Welcome to the Newly RebrandedJournal of General Music Education By Rekha S. Rajan, Academic Editor, Journal of General Music Education This article first appeared in the October 2021 issue of…
Via redtedart.com It’s time to throw away your rubber-band tissue boxes! Children love music as much as they enjoy making things! Having your students help to build their own…
Holiday and Winter concerts are quickly approaching! What tricks can you use when your young singers are having a tough time remembering lyrics? Here are a few recommendations from NAfME…
Halloween is right around the corner! We’ve put together a few classroom ideas, links to free piano sheet music, and even boomwhacker activities for you to use with your…
Request for Applications for Editorial Committee Members:General Music Today General Music Today is seeking nominations for members of its Editorial Committee. Members of the GMT Editorial Committee will begin duties…
by Dr. Michelle Hairston, East Carolina University Adapted with permission from “The North Carolina Music Educator” Fall/Summer 2013 Music classes in today’s educational system have changed substantially. With the implementation…
Symbaloo is a great way to share a series of links with your students or colleagues. Symbaloo has a great interface that you can use to organize your internet life using webmixes.…
Peer teaching is an effective strategy for the music classroom. The Virginia Chamber Orchestra (VCO) has made a video, “I Heard That! Listening to Classical Music,” that uses students to…
The 2013 NAfME Student Composers Contest will allow student composers K-12, and Collegiate the freedom to compose for any combination of instruments and/or voices, or for instrumental or vocal solo. Compositions must…
Behavior Management. A term that can strike terror in the General Music Classroom teacher’s heart. But, fear not! ClassDojo to the rescue! I recently discovered this incredible positive behavior management tool. You can…
