- Email : enquiries@tbhef.org
About us
The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation
The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation was created by Maria Elena Holly and Peter Bradley, Sr. in 2010 to honour Buddy’s legacy and his dream of extending musical education to new generations of aspiring songwriters, composers, orchestrators, producers and arrangers.
The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation moves to a beat we call L.E.A.R.N.
Legacy
Buddy Holly’s remarkable music and prolific songwriting is as fresh and influential today as it was 65 years ago.
Education
Buddy and Maria Elena Holly shared a dream of providing musical education to youth, regardless of means or ethnicity. The Foundation raises funds and provides educational materials to schools to encourage young people to learn how music can change their lives.
Ambassadors
Our foundation counts more than 80 internationally renowned artists as ambassadors, who have received replicas of Buddy Holly’s original Gibson J-45 guitar. Those in possession of one of these rare guitars receive them on loan, where they are later passed along to another ambassador as inspiration for their future songwriting.
Recording
To build on Buddy’s Texas roots, our foundation has partnered with The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association, SXSW, The Lubbock Entertainment & Performing Arts Association and The Buddy Holly Center to provide aspiring artists scholarships to attend one of our songwriting retreats, where they work side by side with our ambassadors to write, record and perform new music together.
Next Generation
Today’s music is built on the backs of yesterday’s giants.
‘Rock and roll as we know it wouldn’t exist without Buddy Holly. The bespectacled ’50s teen idol roughed up familiar musical influences —rhythm & blues, rockabilly, country and western— with upbeat tempos, a jittery vocal approach, and youthful lyrics filled with edgy declarations of love, lust and heartbreak.’
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rick French
Chairman
Keep in touch…
The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation is a registered charity in the United States and the United Kingdom, with a mission to extend musical education to new generations regardless of income or ethnicity or learning levels.
- 1023 15th Street N.W. Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005
- enquiries@tbhef.org
Office Hours
- Monday – Friday: 9.0am - 5.0pm
- Saturday - Sunday: Closed
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