Supporting Atlanta’s Youth Through Music Education

Atlanta’s Music Education Group is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting underserved youth throughout Atlanta.

Their team helps students discover and grow their talents across three creative platforms:

• Music
• Digital Media
• Film

All of us at the Atlanta Institute of Music and Media want to personally thank our own Scott Kieklak for being so instrumental (pun intended) in organizing, collaborating, and bringing production sponsors together to support MEG.

Scott, like all of the faculty at the Atlanta Institute of Music and Media, shares a strong and realistic vision of growing Atlanta’s music foundation and culture until it emerges nationwide as the
Music Capital of the United States.

A Decade of Hands-On Impact

For over ten years, Scott has worked hands-on with MEG, conducting recording classes, music school tours, speaking engagements, and recording and mixing projects for musician contest winners.

Between February and May of 2018, Atlanta Public Schools hosted a talent search and showcase featuring celebrity judges. MEG paired 11 APS high schools with some of Atlanta’s leading production teams to identify top student talent.

Each school’s winner then worked directly with their assigned production team to record and mix a song. All final tracks were selected for inclusion on a compilation CD distributed in Fall 2018.

This year, Scott worked with student Omarion Brown, recording and mixing two original songs at AIMM.
Omarion is a freshman at Maynard H. Jackson High School in Atlanta, where he won his school-wide talent show for singing.
He also plays violin.

Strengthening Schools Through Creative Partnerships

As a Partner in Education with Atlanta Public Schools, MEG’s mission is to strengthen the bond between schools and Atlanta’s creative community.

AIMM has always shared this goal and continues to support students who want to build sustainable careers in music and recording.

Through these collaborations, students gain exposure to exciting, high-wage technical and business careers available within the music and creative industries.

We are grateful for nonprofit organizations like MEG that also provide students with the life skills training needed for long-term success.
We hope to see many of these students continue into higher education as future AIMM students.

Get Involved with Music Education Group

For more information on how you can get involved with the Music Education Group, please contact:

James Caldwell
Executive Director
(404) 324-2886

www.themeg.org
Facebook: TheMusicEducationGroupInc
Twitter: @themusicedgroup
Instagram: @musicedgroup