MUSIC RISING:
MUSIC RISING IS AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY U2'S THE EDGE, LEGENDARY PRODUCER BOB EZRIN AND A HOST OF OTHER PARTNERS AND FRIENDS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2005 WHEN IT LAUNCHES TO AID PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS STRUCK BY THE DEVASTATION OF HURRICANE KATRINA AND RITA IN THE GULF COAST, MUSIC RISING HAS GONE ON TO AID THOUSANDS OF MUSICIANS, STUDENTS AND CHOIR MEMBERS IN THE GULF SOUTH. ITS MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND REJUVENATE THE MUSIC OF THE GULF COAST REGION. MUSIC RISING PARTNERED TO RE-OPEN THE LEGENDARY PRESERVATION JAZZ HALL IN NEW ORLEANS IN 2006 AS WELL AS THE REOPENING OF THE LOUISIANA SUPERDOME WHEN U2 AND GREEN DAY TOOK TO THE STAGE FOR THE HISTORIC PERFORMANCE OF "THE SAINTS ARE COMING." MUSIC RISING ALSO AIDED THE CITY OF NASHVILLE DURING THE FLOOD OF 2010 AND FUNDED NUMEROUS MUSICIANS OF THE MUSIC CITY IN HELPING THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND MAINTAIN THEIR LIVELIHOOD THROUGH MUSIC PERFORMANCE. MUSIC RISING REPRESENTS THE MOST DIVERSIFIED GROUPING OF PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INCLUDING GIBSON GUITAR, GUITAR CENTER FOUNDATION, MUSICARES, ABC TELEVISION NETWORK, MTV NETWORKS, VH1 NETWORKS, JULIEN'S AUCTIONS, HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL, KENNEDY-MARSHALL, THE NFL AND MANY MORE. IN 2012 MUSIC RISING WILL PRESENT THE MUSIC CULTURE OF THE GULF SOUTH CURRICULUM AT TULANE UNIVERSITY WHICH WILL ENABLE COLLEGIATE LEVEL STUDENTS TO STUDY THE RICH HERITAGE OF THE MUSIC OF THE GULF COAST REGION AND ITS MANY CULTURES. COLLEGIATE, AND K-12 CURRICULUM IS PART OF THE TULANE PROGRAM PLAN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MUSIC RISING GO TO WWW.MUSICRISING.ORG.
