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Music In Our Schools Month® 2025: “United Through Music” Song Bracket

Music In Our Schools Month® 2025 “United Through Music” Song Bracket By NAfME Member Elizabeth Caldwell This blog first appeared on the Organized Chaos blog. This year the theme for Music…

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2026 NAfME – SRME Research Grants

2026 NAfME – SRME Research Grants Request for Proposals (RFP) Overview and Purpose: The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) invite…

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Sing Democracy 250-50 States Program

Sing Democracy 250-50 States Program Your Choir Can Take Part in 2026 By Tina Sayers, Program Director for Sing Democracy 250’s 50 States Program NAfME is proud to support this…

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A Word to the Wise: Selecting ONE Word as Motivation for the New Year

A Word to the Wise Selecting ONE Word as Motivation for the New Year By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can…

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Top 10 Most-Read Music Education Blogs of 2024

Top 10 #MusicEd Blogs of 2024 We’re continuing our annual tradition of sharing the Top 10 most-read NAfME Blogs of 2024. Special thank you to NAfME members and corporate members…

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The Music Has Stopped. What Do I Fix? Intentionality!

The Music Has Stopped. What Do I Fix? Intentionality!  “Paying It Forward” to Your Students  By NAfME Member Adrian Jermaine Adams, M.M. Director of Bands, Community Christian School, Stockbridge, Georgia…

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Empowering Students through Sight Reading: A Guide for Music Teachers

Empowering Students through Sight Reading A Guide for Music Teachers Sponsored by NAfME Corporate member MakeMusic What is sight reading? Being able to look at a brand new piece of…

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SBO+ 2024 50 Music Teachers Who Make a Difference

SBO+ 2024 50 Music Teachers Who Make a Difference 38 Are NAfME Members In December 2024, School Band and Orchestra Plus (SBO+) magazine announced its “50 Music Teachers Who Make…

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A Moment of Spiritual Synchronicity

A Moment of Spiritual Synchronicity** between the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Karel Husa (1921-2016) and My Students ** coined by Paul Hindemith By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski December 15, 2024, marks the…

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GRAMMY Music Educator Award

Nine of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Award Finalists for 2025 Are NAfME Members

Nine of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Award Finalists for 2025 Are NAfME Members  The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum® announced ten finalists for the 2025 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™, and nine…

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