NAfME is pleased to announce that Daniel Levitin will present a keynote address at the opening of the 2014 NAfME Music Research & Teacher Education National Conference on April 10, 2014.…
The Proposal Submissions System is now open until October 15, 2013. Visit http://research2014.nafme.org to access the system and submit proposals. Conference Dates & Location: April 10-14, 2014 St. Louis, Missouri Purpose:…
Music Educators Journal is 100! To celebrate, NAfME and SAGE Publications are sponsoring the MEJ Centennial Collegiate Essay Contest Open to undergraduate NAfME Collegiate Members (age 18 and older) $300 First…
Vocalize to Conceptualize By Chris Bruya NAfME Council on Jazz Education, Northwest representative I’d like to share something that I’ve used and refined for over 20 years that…
The Mesa Public Schools (Mesa, Arizona) Instrument Repair Shop opened in the fall of the 2011 – 2012 school year and since then, has made a positive impact on the…
The 2013 Symposium on Music Teacher Education will be held September 26 – 29, 2013 at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro. The call for proposals, posted at the…
As we look at more and more sophisticated assessment ideas and gear up for the National Core Standards in the Arts, my hope is that we do not “throw the…
NAfME Members, As a member of the Program Leaders Council, I would like to share some information regarding teacher evaluation in the state of Tennessee. As one of the first…
In his second year at the Liszt Ferenc Academy in Budapest, Hungary, Jorge Gardos started attending classes given by music educator Zoltán Kodály. At the time, the Academy had dropped…
The Society for Music Teacher Education has produced an eKit describing effective professional development (PD) for music teachers. The eKit also includes a list of some PD resources for music…
