I Love Music Tour

About the I Love Music Foundation

Founded in 2007 by Michael Butler, the I Love Music Foundation was created to fill a large void. With more than 9 years of working closely with high school programs as the Executive Director of the Teal Sound Drum & Bugle Corps of Jacksonville, FL, Butler has seen firsthand how budget cuts and lack of awareness of the many benefits of school music programs has dwindled the size of most music programs. In 2009, Butler joined forces with Bill Cottam, co-founder of The Crocs Next Step Campus Tour, to elevate the mission to a national level. Over the past few months, the two have worked feverishly to build the tour and create other events that will raise money and promote the mission of the foundation. The I Love Music Foundation will work year-round to make this vision a reality and give students across the nation the opportunity to continue their music education.

EVENT OPPORTUNITIES
The I Love Music Foundation will continue to work year-round to create entertaining events in markets across the country to raise money and awareness for music programs. If you are interested in having an I Love Music Tour event in your market, please contact us. Click here

FOUNDATION GOALS and OBJECTIVES

v To produce a 20 city national tour designed to raise a minimum of $20,000 for each city’s school music programs.

v To provide opportunities for band directors to discover new techniques for marketing their programs to potential students and the community. Ultimately increasing the size of their programs.

v To provide a comprehensive fundraising systems that will allow the music program to become self reliant.

v To create a portal where band directors can go to receive help and advice from some of the nation’s top music instructors and designers.