Celebrating MIOSM in the Classroom: A Music Teacher’s Perspective
My first experience with Music In Our Schools Month was as a new music teacher way back in 1992. As a beginning teacher fresh out of Hastings College, I loved…
Category: Music in a Minuet
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Change Your Profile Picture for Music In Our Schools Month®
March is Music In Our Schools Month®! Support music in our schools during the month of March by changing your Facebook and Twitter profile photos! Use the hashtags #MIOSM and #AllMusicAllPeople in your…
Artistic and Effective Conducting
Artistic and Effective Conducting by: Dr. Ryan Kelly and Dr. Jason Paulk Part one in a series How much do you think about your conducting? Really think about it?…
Swingin’ From the Start: Teaching the Basics of Jazz and Improvisation
Swingin’ From the Start: Teaching the Basics of Jazz and Improvisation in a Concert Band Setting By Jennifer S. McDonel and Richard Victor Have you ever wondered how jazz “swings”?…
Composition 101: Preparing to Enter a Composition Contest
Advice for Young Composers Considering Entering Composition Contests “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” By Andrew F. Poor, D.M.E. Past Southern Division Representative, National Council for Music Composition Recently, there has…
2015 GRAMMY Educator Shares a Consistent Message: Support Music Teachers and School Music Programs
On Monday, February 2, a feature on Jared Cassedy, director of bands at Windham (New Hampshire) High School aired on CBS This Morning. The world learned that he had received the 2015…
Why Join a Music Booster Group? The Surprising Benefits
Why Join a Music Booster Group? The Surprising Benefits By Kathleen Heuer Congratulations! Your child has decided to continue on as a music student. The program will be taking…
Top 10 Reasons Why Music Education Advocates Should Join NAfME
Does this describe you? You work with kids studying music in the schools, but only now and then or seasonally. You introduce students to a fresh perspective on a piece,…
The Other Music Advocates
Teachers: You’re instructing. You’re mentoring. You’re tutoring outside the classroom. A little help with advocating for your profession would be greatly appreciated! And it’s definitely necessary. Share this fact with…
Tri-M Students Volunteer During Music In Our Schools Month!
What is Music in our Schools Month® (MIOSM)? Each year in March, National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and Tri-M Music Honor Society Chapters across the country, celebrate Music In Our Schools Month…
