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    NEW YORK, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Recording artist Justin Timberlake has
 joined with the American Music Conference to champion the cause of music
 education for every student.
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     The partnership will kick off Wednesday, June 12 when Timberlake, who
 created The Justin Timberlake Foundation to promote this goal, is scheduled to
 make a special phone appearance on MTV's Total Request Live to encourage
 viewers to get involved in music education. He will direct them to AMC's web
 site, http://www.amc-music.org, to learn more about the issue and to sign an
 online teen petition by June 30 and/or write their Congressional
 representatives. Timberlake recognizes the important role that youth can play
 in the political process, and is confident that their voices will be heard as
 a result of this campaign.
     "Everyone knows how important music is to me, but this issue goes beyond
 performing and recording," Timberlake says. "This is about an opportunity that
 every young person should enjoy, no matter what career they aspire to. I want
 to do everything I can to make sure other people can benefit from music
 education."
     "Justin is a wonderful spokesman for the cause of music education," says
 AMC Executive Director Joe Lamond. "Today's young people will determine where
 we stand in the years ahead. Will music be a core subject, or will it be left
 behind? When we talk about the things music can do to enhance one's life,
 there's no better example than Justin, and he brings a terrific outlook to the
 work we're going to do together."
     The mission of The Justin Timberlake Foundation is to promote music
 education as essential to a child's development. "The Foundation is excited to
 play a role in encouraging people to become advocates on behalf of this
 important cause," says executive director Nina Biggar. For more information on
 the Foundation, contact Biggar at (646) 437-3632.
 
     The American Music Conference is dedicated to promoting the importance of
 music, music making, and music education to the general public. For more
 information about AMC and this new partnership, visit
 http://www.amc-music.org.
 
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SOURCE  The American Music Conference