2025 Let The Music Play Grants Awarded
Supporting Music Education in Milwaukee County. Funding items such as Drum Kits, Software, Keyboards, Sheet Music, and More
MILWAUKEE, WI (January 29, 2025) – Summerfest and American Family Insurance announced the recipients of the 2025 Let The Music Play grants. Nine organizations located throughout Milwaukee County were selected to receive funding to help further their mission, goals, and programming related to music education programs and curriculum.
“We are proud to continue our longstanding partnership with American Family Insurance to champion music education across our community,” said Sarah Pancheri, President and CEO, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. “Over the past seven years, The Let The Music Play program has inspired creativity and learning through music, impacting over 50 organizations and thousands of local students.”
“At American Family Insurance, our mission is to inspire, protect and restore dreams,” said Sherina Smith, chief marketing officer. “Through our presenting sponsorship of Summerfest and the Let The Music Play Grant Program, we’re honored to support so many valuable community music education programs in Milwaukee County and the talented young artists who benefit from them. We hope they’ll continue to be inspired to pursue their musical dreams.
The 2025 Let The Music Play grant program will assist in funding needed items including new instruments such as drum kits, keyboards, and ukeleles as well as DJ units, sheet music, and equipment including cabling, computers capable of supporting music editing software, and more.
2025 Let The Music Play Grant Program recipients:
• Catholic East Elementary
• Congress Elementary
• La Causa Charter School
• MacDowell Montessori School
• Milwaukee Community Orchestra
• The Milwaukee Science Education Consortium, Inc.
For more information visit Summerfest.com
About Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance
Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance is one of the most iconic celebrations of music in America, hosting the industry’s biggest acts for an unforgettable live music experience. Since its inception in 1968, Summerfest continues to distinguish itself as a premier national music festival and has developed an unrivaled reputation, consistently featuring hundreds of performances across 12 stages, throughout the 75-acre festival grounds along Lake Michigan. Summerfest will take place over three weekends – June 19-21, June 26-28, July 3-5, 2025. For more details, visit Summerfest.com, Facebook.com/Summerfest, Twitter: @Summerfest or Instagram: @Summerfest.
Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., producer of Summerfest, continues to fulfill its nonprofit mission of bringing the community together and providing a showcase for performing arts, activities, and recreation to the public, through music and special events.
About the American Family Insurance Group
American Family Insurance Group, a mutual holding company based in Madison, Wis., has been serving customers since 1927. We inspire, protect and restore dreams through our insurance products, exceptional service from our agency owners and employees, community investments and creative partnerships. American Family Insurance Group is the nation’s 12th-largest property/casualty insurance group, ranking No. 243 on the Fortune 500 list. The Group has a current ‘a+’ credit rating through AM Best, and has distinction as a “Standing the Test of Time” company, which is represented by having an AM Best financial strength rating of ‘A’ or better for 75 years. The group sells American Family-brand products, primarily through exclusive agency owners in 19 states. The American Family Insurance Group also includes CONNECT, powered by American Family Insurance, Homesite and Main Street America Insurance and has approximately 11,000 employees nationwide.
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