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How the NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit Helped Reorient Our Collegiate Chapter

How the 2019 NAfME Collegiate Advocacy Summit Helped Reorient Our Collegiate Chapter Mission, Purpose, and Growth in Our Campus Chapter By NAfME Collegiate Member Jacob Austrino  For the past two…

Guitar Class in the Pelican State

Guitar Class in the Pelican State Number 41: State of Louisiana By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar Class,”…

Guitar Class in the Beaver State

Guitar Class in the Beaver State Number 40: The State of Oregon By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Today we visit the La Salle Catholic College…

Building SEL Competency in the Elementary School Music Classroom

Building SEL Competency in the Elementary School Music Classroom By Lindsey Jackson, sponsored by QuaverMusic The music classroom is a place of amazing creativity and collaboration. It’s also the ideal…

Guitar Class in the Equality State

Guitar Class in the Equality State Number 39: The State of Wyoming By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair The NAfME Council for Guitar Education would like…

Top 10 Most-Read Music Education Blogs of 2019

Top 10 #MusicEd Blogs of 2019 As we come to the end of 2019, we wish you and your students a very joyous holiday season and best wishes in the…

Guitar Class in the Empire State

Guitar Class in the Empire State Number 38: The State of New York By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair  In this edition of “50 States of…

Guiding Principles for Improvisation in the General Music Classroom

A Way of Being in Music Guiding Principles for Improvisation in the General Music Classroom By NAfME Member David C. Edmund and Elliott C. Keller General Music Today, First published…

It’s Elementary! Women Composers in K-5 Music Classrooms

It’s Elementary! Women Composers in K-5 Music Classrooms By NAfME Member Miriam Capellan  This article first appeared on the “Dear Clara” blog. What is a composer? What does a composer…

Guitar Class in the Old Line State

Guitar Class in the Old Line State Number 37: The State of Maryland By Thomas Amoriello Jr., NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Mt. Hebron High School in Howard County,…