NAfME News

NAfME logo header

NFHS “Outstanding Music Educators” of 2023 Include 18 NAfME Members

NFHS “Outstanding Music Educators” of 2023 Include 18 NAfME Members On January 23, 2023, National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced the 2023 NFHS Performing Arts Educator Award…

Read More

Six of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Finalists for 2023 Are NAfME Members 

Six of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Finalists for 2023 Are NAfME Members  Pamela Dawson was named the 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award honoree. The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum® announced ten…

Read More

Dr. Lawrence Stoffel of California State University Northridge, Named Recipient of the 2022 George N. Parks Award

For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt catherinah@nafme.org or (571) 323-3395 Dr. Lawrence Stoffel of California State University Northridge, Named Recipient of the 2022 George N. Parks Award from the National…

Read More
Strategic Plan

NAfME Releases New Strategic Plan Moving the Music Education Profession Progressively Forward

For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt catherinah@nafme.org or (571) 323-3395 National Association for Music Education Releases New Strategic Plan Moving the Music Education Profession Progressively Forward RESTON, VA (November 22,…

Read More

Thirteen of the 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™ Semifinalists Are NAfME Members

Thirteen of the 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™ Semifinalists Are NAfME Members Announcing the 25 Selected Semifinalists The Recording Academy™ and GRAMMY Museum® have announced the 25 semifinalists for the 2023 GRAMMY Music…

Read More
David Circle Portrait

In Memoriam: David E. Circle

David E. Circle, President of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 2004–2006 David E. Circle, a beloved president of the MENC: The National Association for Music Education (now NAfME),…

Read More
Together We Are NAfME

“Together, We Are NAfME!”—A Back-to-School Message from NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan

“Together, We Are NAfME!” A Back-to-School Message from NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan welcomes music educators to the new school year with a message about…

Read More

Ron Meers and John Stroube Honored as 2022 Lowell Mason Fellows

For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 Ron Meers and John Stroube Honored as 2022 Lowell Mason Fellows RESTON, VA (August 1, 2022)—In June, National…

Read More
collegiate members gathered in Washington DC

NAfME Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarships to Kelsey Zetzl of Butler University and Hannah Combs of Oakland University

  For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (571) 323-3395 National Association for Music Education Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarships to Kelsey Zetzl of Butler University and…

Read More

NAfME Awards Four Collegiate Members and Seven Institutions’ Collegiate Chapters for Excellence and Achievement

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jazzmone Sutton JazzmoneS@nafme.org or 703-860-4000  National Association for Music Education Awards Four Collegiate Members and Seven Institutions’ Collegiate Chapters for Excellence and Achievement RESTON, VA (July…

Read More