Following are blog posts from a sampling of this year’s In-Service Presenters. Bookmark this page, and check back for updates.
General Music/General Interest
Anne Smith, Ed.S, “Gospel Music is GOOD NEWS!” and “Gumbo in the Urban Classroom”
Jim Tinter, “Beginning a Dynamic Recorder Program” and “Developing a Dynamic Recorder Program”
Melissa Berke, Erika Kepler, and Ashley Jurgens, “Help! This Wasn’t Covered in My Methods Class!: Creative Problem Solving for First-Year Teachers”
Janice Smith and Michele Kaschub, “From Imagination to Notation: Keeping Composition Creative”
Mark Laughlin, “Video Game Music: The Great Teaching Experiment”
Shelbi Busche, “All Uke Can Do: Enhancing General Music through the Ukelele”
Marissa Curry, Ingrid Ladendorf, and Caroline Moore, “Singing in Early Childhood”
Sara Given, “Using Humor as a Teaching Tool in the Music Classroom”
Joann Benson, “How to Use Appalachian Dulcimers to Teach Music Literacy in Your Classroom”
Greg Wilfrid, “Creating Storytellers in Your General Music Classroom”
Kristen Rencher, “NAfME Member Builds Inclusive Classroom for Student”
Band
Anthony Mazzocchi, “Who Actually Quits Musical Instrument Instruction—Children or Their Parents?”, “What Makes a Great Music Teacher?”, “How to Cultivate a Great Beginner Band”
Joseph Rutkowski, “Play for Your LIFE!: Chamber Music from Mozart to Led Zeppelin”
Nora Tycast and Brian Lukkasson, “Creating a More Musically Literate High School Musician”
Cara Calabrese, “A Creative Approach to Building Percussion Ensembles”
Lorie Enloe, “How to Successfully Implement Non-Performance Standards in Your Music Ensemble: Taking the Extra Step with Your Music Ensemble”
Jeremy Kirk, “Empowering the Timpanists in Your Music Ensemble: Timpani Survival 101”
Choral
Dr. David Fryling, “A Creative Space: Prescriptions for Conducting (and Building) Creative Singers”
Stuart Chapman Hill and Joshua Palkki, “Using Circle Singing to Enliven Choral Activity”
Wendy K. Moy, “Empower Your Choral Program by Creating a Community Culture”
Nathan Dame and Ashley Delaney, “Generation What!?: Creating ‘We’ in the Age of ‘Me’”
Derrick Fox, “50 Shades of Grading: Implementing Creative Assessment Models in the Choral Classroom”
Christine C. Bass, “Vocal Transformation for Your Choir”
Dr. David W. Langley, “Infusing Creativity into Your Choral Rehearsal“
Orchestra/Strings
Angela Harman, “Talent Doesn’t Grow on Trees . . . It Grows in Orchestra!”
Colleen Ferguson, Dr. Lucy Lewis, and Dr. Kira Omelchenko, “From Zero to Hero: Strategies for Building a String Program from Scratch”
Eugenia Goldman, “Independent Chamber Music Programs: Tips for Orchestra Directors”
Michael E. Martin, “Creativity and Improvisation for Beginning Strings: A Step-by-Step Approach”
Bill Swick, “31 Steps Toward an Award-Winning Guitar Program”
Advocacy
Ronny Lau, “How You Can Advocate for Music Education”
Special Events
Rosalind Fehr, “There’s Nothing Rotten about the Kirkpatrick Brothers: NAfME 2015 In-Service Conference Keynote Presenters“
