives Publications: Ten illustrated books with CDs for children aged 5 to 10, which introduce the lives of the great composers in pictures, music and words. Published by ABRSM. Estimated value: $200. (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)
· $100 Dick Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate (Raven Commerce Systems)
· Music Together Gift Bag: The gift bag includes the award winning Music Together® Family Favorites™ CD, as well as an assortment of child-friendly instruments. Estimated value: $50. (Music Together)
· Copyright Alliance One Voi©e T-shirt: Promote the importance of copyright and its economic, cultural and educational implications for creators and their communities by wearing a Copyright Alliance one voi©e t-shirt. Estimated value: $10.
· Einstein's Begonia: CSM-Sys is donating a live cutting from a begonia that once grew at Albert Einstein’s home in Princeton. Albert Einstein played chamber music at Settlement Music School in Philadelphia and was a member of the school’s Advisory Board in the middle years of the 20th century. Through a contact with the family of Einstein’s gardener, cuttings from a begonia that grew at his home in Princeton have been collected and grow to this day. Estimated Value: Priceless (CSM-Sys).

Become A Sponsor/Exhibitor
The Conference for Community Arts Education is an unparalleled opportunity to market your product or service to over 500 decision-makers from more than 300 community arts education organizations across America.

8’ x 10’ booths will be centrally located in the pre-function areas outside of the conference meeting rooms ensuring a high flow of traffic and the opportunity for you to connect with your target audience.

Space is extremely limited and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis!

Benefits of Exhibiting:

Enjoy an online company listing and web link
Receive a complete delegate mailing list
Be listed in the participant directory
Enjoy one free conference registration
Participate in the Arts Education Raffle

For details, download the 2008 Sponsor, Exhibitor, Advertiser brochure.

Reserve Today! Contact Heather Stickeler, Marketing and Communications Manager, at
212-268-3337 ext. 10, or email heatherstickeler@nationalguild.org