Rocking Out to Save Music Programs Across the Country

Students from Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) are hosting a classic rock concert at the school to help raise money for a foundation that creates and sustains music programs in underfunded school systems throughout the country.

Seniors  and Stefan Mann are hosting the event."Myself and my friend decided to do this because we have benefited so much from our excellent music department," said Ryan. 

The proceeds will go to the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation was founded in 1997 as a public affairs initiative of the VH1 network. According to the foundation website, their "core mission is to restore instrumental music education programs, ensuring that every child has access to a complete education that includes the benefits of music instruction."

Ryan says that he feels strongly about need for music education and is happy to contribute to the foundation. "In the midstof budget cuts, a lot of schools are loosing their music departments. The proceeds from this concert will go to a foundation that helps underfunded music programs in America," he said.

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation helps create and sustain instrumental music programs that provide children with equal access to music education regardless of their financial situation. The foundation partners with school districts across the country to do so. They provide brand-new musical instruments to public elementary and middle schools to help boost music programs where they were fading away to nothing. 

The concert is called "A Night of Classic Rock" and will take place on Thursday, March 24 in the Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School auditorium from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission will be $10 at the door.