NAfME News

2025 Shannon Kelly Kane scholarship presentation to Amari Junkins by NAfME President Deb Confredo.

NAfME Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarships to Allyson Horvath of the University of Indianapolis and Amari Junkins of Ohio Northern University

NAfME Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarships to Allyson Horvath of the University of Indianapolis and Amari Junkins of Ohio Northern University HERNDON, VA (June 23, 2025) – The National Association…

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Pennsylvania Music Educators Association leadership presented the 2025 NAfME Excellence in Advocacy Award by Jazzmone Sutton

Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Recognized with 2025 NAfME Excellence in Advocacy Award

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 703-860-4000 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Recognized with 2025 NAfME Excellence in Advocacy Award HERNDON, VA (June 16, 2025)—The National Association for Music…

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Cindy Marten speaking at 2022 NAfME National Conference

Cindy Marten Honored with the NAfME 2025 Music Education Champion Award

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395 Cindy Marten, Secretary of Education for the State of Delaware, Honored with the NAfME 2025 Music Education Champion Award HERNDON, VA…

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Nominate a Band Director for the George N. Parks Award

The George N. Parks Award honors an exemplary music educator who embodies the characteristics and leadership the late Mr. Parks showed his students every day. Developed by the National Association…

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What does Tri-M mean to you? Alumnus Jax C. responds, I love Tri-M because it really brings the community together through the power of music.

2024–2025 Tri-M® Music Honor Society National and State Chapters of the Year Announced

2024–2025 Tri-M® Music Honor Society National and State Chapters of the Year Announced HERNDON, VA (May 19, 2025) – The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) announces the 2024–2025 Tri-M® Music…

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excited collegiates with arms raised at Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit 2024

NAfME Awards Six Collegiate Members and Nine Institutions’ Collegiate Chapters for Excellence and Achievement

National Association for Music Education Awards Six Collegiate Members and Nine Institutions’ Collegiate Chapters for Excellence and Achievement HERNDON, VA (May 15, 2025) – The National Association for Music Education…

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GRAMMY Music Educator Award

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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CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence

13 NAfME Members Named 2025 CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence

13 NAfME Members Named 2025 CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence  On May 6, 2025, NAfME Music Education Policy Roundtable member CMA Foundation honored 30 music educators during Teacher Appreciation…

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2024 Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit group photo outside

Finding the Funds: Get Yourself to the NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit

Finding the Funds Get Yourself to the 2025 NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit  By Ben Reyes, NAfME Membership Manager  Picture this: Washington, DC. Standing on Capitol Hill. Dozens of music…

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images depicting arts education including dance, theatre, visual arts, music

National Coalition for Arts Standards Announces Review of National Arts Standards

National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS) Announces Review of National Arts Standards Eleven years after the release of the National Arts Standards in 2014, the National Coalition for Arts Standards…

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