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.…
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…
Joshua Redman (left) teamed up with the U.S. Army’s Jazz Ambassadors. Hosted by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Music Education Week Jazz Academy Showcase Concert on June 18 was a…
RESTON, VA (May 8, 2008) — MENC: The National Association for Music Education has always been a strong and successful advocate for music education in all its forms. Recent problems…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
