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Museum of Making Music Benefit Concert Featuring Graham Nash Raises More Than $195,000 for Educational Programs

Release Date: July 25, 2023

CARLSBAD, CALIF., JULY 24, 2023 – On Tuesday, July 18, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music welcomed patrons to a sold-out “Concert for a Cause” benefit event that featured legendary GRAMMY Award®-winning renaissance artist Graham Nash. The event was held at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, and raised more than...

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Interactive Synth Exhibit ‘Music from the Sound Up: The Creative Tools of Synthesis’ Now Open at NAMM’s Museum of Making Music

Release Date: October 18, 2019

CARLSBAD, Calif. – October 18, 2019 – Today marks the official open of Music from the Sound Up: The Creative Tools of Synthesis, a first-of-its-kind exhibit presented by NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM). The special exhibit runs through April of 2020 and highlights the creativity and flexibility of synthesizers by using...

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Expanding Voices in the USA: The Resurgence of the Accordion Celebrated at NAMM’s Museum of Making Music

Release Date: December 13, 2018

CARLSBAD, Calif. – December 13, 2018 – Across musical genres and in top hit songs, there’s a chance you’ve heard it: the rich sonority of hundreds of reeds set in motion by the hand-powered bellows of an accordion. An instrument that had largely faded from view returns to the landscape of popular music in a variety of genres and...

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Star-Studded Benefit Concerts for NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Raise $60,000 for Vital Music Education Opportunities

Release Date: August 31, 2018

-Funds will offset annual operating costs that provide music education and making opportunities to foster youth, seniors and more-

CARLSBAD, Calif. – August 31, 2018 –  NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM) has just announced its recent benefit shows: A Concert for a Cause, featuring Herb...

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NAMM’s Museum of Making Music to Welcome The Grascals and Flatt Lonesome for A Bluegrass Benefit

Release Date: June 22, 2018

- All proceeds from the evening to benefit the Museum’s year-round educational programs that serve thousands of children and adults in San Diego County -

CARLSBAD, Calif. – June 22, 2018 – On Saturday, August 25, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM)...

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Listening through the Lens: The Music Photography of Henry Diltz to Open at NAMM’s Museum of Making Music

Release Date: May 16, 2018

CARLSBAD, Calif. – May 16, 2018 – Legendary music photographer Henry Diltz has captured some of the most iconic images of the last four decades, and now the famed documentarian is sharing his love of music and photography with visitors to NAMM’s Museum of Making Music in...

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NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Presents World’s Longest Stringed Instrument And Music-Making Opportunities In Celebration of June 21 Make Music Day

Release Date: May 10, 2018

CARLSBAD, Calif. – May 10, 2018 – As part of the global Make Music...

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Sing the Sweet Sounds of Fall with “Floating Strings: The Remarkable Story of the Harp Guitar in America” at NAMM’s Museum of Making Music

Release Date: September 19, 2017

CARLSBAD, Calif. – September 19, 2017 – In time for a spectacular fall season, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music will open “FLOATING STRINGS: The Remarkable Story of the Harp Guitar in America,” a new exhibit of harp guitars ranging from the...

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Play it Forward: NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Raises Spirits and Funds with Performance from GRAMMY® Award Winning Musicians, Albert Lee and Cindy Cashdollar

Release Date: September 12, 2017

CARLSBAD, Calif. – September 12, 2017 – On Saturday, September 9, over 500 generous music and arts patrons and GRAMMY® award-winners Albert Lee and Cindy Cashdollar propelled NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM) to one of the most successful benefit...

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GRAMMY®-Winning Artists Albert Lee and Cindy Cashdollar to “Play It Forward” with Benefit Concert for NAMM’s Museum of Making Music

Release Date: August 7, 2017

Annual gala event aims to raise funds in support of vital community outreach programs in San Diego County

CARLSBAD, Calif. – August 7, 2017 – On Saturday, September 9,...

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NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Debuts New Casio Display

Release Date: September 13, 2016

CARLSBAD, Calif. – September 13, 2016 – On Saturday, September 10, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM) celebrated the debut of Spotlight on Casio, the latest addition to the museum’s many exhibits and musical instrument collections. Open now through January 29, 2017,...

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  • About the Museum of Making Music

    NAMM's Museum of Making Music presents the storied history of music instruments and products - from invention, to creation, to market - as its canvas to enrich people of all ages and backgrounds. They do this by offering educational immersion opportunities, exhibitions, hands-on experiences, and live performances that inform and inspire, while demonstrating how musical instruments impact popular culture and connect lives.

    A division of the NAMM Foundation, the museum opened at the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) headquarters in March, 2000. MoMM is the only museum of the music products industry, and is the only museum worldwide that focuses on the ecosystem of music making from 1900 to present day.

    For details on the museum’s concerts, exhibits, workshops and outreach programs, please visit https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/