music education

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Finding Value in the Virtual Ensemble

Finding Value in the Virtual Ensemble How Should We as Music Educators Consider Coming Changes? By NAfME Member Joseph Owens Coronavirus has forced music educators to deliver music instruction in…

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An Opportunity: Where Does Music Education Go from Here?

An Opportunity Where Does Music Education Go from Here?  By Anne Fennell, NAfME Council for Innovations Chair This article first appeared on Anne Fennell’s blog. We have an opportunity. Right…

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Moving to Online Learning

Moving to Online Learning A Few “Jabs” to “Hook” You Up with a Knock-Out Plan  By NAfME Member David Knott This blog first appeared on David Knott’s “Radical Music Education”…

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The Students’ Voice during the COVID-19 Disruption (Part 1 of 2)

The Students’ Voice during the COVID-19 Disruption (Part 1 of 2)  “I’ll Miss Having My Second Family” By NAfME Member Scott N. Edgar   We, as music teachers, have been…

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Yay Storytime!: Musical Adventures with Children’s Picture Books, Part Four

Yay Storytime! Musical Adventures with Children’s Picture Books, Part Four By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of the “Yay Storytime!” series, we visit…

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Distance Learning Alternatives*: Questions to Consider in This Bizarre Time

Don’t Just Assign Stuff* Questions to Consider in This Bizarre Time By NAfME Member Doreen Fryling This article originally appeared on Doreen Fryling’s blog and is reprinted with permission from the author.…

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National Association for Music Education Executive Director National Search

The National Association for Music Education is embarking upon a national search for its next Executive Director in order to fulfill its mission to advance music education by promoting the…

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Music Changes Lives (MIOSM)

March 2020 Marks the 35th Music In Our Schools Month®

For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 March 2020 Marks the 35th Music In Our Schools Month® This Year’s MIOSM® Theme Is “Music Changes Lives”…

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How State Associations Can Support School Music Programs

How State Associations Can Support School Music Programs By Craig Manteuffel, sponsored by the National Federation of State High School Associations “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature…

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Oxford Symposium on the History of Music Education

  Oxford Symposium on the History of Music Education The Oxford Symposium on the History of Music Education will meet at the University of Mississippi in Oxford from Wednesday, June…

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