Jazz Education

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Jazz Teaching Tips for Classrooms and Ensembles

What’s your favorite jazz teaching tip for the classroom or ensemble? Three Music Educators Share Their Ideas This article first appeared in the April 2022 issue of Teaching Music. Roosevelt…

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Five Questions with Jazz Guitarist Will Matthews of The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra

Five Questions with Jazz Guitarist Will Matthews of The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Immediate Past Chair To players in the jazz…

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Group Improvisation in the Choral Rehearsal

Group Improvisation in the Choral Rehearsal Three Improvisation Paradigms By NAfME Member Christopher L. Clark, PhD Chris Clark presented on “Group Improvisation in the Choral Rehearsal” during the NAfME 2021…

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Southern California Schools Take Part in Historic Jazz Choir Collaboration: Next Steps

Southern California Schools Take Part in Historic Jazz Choir Collaboration: Next Steps Vocal Groups at Four Los Angeles Schools Create a Collaborative Vision of Hope By NAfME Member Edward A.…

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A Vision of Hope

A Vision of Hope How Four Schools Put on a Jazz Choir Collaboration during a Pandemic School Year Shared by NAfME Member Edward A. Trimis Last fall, four different Los…

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In Memoriam: The Legendary Sammy Nestico

The Jazz Education Network and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) mourn the passing of the legendary Sammy Nestico who died on January 17, 2021, at the age of…

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Five Questions with Jazz Guitar Great Mark Whitfield

“Know the Music, Be Prepared” Five Questions with Jazz Guitar Great Mark Whitfield By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Immediate Past Chair The modern jazz scene has…

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Intimidating Improvisation Simplified

Intimidating Improvisation Simplified Focus on the Blues By NAfME Member Sarin Williams Like many music educators today, my background was strictly in classical music—until I sought out an independent study…

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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…

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“Jazz Is the Aspirational Sound of Our Democracy”

“Jazz Is the Aspirational Sound of Our Democracy” An Interview with All-National Honor Jazz Ensemble Conductor Todd Stoll and 2019 Guest Soloist Camille Thurman Todd Stoll was once again the…

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