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10/2/24 The Oakland Press - Pontiac Schools to Participate in Immersive Music Challenge

7/12/24 Bloomfield Community Television - Watch About You -'Accent Pontiac with Sommer Dawson'

5/29/24 The Oakland Press Accent Pontiac Receives Band Instrument Donations

5/20/24 The Royal Oak Tribune Accent Pontiac Receives Band Instrument Donations

3/1/2024 Oakland County Times Accent Pontiac Brings Out Leadership Skills and Musical Side of Pontiac Youth

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

Watch our progress!

Accent Pontiac students had their debut performance at Kirk in the Hills at the Let the Music Begin auction on May 6, 2017. Watch the highlights of their performance, including pieces by the Accent Pontiac brass band and bucket band.

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