The article offers news briefs related to music education from the U.S. The National Music Foundation will award cash grants of up to $1,000 to teachers who create lesson plans using American music. The lessons which are selected will be published in an online database which is available free to teachers. The 2006 National Symposium on Multicultural Music will be held October 11-14, 2006 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Music Educators National Conference President Lynn M. Brinckmeyer and S. Kofi Gbolonyo, director of the University of Pittsburgh African Music and Dance will present papers. The 11th Annual Urban Music Leadership Conference will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 19-21, 2006.