Helps Fund Music Education with Phish Book Many people have a favorite band. Fewer write a book about it, and almost none give away the proceeds. But that’s what a local antitrust lawyer helped do, in a unique publishing...
MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ATTENDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSIC EDUCATION IN TORONTO Mockingbird Foundation Executive Director Ellis Godard is participating in a panel discussion on music advocacy at Toronto 2000, an international conference on music education held this week...
The Mockingbird Foundation is proud to announce that it has been successful in its application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for 501(c)3 designation as a tax-exempt organization. This status has been declared effective with the Foundation’s date of...
POST STAR, June 10, 2001, http://www.poststar.com Making the Music Pay Local Phish-Loving Couple Raising Cash and Giving It Away QUEENSBURY — As the band members of Phish swim their separate ways this summer, the Mockingbird Foundation — formed by...
The Mockingbird Foundation has started the Mockingbird Volunteer Corps. The MVC is a cooperative structure to assist fellow fans in lending support to the Foundation, which generates charitable proceeds from Phish fandom. More information is available at http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/mvc.html, part...
CALIFORNIA LAWYER Magazine, February 2001 (p. 19), http://www.publishersweekly.com, “Good Works” Rarely do good works start in bars — at least not the type where rock bands blast away while college students swill beer. C. Andrew Dirksen, however, is not...
Lest there be any doubt, we want to clarify that all of the Mockingbird Foundation’s net proceeds are going to music education for children. We had small administrative costs such as postage, xeroxing, and New York State incorporation fees,...
MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION RELEASES FUNDING GUIDELINES; INVITES LETTERS OF INQUIRY on MUSIC EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN The Mockingbird Foundation today released funding guidelines regarding its planned disbursement of charitable funds to support music education. The guidelines clarify the Foundation’s interest area,...
Little Feat’s new album, Chinese Work Songs, will be released Tuesday, June 20. The album includes a cover of Phish’s “Sample in a Jar,” chosen in connection with Little Feat’s participation with the Mockingbird Foundation. A sample clip is...
On January 17, 1999, the following message was posted to rec.music.phish: Hey, all! It’s the New Year…a time for celebration and joy. It’s also the time of year where you always wind up hearing from people and getting those...