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Partnering with under-resourced public schools to provide quality music education to ALL students

09/19/2026

💜 Thank you for making Schoolhouse Rockout 2026 such a special night!

Whether you joined us on Thursday, donated, invited friends, or supported us from afar, you helped bring us closer to our goal of funding a full year of music education for an entire school.

🎶 Huge thanks to Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom for welcoming us back for the third year, and to Swing Thought and The Blowholes for bringing so much energy, talent, and joy to the stage!

We also thank Board Members Spencer Pariser and Bates Parsons for their contributions on stage and behind the scenes.

👏 Special recognition goes to our 2026 Corporate Partners: Ibotta, Speed Bay, ZS Capital Partners, Hercules Capital, Parsons Capital Management, Built to Lead, Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC, and TRYBE Property Management LLC. Thank you for investing in this event and in the schools we serve.

🎯 Let’s keep the music going! There’s still time to donate and share our campaign:

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/etm-colorado-inc/rock-out-for-music

Every child deserves access to music education at school. Thank you for helping make it possible.

09/17/2026

There’s still time to join us tonight at Schoolhouse Rockout and bid on an extraordinary experience at Rodeo Dunes, one of Colorado’s most anticipated new golf destinations.

The winning bidder will enjoy one round of golf for four players on the brand-new Coore & Crenshaw course, approximately one hour from Denver.

Play during the 2026 fall preview season, when access is limited to founders and their guests, or save your round for a future visit. The experience has no expiration date.

Come for the music, support music education, and make your bid!

📅 Tonight, September 17
📍 Cervantes’ Other Side, Denver
🚪 Doors at 6 PM | Show at 7 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $45

👉 https://etmcolorado.org/schoolhouserockout

Photo courtesy of Rodeo Dunes.

09/12/2026

🎸 Next Thursday, we rock for music education!

On September 17, Schoolhouse Rockout returns to Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom with Swing Thought and The Blowholes for a high-energy night of live music with one powerful goal: to help fund a full year of school-day music education for an entire school that would otherwise have no music program.

Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and help us fill the room for music education. Your support helps provide dedicated music teachers, instruments, performance opportunities, and sustained, high-quality music education to students in under-resourced schools.

📅 Thursday, September 17
📍 Cervantes’ Other Side, Denver
🚪 Doors 6 PM | Show 7 PM
🎟️ Info & Tickets: https://etmcolorado.org/schoolhouserockout

🙏 A huge thank-you to the companies helping make this night and its impact possible:

Ibotta
Speed Bay
ZS Capital Partners
Hercules Capital
Parsons Capital Management
Built to Lead
Elkco Properties / Trybe Property Management
Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC

08/13/2026

🎸 Thank You, Ibotta!

We are proud to recognize Ibotta for its generous support of Schoolhouse Rockout 2026 and Education Through Music-Colorado’s work to bring sustained, high-quality music education into under-resourced schools.

Ibotta’s commitment to the event goes beyond corporate support. Its employee-led band, The Blowholes, will take the stage alongside Swing Thought, showing how music continues to inspire creativity, collaboration, connection, and fulfillment throughout our lives.

Ibotta is the leading provider of digital promotions for CPG brands, reaching over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). American shoppers have earned over $2.9 billion through the IPN since 2012. Ibotta is headquartered in Denver and has been listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.

🫵 Join us on September 17 at Cervantes’ Other Side for an unforgettable night of live music with one powerful goal: to help fund a full year of school-day music education for an entire school that would otherwise have no music program.

📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
📍 Cervantes’ Other Side, Denver
🚪 Doors at 6:00 PM
🎵 Show at 7:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets: $45
🔗 https://etmcolorado.org/schoolhouserockout/

Thank you, Ibotta, for helping us turn live music into lasting impact for Colorado students.

08/11/2026

🧑‍🏫 This week, ETM-CO music educators are coming together for the annual Teachers Academy!

Held each August before the start of the school year, the Academy gives the team a full week to learn, collaborate, plan curricula and lessons, exchange ideas, and prepare for the opportunities and challenges of the classroom.

From the very first day, they jumped right in, laying the groundwork for joyful, inclusive, and meaningful music learning throughout the year.

🍎 As they prepare to welcome students back to school, we wish every member of this extraordinary team a wonderful start to the school year. These teachers are the heart of our program and the driving force behind ETM-CO’s work to bring music education into Colorado schools.

Here’s to a new year of music, learning, and connection! 🎶💫

07/20/2026

🎸 Tickets Are Live!

For the third year in a row, Education Through Music-Colorado and Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom are coming together for Schoolhouse Rockout, a high-energy benefit concert featuring local bands and rallying the Denver community to bring music back to under-resourced schools.

🎟️ Get your tickets now:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/94926394

🎯 This year’s event is centered on one powerful goal: to fund a full year of school-day music education for an entire school that would otherwise have no music program. One unforgettable night can help hundreds of students gain access to a dedicated music teacher, instruments, performance opportunities, and a place to create, collaborate, build confidence, and be heard.

The lineup features bands made up of professionals from companies and industries across Colorado. From workplace to stage, they show how music shapes creativity and collaboration while remaining a lifelong source of expression and fulfillment.

📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
📍 Cervantes’ Other Side, Denver
🚪 Doors at 6:00 PM
🎵 Show at 7:00 PM
🎫 Tickets: $45

On Stage:

🎶 Swing Thought — music-loving Colorado professionals bringing groove, grit, and good vibes.

🎶 The Blowholes — an employee-led band formed at Ibotta, one of Colorado’s leading technology companies, built on the belief that anyone who wants to play should get to play.

See you there! One night. One school. A full year of music.

06/04/2026

🎶 What does music mean in the life of a school?

At Colfax Elementary, it means creativity, belonging, joy, and the opportunity for children to express who they are.

This short documentary shares the impact of music education through the voices of students, parents, school principal Michelle Koyama, and ETM-CO music teacher Molly Drewry.

💬 Students share what music means to them. Parents reflect on the growth, connection, and confidence they see in their children. Principal Koyama and Ms. Drewry show how music strengthens the entire school community.

Colfax has been an ETM-CO partner school since 2021. Their voices remind us that access to music education is not an extra. It is an opportunity every child deserves.

💜 Watch the video and help make music education possible for more students in Colorado.

👉 https://etmcolorado.org/donate

With gratitude to Collective Mind Technologies for generously offering their creativity and expertise in capturing and amplifying the stories of the Colfax community.

05/21/2026

📣 We are proud to launch Musicianship in Business (MIB), a new leadership network bringing together accomplished professionals from every sector who share a meaningful relationship with music and believe every child deserves that same opportunity.

Thousands of students across Colorado still grow up without access to music education in school. MIB exists to help close this gap by transforming lived experience into advocacy and impact.

Built as a platform for storytelling and collaboration, MIB engages executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers who recognize the formative role music has played in shaping how they think, communicate, and lead.

🙏 We are deeply grateful to our founding ambassadors Skye Perry, Shawn Hansson, and James Slattery for stepping forward to share their stories and help establish this network from the very beginning.

⏰ On June 25, MIB will host its first gathering at the Clayton Hotel & Members Club in Denver, an intimate evening introducing this growing ambassador community and creating space for conversation, connection, and music.

If this mission resonates with your own journey, we invite you to visit the dedicated MIB page and express your interest in joining us for the inaugural event.

🔗 https://etmcolorado.org/mib/

05/13/2026

✨ WHAT A DAY ✨

Yesterday, the 5th annual ALL TOGETHER NOW FESTIVAL welcomed students, families, educators, artists, and community partners for an unforgettable celebration of creativity, growth, and the power of music education.

💫 From inspiring workshops and collaborative experiences throughout the day to a joyful evening performance at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, our students reminded all of us what becomes possible when children are given sustained access to music as part of their education. 🎼

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible guest artists DOGTAGS for sharing their extraordinary talent and energy, and to our wonderful emcee Monique Brooks Roberts for bringing warmth, artistry, and inspiration to the celebration.

🙏 Deep gratitude to the organizations and facilitators who helped create such a meaningful day for our students:
🎶 El Sistema Colorado
🎶 Mobile Studio
🎶 Newman Center for the Performing Arts
🎶 Opera Colorado
🎶 Vocal Coalition Youth Choirs

To our ETM-CO music teachers, staff, volunteers, families, and everyone who helped make this experience possible: thank you.

And above all, to our students: you were the heart of this festival. 💜

📸 Photos by Glenn Ross

05/12/2026

⏰ TONIGHT: ALL TOGETHER NOW FESTIVAL

💫 Free and open to all, just as music should be for every child!

Students from Education Through Music-Colorado partner schools will spend the day participating in workshops and collaborative creative experiences alongside professional artists, educators, and community partners before taking the stage at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts for a powerful celebration of creativity, growth, and musical expression.

🎶 This year’s event features a special performance by Denver’s celebrated q***r soul/jazz collective DOGTAGS and will be hosted by acclaimed violinist Monique Brooks Roberts, whose career has included performances alongside artists such as Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, and Diana Ross.

At a time when music continues to disappear from too many schools, the Festival stands as a joyful reminder of what becomes possible when students are given access to music education.

📍 Newman Center for the Performing Arts
🕠 5:30 PM
🎟️ Free admission + free parking
📺 Livestream available
👉 https://etmcolorado.org/festival

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618 S Pontiac Way
Denver, CO
80224

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