Educational Topics

Guitar Class in the Yellowhammer State

Guitar Class in the Yellowhammer State Number 22: The State of Alabama By Thomas Amoriello, Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar…

History of the Guitar in the United States

History of the Guitar in the United States  By Ricardo Paz NAFME Council for Guitar Education Member Director, Capital High School Guitar Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico Nineteenth-Century Guitar History…

Guitar Class in the Sunflower State

Guitar Class in the Sunflower State Number 21: The State of Kansas By Thomas Amoriello Jr NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar…

Professionalism in Teaching

Professionalism in Teaching Treating the Pursuit of Excellence as a Daily Habit  By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the January 2019 teacher edition of In…

Double Trouble: Interview with Innovative Musician Gabriel Guardian

Double Trouble Interview with Innovative Musician Gabriel Guardian By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Gabriel Guardiola, a native of Harlingen, Texas, who goes by the stage…

Fostering Independent Musical Thinkers with Conversational Solfège

Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful Students  Fostering Independent Musical Thinkers with Conversational Solfège By NAfME Member Missy Strong Those teaching in the elementary or middle school general music program have many…

Guitar Class in the Great Lakes State

Guitar Class in the Great Lakes State Number 20: The State of Michigan By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education In this latest edition of “50 States of…

An Important Voice in Music Education

An Important Voice in Music Education In Memoriam Chris Vadala  By NAfME Member Peter J. Perry This article first appeared in the April 2019 issue of Teaching Music magazine. On…

Tools for Survival in Today’s Climate

No Teacher Is an Island  Tools for Survival in Today’s Climate By NAfME Member Dr. Jenny L. Neff School breaks can lead to thoughts of taking vacation or escaping to…

“Being Brave, Being Bold, Being Kind, Being Just, Being Loved”

“Being Brave, Being Bold, Being Kind, Being Just, Being Loved”  NAfME Member David LaMorte  By Lisa Ferber This article first appeared in the April 2019 issue of Teaching Music magazine.…