The MIDI Association has announced a joint initiative between SAE Institute Mexico, part of Grupo Educativo Lehren, and the MIDI in Music Education Special Interest Group that aims to revolutionize music technology and digital arts education.

They say that their goal is to ensure that every professional or aspiring musician, producer, artist, and manufacturer has free access to a comprehensive suite of educational MIDI content.

The curriculum, which will available in both English and Spanish, is intended to be a resource for schools, colleges, universities, and professional institutes, along with industry professionals.

All materials created for the Courses will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This ensures materials are freely shareable, including for commercial purposes, must retain attribution, are modifiable/remixable by others, and such modifications must also be shared under the same terms.

Copyright for all educational materials and certifications developed will be jointly held by SAE Mexico and The MIDI Association.

12 MIDI Association member companies have committed to donating to support this effort: Focusrite, Ilio, Jamstik, Roland, Synthogy, and Yamaha are Platinum donors, and Art and Logic, Classic Organ Works, IK Multimedia, and Medeli are Gold donors.

Here’s the official announcement:

For more information, see the MIDI Association site.