The National Music Council of the United States is an organization listed under Title 36 of the United States Code, founded in 1940 and chartered by the 84th Congress in 1956. The Council is composed of organizations of national scope interested in the development of music in the country. It represents the country to the International Music Council of UNESCO.
History
The National Music Council was co-founded in 1940 by Julia Ober, Harold Spivacke, Franklin Dunham, and Edwin Hughes.
Members
Academy of Country Music
American Academy of Teachers of Singing
American Composers Forum
American Federation of Musicians
American Guild of Musical Artists
American Guild of Organists
American Harp Society
American Music Center
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Broadcast Music, Inc. Chamber Music America Chopin Foundation of the United States Conductors Guild Country Music Association Delta Omicron international music fraternity Early Music America Interlochen Center for the Arts International Alliance for Women in Music International Association of Jazz Educators International Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF) International Music Products Association
League of American Orchestras
Mu Phi Epsilon, international professional music fraternity
Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association
Music Critics Association of North America
National Association for Music Education
Music Performance Fund
Music Publishers Association of the United States
Music Teachers National Association
National Academy of Popular Music
The Recording Academy
National Association of Negro Musicians
National Association of Teachers of Singing
National Federation of Music Clubs
National Flute Association
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
National Guild of Piano Teachers/American College of Musicians
National Music Publishers Association
National Opera Association
Recording Industry Association of America
SESAC
Sigma Alpha Iota international music fraternity (SAI) Songwriters Guild of America
American Eagle Awards
Each year the Council presents the American Eagle Awards for distinguished service to American music. The recipients include:
1982: Yehudi Menuhin and Jule Styne
1983: Van Cliburn and Benny Goodman
1984: Virgil Thomson and Lionel Hampton
1985: George Wein (Kool Jazz Festival) and Otto Luening
1986: Morton Gould and Dizzy Gillespie
1987: Odetta and Carnegie Hall (Isaac Stern) 1988: Betty Allen and Dave Brubeck 1989: William Schuman and Blue Note Records (Bruce Lundvall, President) 1990: Rise Stevens and Billy Taylor 1991: Marian Anderson and Peter Schickele 1992: Elliott Carter and Max Roach 1993: Lena Horne and Roberta Peters 1994: Richard Riley and Jim Chapin 1995: Dorothy DeLay and Lee Eliot Berk 1996: Betty Carter, Bob McGrath and Shari Lewis 1997: Phil Ramone, The Oak Ridge Boys 1998: The Marsalis Family, John Sykes, Texaco, Inc. (Corporate Award) 1999: Roy Clark and Clark Terry, American Express (Corporate Award) 2000: Schuyler Chapin, Roberta Guaspari, And Leonard Slatkin 2001: John Corigliano, Michael Kamen, and Marian McPartland 2002: Margaret Whiting, Dawn Upshaw; United Service Organizations (USO) 2003: Richie Havens, William Warfield, The Waverly Consort 2004: Hal David, MetLife Foundation 2005: Stephen Sondheim, Sesame Workshop, Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Senator Orrin Hatch 2006: Richard Adler, Barbara Cook, Ervin M. Drake, Henry Juszkiewicz 2007: Clive Davis, Sheldon Harnick, VH1 Save the Music Foundation 2008: Lorin Maazel and Tom Chapin 2009: Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and the Hard Rock Cafe 2010: Kenny Rogers, Suzanne Vega, Ann Johns Ruckert, John Mahlmann and The Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix 2011: Paquito D'Rivera, Nile Rodgers, Peter Yarrow, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 2012: Theodore Bikel, Judy Collins, Paul Shaffer, Sonny Fox (Golden Eagle Award), Cracker Barrel Country Store 2015: Kris Kristofferson, Charley Pride, Jim Lauderdale, Jim Halsey, Sherman Halsey, Music Makes Us 2016: Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Grand Ole Opry