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Lead with Swing! Fostering Leadership, Collaboration, and Confidence Through Jazz Education

When teachers intentionally design rehearsal culture around these ideas, they create ensembles that don’t just play jazz—they are transformed by and through it.

An Evening with Your Council for Jazz Education

Get to know your NAfME Council for Jazz Education, chaired by Bethany Robinson, and bring your questions and scenarios. We will hear about and name challenges we see in today’s…

Techniques and Tips for Elevating Jazz Education at Your School

Members of NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education will explore dynamic rehearsal techniques for jazz ensembles, how to integrate vocalists into a jazz ensemble setting, and tips and tricks to increase…

NAfME Jazz Education Council Town Hall: From Beginnin’ to Swingin’: Tips and Tricks for Teaching Rhythm Sections at All Levels

In this NAfME Town Hall, NAfME Council for Jazz Education members Roosevelt Griffin, Peter Sampson, and Bethany Robinson will offer pedagogy and creative solutions to guiding the often most misunderstood…

Council for Jazz Education

Supports the members of NAfME and the jazz community by serving as a resource to improve the quality of teaching and research in jazz education at all levels.

Jazz Appreciation Month 2026 with Bethany Robinson and Jeremy Lumpkin

NAfME Council for Jazz Education Chair Bethany Robinson and Chair-Elect Jeremy Lumpkin share how NAfME can support you as you bring jazz into the classroom and ways to share resources…

Unlocking the Mystery and Beauty of the Art of Jazz

To commemorate Jazz Appreciation Month, NAfME’s Teaching Music Advisory Committee member Larry Blocher interviews jazz great Marcus Roberts.

Jazz Appreciation Month

Curated Resources from the NAfME Council for Jazz Education To commemorate Jazz Appreciation Month, NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education presents a compendium of recent jazz education-related resources available through NAfME.…

Appeal Regarding Anti-DEI in Educational Institutions Dropped by Trump Administration

Appeal Regarding Anti-DEI in Educational Institutions Dropped by Trump Administration By Jazzmone Sutton, NAfME Senior Manager of State Advocacy and Equity On January 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education…

Celebrating Jazz in the Classroom

Teachers Share Favorite Activities and Artists This article first appeared in the January 2026 issue of Teaching Music. To help music educators plan for Jazz Appreciation Month in April, Teaching…