Program Development
“Whatever the format, my most important strategy is to start early and move from big choices to small ones.”
The rubric’s job is not to reduce artistry to checkboxes. It is to make your expectations visible so students can aim at something real. Here are three sample rows from my own program.
The fundamentals of our work (ensemble, mentorship, the shared discipline of making something beautiful together) travel well beyond the walls of a traditional school.
This post includes tips for welcoming students to lessons with suggestions that impact the first five minutes of lessons to get them off to a great start. It’s perfect for back-to-school!
If we define modern band by instrumentation and genre, then we limit its possibilities. If we define it by philosophy, then the possibilities become endless.
Summer is a time when ideas incubate and we prepare for the next challenges and opportunities ahead.
Music educators have a unique opportunity to shape not only musicians, but future leaders. Starting a Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter is one of the most effective ways to do both.
By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl “Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in…
What strategies do you use to manage scheduling conflicts with your music program during the day or before/after school? This article first appeared in the January 2026 issue of Teaching…
Teaching Guitar for Ages 5–11 Fostering Creativity and Compositional Mastery By NAfME Member Oleksiy Bilous Objective of the Article This article aims to present a methodology for teaching children of…