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Young people thrive when adults create spaces where they feel safe to ask questions, take risks, encourage one another, and discover strengths they never knew they had.
Top Resources to Kickstart Your Back-to-School Season Explore our highlighted back-to-school resources below to support your year ahead. Whether you’re a seasoned educator or embarking on your first year as…
A U.S. Department of Commerce proposal could raise the already-high cost of purchasing, repairing, and maintaining instruments used by school music programs nationwide. Here’s how you can take action to oppose this proposal.
Colleen Conway will be presented the NAfME Senior Researcher Award on October 2 at the 2026 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference in Long Beach, California.
These ideas are designed to help generate cooperative collaboration between music teachers and educational support professionals to help improve students’ overall musical experience.
If we define modern band by instrumentation and genre, then we limit its possibilities. If we define it by philosophy, then the possibilities become endless.
Surviving the long haul requires radical realism. This means actively choosing where to direct our limited energy so that we can protect what matters most.
With a mix of NAfME national leaders, state captains, advocacy leaders, and collegiate students pursuing careers in music education, every meeting with members of Congress and their staff brought together multiple perspectives on the benefits of high-quality music education.
In a neuro-affirming classroom, we must embrace the idea that success is as diverse as the students we teach.
For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (571) 323-3395 HERNDON, VA (June 25, 2026) – The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) honored Ethan Hacker of the…