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Music Educators Make a Difference

Music Educators Make a Difference Let the Music Begin By Tim Lautzenheiser, sponsored by Conn-Selmer At a time when everyone is looking for stability in the educational journey, let’s take…

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A Vision of Hope

A Vision of Hope How Four Schools Put on a Jazz Choir Collaboration during a Pandemic School Year Shared by NAfME Member Edward A. Trimis Last fall, four different Los…

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Incorporating More Assessment in Your Orchestra Classroom

Incorporating More Assessment in Your Orchestra Classroom Finding the Balance between Assessment and Rehearsal  By NAfME Member Daniel Lytle I find accurately assessing my orchestra students to be challenging. It…

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Recording Strategies for Auditions

Recording Strategies for Auditions Tips for Quality Recordings By NAfME Member Tomás Cotik This is an expanded version of an article that first appeared in the April 2021 issue of…

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Observations of Guitar Class in 50 States

Observations of Guitar Class in 50 States By NAfME Member Bill Swick This article first appeared in the January 2021 issue of Teaching Music. Guitar education reflects diversity and provides…

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Tomas Cotik playing Schubert Symphony No 2 Mvt 1

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Schubert Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Schubert Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1 By NAfME Member Tomás Cotik Copyright © by Tomás Cotik – All rights reserved. The April 2021 issue…

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Tomas Cotik plays Mozart Symphony N. 39

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mozart Symphony No. 39, Mvt. 2

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mozart Symphony No. 39, Mvt. 2 By NAfME Member Tomás Cotik Copyright © by Tomás Cotik – All rights reserved. The April 2021 issue…

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Curtains Up! Pathways to Theater and the Fine Arts during COVID-19

Curtains Up! Pathways to Theater and the Fine Arts during COVID-19 By NAfME Member Brian Cyr An abbreviated version of this article first appeared in the Connecticut Association of Boards…

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Tomas Cotik plays Mendelssohn Symphony

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1 By NAfME Member Tomás Cotik Copyright © by Tomás Cotik – All rights reserved. The April 2021 issue…

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Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mendelssohn Scherzo

Resources for Learning the Violin Audition Excerpt: Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo By NAfME Member Tomás Cotik Copyright © by Tomás Cotik – All rights reserved. The April 2021 issue…

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