Emil Anello was a music educator and strong supporter of music education. He gave private lessons for clarinet and saxophone and taught music in Milwaukee Public Schools for more than 25 years. To continue support for music education, Anello Mouthpieces will donate $25 from each mouthpiece sold to Forward Performing Arts, Inc to support their music programs.
Forward Performing Arts, Inc is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Wisconsin corporation, with musical programs that include The Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps and Black Star Drum Line.
The Madison Scouts has established itself as a premier youth performing arts organization on the modern drum and bugle corps scene. “Proud, Loud and Pleasing the Crowd”–an unofficial mantra of the corps–the Scouts are known for their entertainment-focused programs that consistently bring audiences to their feet. Today’s corps boasts 154 performing members selected from an audition process that spans the course of several months. Maintaining a diverse membership, performers join the corps from across the globe each year.
The Scouts mission is to provide programs for youth in music and performance training through a positive environment that emphasizes character and social development, leadership, self-discipline, and the pursuit of excellence.
Black Star Drum Line was founded in 2008 to give kids in the Madison, WI community an opportunity for creative expression through the "Percussive Arts". Director Joey B. Banks incorporates diversity, respect for self and others, and unity and mastery as the core elements of his youth development model. The group has given over 600 performances in the State of Wisconsin and Madison community.