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School Music License — Do More with the Music You Love! 

Music today extends into almost every aspect of a K-12 public and private school. Music means much more than physical sheet music. Concert performances are streamed online. Recordings are essential to a gymnastics meet or dance recital. Music is integral to a school’s culture, from pep rallies to a football or basketball game, to a school dance. Virtually every activity or event taking place at your school uses music in some way. School Music License makes it easy to be sure you are recording and streaming music legally.

Enter School Music License, LLC.

We are a partnership of leading music education resources and repertoire publisher, GIA Publications, Inc., working together with premier music publishers and record labels to solve a significant problem that has exploded in the digital age. 

School Music License is a simple, affordable, sustainable solution to provide convenient annual licenses for K-12 schools in the United States wishing to showcase their music programs, and so much more. Our online reporting platform is the quickest way to inform rights owners of the titles you have streamed or archived, all while providing the legal permissions you need to showcase your programming without worrying about copyright concerns! 

Our goal is simple: to help you do more with the music you love! Learn more about our licensing options below.

Our Annual Basic License allows you to pre-record, stream, or archive live performances of any included songs: school band, choir, orchestra, and glee club concert performances, marching band performances, dance recitals, pep rallies, and so much more! Through our service, schools can share any school-related event and activity that uses approved music for the one-year term of the license.

  • Wherever live school musicians are playing included repertoire that you want to share online, our service can help. This license includes permission to share videos on any of these major platforms: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat (and, of course, to link to these videos from your school’s website as well).
  • This also includes permission to share content from off-site local performances by student groups, such as community events, parades, and more. 
  • Included with the Annual Basic License is permission to reprint / reproduce the lyrics of any approved song in your school program. This can be especially helpful for choir programs that wish to include lyrics in a printed program, as a subtitle, or displayed online.

Launching in 2024!

 

Our Master Recording Bundle License revolutionizes the way you connect your school with the world. This add-on license combines the benefits of an Annual Basic License with permission to use approved master tracks and recordings. 

  • This add-on license is a great option for those who include streams of master tracks for dance recitals, gymnastics meets, poms and cheer performances, and sporting events.
  • Wherever school programs are showcasing performances and competitions that you want to share online, our service can help. This license includes permission to post content containing master recordings on these social media platforms: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, and, of course, to link to these videos from your school’s website.
  • This also includes permission to share content from off-site local performances by student groups, such as community events, parades, and more. 
  • The Recording Master Bundle uses the same convenient reporting technology as the Annual Basic License, which has set new standards for quick, accurate, and easy online reporting.

A School Music License is comprehensive, convenient, and cost-effective. Our service allows you to archive your videos for the duration of the license, as well as stream to your community: perfect for family or community members who cannot all be physically present. Our rates are equitably and fairly based on grade level, enrollment, and how music is used as students advance.

For more information on pricing, please visit our Options & Prices page.

For additional information and guidance, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.