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Guitar educator Dr. Kevin Vigil poses with guitar students

Guitar Class in the Old Dominion

Guitar Class in the Old Dominion Number 9: Commonwealth of Virginia By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Dr. Kevin Vigil currently serves on the NAfME Council for…

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Guitar Class in the Aloha State

50 States of Guitar Class Number 8: The Aloha State By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Aloha NAfME members! Today we will visit Honolulu and the…

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Guitar Class in the Land of Enchantment

50 States of Guitar Class Number 7: Land of Enchantment By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Today we visit New Mexico with respected guitar educator Eduardo…

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How to Get Administrators on Your Side

Stronger Together How to Get Administrators on Your Side By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the January 2017 teacher edition of In Tune Magazine. “Coming…

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high school student clarinetists rehearsing

No Time for Questions! Or Is There?

No Time for Questions! Or Is There? Creating a Higher Level of Student Engagement By Jenny L. Neff, Ed.D., Eastern Division Representative for the NAfME Council for Band Education We…

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orchestra classroom

The Storm before the Calm

Preparing for the First Day of Classes By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski September will mark my 42nd year of teaching music, my 34th year teaching high school orchestra and band,…

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Hosting a School Jazz Festival

Hosting a School Jazz Festival By NAfME Member Dr. Jenny L. Neff For the past 44 years, our school has hosted a festival for area middle school jazz bands –…

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Playing through Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies Every Year

Playing through Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies Every Year Know the Musical Scales to Reach Monumental Heights By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski Consider this not-so-monumental for the teacher (although it does take…

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