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Repertoire Selection that Expands Students’ Experiences

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…

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107 of the 2026 GRAMMY Music Educator AwardTM Quarterfinalists Are NAfME Members

107 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…

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Keys to Elevating the Small School Music Program

Keys 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…

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Building Bridges in Music Education

Building Bridges in Music Education Pedagogy with Breath By NAfME Members Dr. José Leonardo Leon, D.M.A. and Dr. José Valentino Ruiz In the rhythms of our classrooms and rehearsal spaces,…

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Strike Up a Conversation

Strike 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…

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Support Federal Funding Impacting Arts Education—FY 2026

Support 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…

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Making Music for People, Not Just for Peers

Making 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…

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Current Music and Audio Technology Students and Educators Need to Know

Current 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…

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Music as a First-Person Account

Music as a First-Person Account Confronting History in the Music Classroom This blog is sponsored by NAfME Corporate member St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. First-person accounts are invaluable resources in History…

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A Movement Rooted in a Song

A 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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