Unexpected Outcomes of Jazz Education
Using the Student Learning Outcomes (Objectives) to your advantage By NAfME Member Glen Brumbach You just finished a great performance with your jazz band; the group has really improved this…
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Council for Jazz Education-Roles & Responsibilities
Purpose To advise the National Executive Board and help serve NAFME’s large and diverse membership, NAfME formed Councils that address the needs of a subset of members within a particular…
Jazz Education Resources
Select Jazz Education Resources Online Smithsonian Jazz Jazz Appreciation Month The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC Visit ARTSEDGE and search for “jazz” Celebrating Jazz…
Council for Jazz Education
Mission: To Support the members of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the jazz community by serving as a resource to improve the quality of teaching and research…
Jazz Education as it relates to Life Skills
As jazz educators we all strive to teach our students the techniques behind their instrument, to build their capacity to be able to perform in front of an audience, and…
Scotland Holds Their First Jazz Education Conference
On Friday, August 1, just under sixty delegates attended the first ever jazz education conference held in Scotland. The event, sponsored by the Scottish Jazz Foundation and held at the…
Making the Case for Jazz Education
As recently as 45 years ago, the idea that jazz, or any contemporary popular music, could serve a role in the education of America’s youth was highly questionable in the…
Jazz Education: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Let’s start the school year with a little historical perspective… We take for granted today that jazz education has a place alongside band, strings, and chorus programs. This has not…
MENC Society for Jazz Education Looks to the Future
“Music always reflects the times. In Jazz, it also points toward the future.” This thought was voiced by composer and performer Herbie Hancock as he received an American Eagle Award…
Press Release: MENC to Serve Jazz Educators through Formation of Society for Jazz Education
RESTON, VA (June 18, 2008) — MENC: The National Association for Music Education announced plans to form a Society for Jazz Education to serve the unique professional needs of jazz educators.…
