• English
  • Oficina del Gobernador de Texas
Oficina de Música de Texas Logo
Oficina de Música de Texas
Menú
Oficina de Música de Texas
  • Inicio
  • Acerca de
    • Acerca de Overview
    • Conozca al Equipo
    • Programa de Pasantías de la Oficina de Música de Texas
  • Desarrollo de Nuevo Negocio
    • Desarrollo de Nuevo Negocio Overview
    • Music Friendly Communities
  • Recursos
    • Recursos Overview
    • Coronavirus Resources for the Texas Music Industry
    • Buscar Negocios
    • Músicos de Búsqueda
    • Búsqueda de Estaciones de Radio
    • How to List / Log-in
    • Guías de negocios musicales
  • Educación
    • Educación Overview
    • Colegios y universidades
    • Bibliotecas y Archivos
    • Instrucción privada de música
    • Music Education & Community Grant Program
  • Eventos
  • Noticias
  • Rastros de Música
  • Abrir búsqueda
  • Inicio
  • Desarrollo de Nuevo Negocio
  • Music Friendly Communities

Music Friendly Communities

Shakey Graves
Texas Music's Shakey Graves performing at SuperBowl Live 2017 in Houston, TX. Photo by Rob Loud.
 

In 2016, Texas Music Office Director Brendon Anthony created the only Music Friendly Community Program in the US, and since then, the TMO’s Music Friendly Community Program has grown into a fully operational network of nearly 40 Certified Communities across the state. As the only standalone State Music Office in the US, the Texas Music Office is proud to be the gold standard for all states and cities across the US who wish to emulate our unique office and programming. Texas is leading the way in working to support the commercial music ecosystem, and we welcome all new partners who are interested in following the TMO’s example.

Becoming a Certified "Music Friendly Community"

Participation in the Texas Music Office's "Music Friendly Community" program provides Texas communities with a network for fostering music industry development, and sends a clear message to industry professionals that certified communities are serious about attracting and developing music industry growth.

Cities that have received the official Music Friendly Communities designation from the Texas Music Office include Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Denton, Lindale, Stephenville, Conroe, San Angelo, Nacogdoches, Abilene, McKinney, Waxahachie, Waco, Alpine, Bastrop, New Braunfels, Victoria, Arlington, Denison, Lubbock, Brenham, Dripping Springs, Round Rock, El Paso, Odessa, Vidor, Grand Prairie, Port Aransas, San Marcos, McAllen, Bryan, Wimberley, Salado, Harker Heights, Edinburg, Selma, and Marshall.

Cities that are currently working through the certification process include: Galveston, Carthage, Granbury, Texarkana, Sherman, Lufkin, Hutto, Grapevine, Rockwall, Kerrville, Frisco, Navasota, Tyler, and Corsicana.

Click the city point on the map below for each Music Friendly Community's official liaison contact info:

Mobile compatible with Google Maps app. [iOS] [Android]

View map in fullscreen / mobile


Certification Steps:

  1. Host a Texas Music Office sponsored Music Friendly Community workshop.
  2. Establish a Music Office/Liaison within a division of city government (city office, economic development corporation, CVB/destination tourism office) that will be responsible for monthly reports concerning the progress of local music industry development programs.
  3. Register with the Texas Music Office’s Texas Music Industry Directory. The liaison’s organization also signs a mutually agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that creates a working arrangement for the sharing of Music Directory data, and establishes protocols for keeping the directory information up to date.
  4. Demonstration of partnerships with the community's music-related 501c3 nonprofits in order to foster community development.
  5. Collaboration with music education programs, including area college or university music schools.
  6. Create an advisory board made up of local music community industry stakeholders.

Getting Started/Additional Info:

To take the first step in becoming a certified "Music Friendly Community," just click the button below: 

Get started 


Select Media Coverage of the Music Friendly Communities Program

  • Salado seeking ‘Music Friendly Community’ title from the state - 2/27/22
  • San Marcos Is Now A Designated Music Friendly Community - 10/05/21
  • Odessa Designated a Music Friendly Community - 8/19/21
  • Texas Voices Exclusive: Waco Music Friendly Program 8/26/19

En esta sección

Desarrollo de Nuevo Negocio

  • Music Friendly Communities

Contact the Texas Music Office

Need more information? Contact the Texas Music Office.

Siga a la Oficina de Música de Texas en las Redes Sociales

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Spotify
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Oficina de Música de Texas Logo

Oficina de Música de Texas

P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-6666


  • Política de Accesibilidad
  • Políticas del sitio
  • Mapa del sitio
  • Búsqueda TRAIL
  • Texas.gov
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Spotify
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn

© 2023, Estado de Texas, Oficina del Gobernador, Oficina de Música de Texas
Éste es un sitio web de referencia. No implica respaldo o criterio de calidad. A menos que se indique, toda la información es provista por la persona registrada.