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Colorado Governor Announces Benefit Concert For Music Education

DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado's governor announced a big benefit concert on Monday that will go a long way towards improving the musical education of Colorado students.

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Gov. John Hickenlooper, along with Isaac Slade of The Fray, revealed the details of "Take Note The Concert," which benefits the Colorado Music Coalition and features local Colorado performers. It will be held at 1stBank Center in Broomfield on May 4 and features headliners Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Slade in a solo performance.

Other performers include Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Tracksuit Wedding and Billy Nershi of The String Cheese Incident.

The Colorado Music Coalition plans to expand both access to instruments and professional instruction for students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. AEG Presents Rocky Mountains and the Anschutz Foundation are backing the nonprofit along with the governor, and more concerts with Colorado musicians are also in the works in the future.

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A public service announcement featuring Hickenlooper and Slade and promoting the concert will be airing on CBS4 soon.

Isaac Slade John Hickenlooper
Governor Hickenlooper and Isaac Slade have a little fun before their PSA shoot. An exclusive on a new Colorado music foundation, an education-focused nonprofit with a powerful board of directors and the backing of Governor Hickenlooper, AEG Live Rocky Mountains and the Anschutz family, that's looking to bring more music to schools amid budget cuts for music and the arts in general. Governor Hickenlooper and Isaac Slade (The Fray) shoot a PSA to announce the foundation March 6, 2017 in Denver, Colorado at the Governors office. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Learn more at the Colorado Music Coalition's Facebook page.

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