Great American Songbook Foundation
Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosIndiana, United States11-50 Employees
The Great American Songbook Foundation is a Carmel-based non-profit organization established in 2007 by Michael Feinstein that focuses on preserving and promoting the music known as the Great American Songbook. Located in Indiana, the foundation preserves history through a large songbook archives and library, with hundreds of thousands of items from notable contributors, alongside digital preservation efforts to make these materials accessible to future musicians, researchers, and students. It also honors artists with a Songbook Hall of Fame and maintains an interactive Exhibit Gallery that welcomes thousands of visitors annually, highlighting the era’s influential composers and performers. The foundation engages diverse audiences through education and intergenerational programs, including the Songbook Academy, a national summer program for young singers, and Perfect Harmony, which provides a group music experience for older adults living with dementia. In recent years, the organization has expanded programming such as launching a cabaret show projecting the familiar repertoire, signaling ongoing efforts to broaden its reach within the broader cultural landscape of American popular music.