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Repertoire Selection that Expands Students’ Experiences Five Teachers Share Their Ideas This article first appeared in the October 2024 issue of Teaching Music. How do you choose your musical repertoire…
Read More107 of the 2026 GRAMMY Music Educator AwardTM Quarterfinalists Are NAfME Members The Music Educator Award Is Presented by The Recording AcademyTM and the GRAMMY Museum® The Recording Academy™ and GRAMMY Museum® has…
Read MoreKeys to Elevating the Small School Music Program Key Strategies to Create Success By Richard Tengowski, NAfME North Central Division Immediate Past President and NAfME Small Schools Initiative Task Force…
Read MoreStrike Up a Conversation Experience Where the Magic Leads By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl “One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”— Linda Lam On a…
Read MoreSupport Federal Funding Impacting Arts Education—FY 2026 Updated June 2, 2025. Music and Arts Education Advocates, On May 30, President Trump released full details about his administration’s FY 2026 budget…
Read MoreMaking Music for People, Not Just for Peers A Case for Audience-First Composition By NAfME Member José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D. and Brian Bromberg, GRAMMY®-Nominated Bassist-Producer-Composer In jazz education and professional…
Read MoreCurrent Music and Audio Technology Students and Educators Need to Know By Lee Whitmore, sponsored by NAfME Corporate member Focusrite In the past decade a lot has changed in music…
Read MoreA Movement Rooted in a Song The Founding of Let Music Fill My World By Cayley Tull, sponsored by NAfME Corporate member Let Music Fill My World. The idea for…
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