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MUSIC EDUCATION

Music education resources for Chicago students and information for parents about the benefits of learning to play music, how to develop proficiency and more.

Female music artists

Celebrating Female Artists: Part 3

In the next article, we'll celebrate female musicians and bands from multiple decades who were, and still are, influential in music as we know it.

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Tina Weymouth, bass player

Celebrating Female Artists: Part 2

In this second article, we will celebrate female artists from multiple decades who were, and still are, influential in shaping music as we know it.

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Patsy Cline, singer

Celebrating Female Artists: Part 1

In this first article, we will celebrate female artists from multiple decades who were, and still are, influential in shaping music as we know it.

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Rage Against the Machine

Celebrating Black Artists: Part 5

In this article, we will celebrate Black artists and groups who were influential in shaping Rock music. These artists and bands started their careers in the early '70s through the '90s, beginning with Bill Withers and ending with Gary Clark, Jr.

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Bob Marley

Celebrating Black Artists: Part 4

In this article, we celebrate Black artists and groups who were influential in shaping both Rock and popular music. These artists and bands started their careers in the early 60s through the late 60s, beginning with Bob Marley and ending with Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy.

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Tina Turner

Celebrating Black Artists: Part 3

In this spotlight article, we celebrate Black artists and individuals who were influential in shaping Rock music and popular music more broadly. These particular individuals started their careers in the mid 50s through the early 60s, starting with Diana Ross and The Supremes and ending with Larry Graham.

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Etta James

Celebrating Black Artists: Part 2

In this article, we acknowledge rock and popular music’s 11 most influential and significant Black artists and figures who started their music careers from the late 1940s through the mid-50s. We begin with Little Richard and take you up to Aretha Franklin.

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