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Vocal Health: How Choral Directors Can Help Students

Vocal Health: How Choral Directors Can Help Students By Jennifer Moorhatch The original article first appeared on J.W. Pepper’s blog. One of the most important but sometimes overlooked jobs of…

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Stress, Burnout, and Stage Fright in College

Stress, Burnout, and Stage Fright in College Resources for Music and Music Education Majors By NAfME Member Paul K. Fox PMEA Retired Member Coordinator and Chair of Council for Teacher Training,…

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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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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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