Please share this with your colleagues, friends, family, local media; basically, anyone you can think of… because THE ARTS MATTER. We created this short video as a bullhorn to remind all of your communities why music education is so important! Watch this and witness the power that music gives our young people every day. See these kids' faces, see how they move with abandon, see how they exude pure JOY while making music... Now, more than ever, we have to increase our efforts to support America's music teachers and their programs; many of which were at risk before the pandemic and are at greater risk now. We are all struggling with the debilitating effects of the pandemic, and our young people especially need to find healthy ways to vent their emotions. The mental health aspect of making music cannot be overstated... Please help us get the word out! Let's support America's music teachers and the programs they've fought so hard to build throughout the years! Find out more about how we’re empowering teachers and their students now and for the past 20 years - www.electrifyyoursymphony.com

Culled from over 75 music videos we produced during the 2020-2021 school year, here's a selection of some of our favorite highlights!

On September 30 and October 1, 2010, NBC-TV's The Today Show crew followed us to Cincinnati, Ohio to document the Electrify Your Strings! Inferno Tour in action! The story aired on December 27. Find out more about Mark Wood: http://www.facebook.com/markwoodmusic http://www.twitter.com/markwoodmusic http://www.markwoodmusic.com http://www.electrifyyourstrings.com http://www.facebook.com/electrifyyourstrings http://www.facebook.com/laurakayemusic http://www.elijahwooddrummer.com

http://www.electrifyyoursymphony.com A great TV feature that aired during our visit to Sioux Falls, SD for a massive EYS program with 3,000 strings, band, and choir students from every school in the district.

Filmed during one of his visits to a Tulsa area school, News On 6 Tulsa shines a spotlight on the great work Mark does with his Electrify Your Symphony music education program. Original link: https://www.newson6.com/story/615b797ca98bb90a46424eea/original-member-of-transsiberian-orchestra-in-tulsa-to-teach-next-generation-of-musicians- TULSA, Oklahoma - An original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is teaching a new generation of musicians in Green Country. Mark Wood held a workshop with students from the Tulsa area Monday afternoon at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. This is the first of many stops to schools in the area and in his workshops, Wood hopes to teach students not just how to be better musicians, but to become better, more empathetic people. "The most important part about being musicians is to teach other," Wood said. Wood's energy lights up a room, and his music lights up the hearts and minds of young students like Rebekah McCarty. "I'm just freaking out practically the entire time, like wait. This guy wants me to do what?" McCarty said. Wood said sometimes symphonies can feel a little stiff, so he's taking the week before his upcoming performance in Bartlesville to liven things up a bit for local orchestras. He plans on holding workshops in Tulsa, Jenks, and Bartlesville. "If you're not captivated by what I do, I'm losing out on the most important part of the experience, which is making you feel something from my music," Wood said. It seems to have worked for McCarty. "I was like grinning the whole time, I loved it," McCarty said. That's the point - Wood isn't just teaching the next generation of musicians to move, he's teaching them to feel. "The most important subject I think, of the world right now, I think is our emotions, how do we express ourselves," Wood said. Wood hopes the echoes of that lesson and of the emotions will be heard for a long time as the students take to the stage in their future concerts. Wood has a concert coming up. He'll be playing with the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra on October 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Music has long been an expressive art form, both celebrated and unappreciated. Mark Wood, a renowned musician, shows us the power that music truly yields. Mark Wood is an original member of the Trans Siberian Orchestra, Julliard-trained electric violinist, Emmy-winning composer. He has performed with Lenny Kravitz, Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler, Billy Joel, Kanye West and Celine Deon. Wood pursues his passion for music education by running "Electrify Your Strings", an intensive rock and roll workshop for school music education departments. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Filmed on location during a visit to Rawlinson Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, this mini-documentary chronicles a typical 2-day Electrify Your Choir experience. Find out more at http://www.electrifyyourchoir.com! EYC can be done as a stand-alone program OR can be combined with our Electrify Your Symphony orchestra and/or band programs.

As part of our EYS Online program, we are working with close to 900 orchestra students from Northside ISD in San Antonio, Texas. We're producing 8 music videos with them, at the direction of Fine Arts Director James Miculka and Orchestra Director Heather Gonzalez; both of whom are doing amazing things with their vibrant and robust music program! Watch this informative interview, where Mark Wood and Laura Kaye talk about pivoting their Electrify Your Symphony (EYS) music education program, and the experience of working with this incredible school district. Find out more at http://www.electrifyyoursymphony.com Special thanks to https://news4sanantonio.com/sa-living (The video clips shown throughout the piece are from a variety of EYS Online programs we've been doing throughout the pandemic.)

Curious about what makes Electrify Your Strings such a powerful experience? Watch and enjoy! Featuring a compelling and comprehensive interview with EYS founder Mark Wood. FIND OUT MORE at http://www.electrifyyourstrings.com