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January 14, 2009

Meet Your Child's Elementary School Music Teacher: Nintendo Wii

In an effort to boost interest in music among kids, Nintendo is partnering with The National Association for Music Education to bring Wii Music to classrooms across America.

The collaboration will bring Wii Music to schools in 51 cities, with the goal not being to teach kids exactly how to play music, but simply to get them interested and engaging them with some key educational concepts. “The goal of Wii Music is to inspire people of all ages to enjoy music,” Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo’s vice president of sales and marketing, said. “By partnering with educators and bringing Wii Music into their classrooms, we hope to give students a memorable, hands-on experience that helps them discover their own creative voice.”