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Frances E. Clark, the "Mother of the Association"

NAfME’s History, the Evolution of Music Education–and Taylor Swift!

The San Francisco earthquake and fires on April 18, 1906, inadvertently led in 1907 to the founding of what is now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).…

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2015 GRAMMY Educator Shares a Consistent Message: Support Music Teachers and School Music Programs

On Monday, February 2, a feature on Jared Cassedy, director of bands at Windham (New Hampshire) High School aired on CBS This Morning. The world learned that he had received the 2015…

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NAfME Member Kent Knappenberger Wins National Recognition From Music Industry, Receives Inaugural Music Educator Award

Nine additional National Association for Music Education (NAfME) members also named as Finalists, out of more than 30,000 initial nominations RESTON, VA. (January 21, 2014) – There’s no mistaking this…

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