Ensembles

male high school choral students singing

Black Music Aesthetics in General Music

Black Music Aesthetics in General Music Part 1 Exploring Black Musics By NAfME Member Loneka Wilkinson Battiste This article was originally published in the October 2024 issue of Journal of…

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Sing Democracy 250-50 States Program

Sing Democracy 250-50 States Program Your Choir Can Take Part in 2026 By Tina Sayers, Program Director for Sing Democracy 250’s 50 States Program NAfME is proud to support this…

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The Music Has Stopped. What Do I Fix? Intentionality!

The Music Has Stopped. What Do I Fix? Intentionality!  “Paying It Forward” to Your Students  By NAfME Member Adrian Jermaine Adams, M.M. Director of Bands, Community Christian School, Stockbridge, Georgia…

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Karel Husa and Joseph Rutkowski

A Moment of Spiritual Synchronicity

A Moment of Spiritual Synchronicity** between the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Karel Husa (1921-2016) and My Students ** coined by Paul Hindemith By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski December 15, 2024, marks the…

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modern band students in class

Developing Student Leaders in Music Class

Developing Student Leaders in Music Class A Guide for Junior and Senior High Levels  By Tina Bennett, NAfME Music Honor Society Advisory Council Eastern Division Representative Music education offers a…

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Alfred Music’s Ultimate Guide to Festival & Contest Season

Alfred Music’s Ultimate Guide to Festival & Contest Season Sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member Alfred Music Festival and contest season is an exciting yet demanding time for music educators and…

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Teaching Intonation to Beginning Musicians: Setting Up for Success from Day One

Teaching Intonation to Beginning Musicians Setting Up for Success from Day One By Gregory Ristow and Leah Sheldon, sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member uTheory Who doesn’t love a perfectly tuned…

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A Salute to Reserve Component Military Band Members

A Salute to Reserve Component Military Band Members Honoring “Dual-Capacity” Service Members By NAfME Member Tina Beveridge When most people think of military bands, they know there’s a “Navy” band…

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student guitarists in rehearsal

­Guitar in the High School Classroom

­Guitar in the High School Classroom By NAfME Member Michael Klein This article first appeared in the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) magazine Soundboard – The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of…

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choral director conducting class in chorus room

The Benefits of Singing Rounds in the Classroom

The Benefits of Singing Rounds in the Classroom By Edward Caswell and Peter Hunt This blog is sponsored by NAfME Corporate member Oxford University Press. Our musical backgrounds will vary…

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