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Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is the 2019 Music Education Champion Award recipient

Senator Jon Tester of Montana Named the NAfME 2019 Music Education Champion Award Recipient

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395 Senator Jon Tester of Montana Named the NAfME 2019 Music Education Champion Award Recipient RESTON, VA (July 10, 2019)—National Association for…

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2018-2019 Tri-M® Music Honor Society Chapters of the Year Announced

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kristen Rencher KristenR@nafme.org or 571-323-5898 2018-2019 Tri-M® Music Honor Society Chapters of the Year Announced   RESTON, VA (June 26, 2019) – The National Association for Music…

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Creating a Place for Students to Belong: Music Educator Award Finalist Victor de los Santos

Creating a Place for Students to Belong: Music Educator AwardTM Finalist Victor de los Santos Jeffery Redding was named the 2019 Music Educator Award honoree. The GRAMMY Museum and The…

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Lori Lyford with 2019 BHS/NAfME Award

NAfME Member Lori Lyford Receives 2019 BHS/NAfME Music Educator of the Year Award

  For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 NAfME Member Lori Lyford Receives 2019 BHS/NAfME Music Educator of the Year Award RESTON, VA (February 15,…

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NAfME Congratulates Member Melissa Salguero, Named 2018 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Honoree

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (571) 323-3395 National Association for Music Education Congratulates Member Melissa Salguero Named 2018 GRAMMY Music Educator AwardTM Honoree All Five…

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NAfME Congratulates Member Keith Hancock Named 2017 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year

National Association for Music Education Congratulates Member Keith Hancock Named 2017 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year Every GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year Has Been a Member of NAfME…

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NAfME Congratulates Member Phillip Riggs, 2016 GRAMMY Music Educator

NAfME Member Phillip Riggs of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham was named the recipient of the third annual GRAMMY Music Educator Award™ presented by The Recording Academy®…

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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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