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Delivery Is the Final Phase of Creation

This article argues that delivery is itself a creative act and offers a practical five-phase arc teachers can run across a semester.

22 of the 2027 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™ Semifinalists Are NAfME Members

The Recording Academy™ and GRAMMY Museum® have announced the 25 semifinalists for the 2027 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™. 22 of the 25 GRAMMY semifinalists are current members of the National Association for Music Education.

Quality Educator Partnership Act

When we invest in music educators, we invest in the students, schools, and communities they serve.

Growth, Engagement, and Excitement

This special event serves as the primary back-to-school celebration for NAfME Collegiate members and chapters around the country, and provides them with an opportunity to share upcoming chapter activities, celebrate chapter functions, and acknowledge new members.

When Specialization Becomes Isolation

The future may belong neither to the narrowly specialized musician nor to the musician who attempts to master everything. It may belong to musicians who develop something more difficult: depth with connectivity.

From Sound through Soma to Symbol: A Friendly Reminder

Students of all ages benefit from internalizing musical sounds before encountering the symbols that represent them. Only after embodied experience can students truly understand and reproduce Guido d’Arezzo’s secret codes, now commonly called “music notation.”

Your Students Are Already Rights Holders

This article offers music educators a teachable, classroom-ready approach to intellectual property literacy.

NCAS Call for Writing Team Members and Discipline Leads

As we celebrate National Arts in Education Week (September 13-19, 2026), the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS) is now recruiting volunteers to serve as Writing Team Members (up to…

Best “Low-Lift” Chapter Activities for New and Establishing Tri-M® Chapters

Tri-M should be about more than meetings. Give students a reason to want to be involved!

Announcing Janine Campbell as NCAS Standards Review Project Manager

The National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS) is excited to introduce Janine Campbell as its new Standards Review Project Manager. As the central coordinator for the full National Arts Standards…