General Music

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Exploring Ethiopian Children’s Songs in Washington, DC!

Exploring Ethiopian Children’s Songs in Washington, DC! By NAfME Member Anna Harris  Presenting Ethiopian Children’s Songs in the Music Classroom at the “NAfME is ME!” 2022 NAfME National Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Register…

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Gamifying Solfège

Gamifying Solfège By Gregory Ristow and Leah Sheldon, sponsored by uTheory It’s no secret that integrating play and instruction leads to deeper, more engaged learning and better retention, no matter…

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Leading by Example: Making Key Changes in Your Career

Leading by Example Making Key Changes in Your Career By NAfME Member Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl “There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you…

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Bring Music to Life in Your School Community

Bring Music to Life in Your School Community QuaverEd’s “Pumpkin Bones” will engage your whole school. Sponsored by QuaverEd Music is incredibly powerful. Having music in schools helps students use…

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Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging

A Thousand Tiny Cuts Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging  By NAfME Member Alex Rivera Alex Rivera presented A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging at the…

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Developing Teachers to Advance Multilingual Learners in Music Education

Developing Teachers to Advance Multilingual Learners in Music Education By NAfME Member Brandon Roeder  Presenting Developing Teachers to Advance Multilingual Students in Music Education at the “NAfME is ME!” 2022 NAfME National…

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Play Ball! 2nd Inning: Out to the Ballgame with Retired White Sox Organist Nancy Faust

Play Ball! 2nd Inning Out to the Ballgame with Retired White Sox Organist Nancy Faust By Thomas Amoriello Jr., Immediate Past Chair of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education The 2022…

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What Specific Teaching Technique or Strategy Do You Swear by Because It Works Every Time with Your Students?

What Specific Teaching Technique or Strategy Do You Swear by Because It Works Every Time with Your Students? Three Music Educators Share Ideas This article first appeared in the August…

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Believe in the Power of Great Teachers

Believe in the Power of Great Teachers By NAfME Immediate Past President Mackie V. Spradley This article was first published in the March 2022 issue of Music Educators Journal. In…

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Assessing the Standards: An Exploration of the Respond Model Cornerstone Assessment

Assessing the Standards An Exploration of the Respond Model Cornerstone Assessment By NAfME Member Emily Hatch This article first appeared in the April 2022 issue of Journal of General Music…

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