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1/5/24: The Oakland Press - Helping hands: Impact100 Oakland County awards $320K in grants
11/2/23: National Endowment for the Arts - Transforming Lives through Music Education
8/18/23: Detroit Free Press - Schooner provides hands-on learning for local youth
4/21/23: The Oakland Press - Accent Pontiac receives donation of tuba for youth music program
3/3/23: El Sistema USA - Teacher of the Year
2/27/23: CultureSource - Announcing Our FY23 Round 2 Minigrant Recipients
2/6/23: Civic Center TV - Pontiac Non-Profit Brings Music into Local Schools!
12/8/22: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Pontiac Funders Collaborative announces more than $120,000 in grants to 15 Pontiac nonprofits
8/23/22: Pontiac Marketing and Promotions Bureau - PMB Newsletter Community Spotlight
6/2/22: Bloomfield Community TV - About You
5/18/22: National Endowment for the Arts - National Endowment for the Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 22
12/21/21: Pontiac Community Foundation - M1 Mobility Update
12/15/21: The Oakland Post - NAfME completes successful fundraiser for local music education organization
11/1/21: Neighbors of Bloomfield Hills - Green Bucket Run
7/8/21: WXYZ Detroit - 14 Nonprofits in Pontiac to receive nearly $117,000 in grants
7/8/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - 14 Nonprofits in Pontiac Receive Nearly $117,000 in Capacity Building Grants from the Pontiac Funders Collaborative
7/1/21: Arts Midwest - Explore GIG Fund Round 1 Projects
4/7/21: Channel 7 WXYZ - Pontiac nonprofit bringing music to your ears while raising funds to strengthen youth and community
4/6/21: Fox 2 Detroit - Spring Nosh Ideas from Chef Kelli Lewton of Two Unique Caterers
3/17/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - Creating Opportunities for the Arts to Flourish
1/29/21: The Oakland Press - Accent Pontiac awarded $55,000 grant to support music education for children
1/28/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - Community Foundation and CultureSource Announce $275,000 from COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund
7/7/20: Oakland County Prosper - In a Pandemic, Music Transcends School Walls
7/7/20: The Ensemble - The Importance of Mission Statements
2/21/20: 15 News Southfield - Youthful Talent @ Accent Pontiac
10/28/19: WXYZ-TV Detroit, Channel 7 - Kirk in the Hills 5K to support Accent Pontiac"
6/13/19: Funding the Future - Financial Literacy Rocked Pontiac
6/6/19: El Sistema USA - ‘When she’s here, she is a leader.’
5/31/19: The Ensemble - News Notes
5/28/19: El Sistema USA - What is El Sistema USA? Music teachers making a difference.
5/24/19: El Sistema USA - Students from Accent Pontiac compose music based on financial literacy!
4/18/19: Spectacle Media - Financial Literacy Rocks Pontiac All Week Long - Come Rock with Us to Empower Pontiac’s Youth Through Music
12/21/18: El Sistema USA - PRESTO Feature: Accent Pontiac
10/29/18: Oakland Press – ‘I feel proud’: Accent Pontiac music education serves hundreds of elementary students, fundraiser upcoming
8/1/18: The Ensemble – News Notes
7/6/18: El Sistema USA – El Sistema USA Invests $1 Million in Music Education Programming
6/2/18: The World Ensemble – The Americas Take on Collaborative Composition: A Right Answer to the Hard Questions
4/17/18: Oakland Press – From beatboxing to swing dancing, Pontiac Arts & Culture Crawl looks to ignite downtown festival scene
2/26/17: The Ensemble – Accent Pontiac
1/27/17: Bloomfield Hills Schools – PREP Students Participate in Community Service Project
11/11/16: Oakland Press – Pontiac elementary school students perform in bucket band
10/14/16: Oakland Press – Buckets and Trumpets: New music program coming to one Pontiac school
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9/14/18: Accent Pontiac Expands Program with Support From El Sistema USA “PRESTO” Matching Grant Award
7/28/17: Accent Pontiac Students Make Summer Music at Kirk in the Hills
6/23/17: Accent Pontiac Students Toot Their Own Horns at End-of- Year Performance
5/6/17: Let the Music Begin: Accent Pontiac Students Perform at Kirk in the Hills
3/17/17: The Beat Goes On for Students in Accent Pontiac
11/7/16: Accent Pontiac Students Feel the Beat at Walt Whitman Elementary School
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