Posts

guitar and choral students

Guitar Class in the Beaver State

Guitar Class in the Beaver State Number 40: The State of Oregon By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair Today we visit the La Salle Catholic College…

Read More
Develop Relationship Skills graphic

Building SEL Competency in the Elementary School Music Classroom

Building SEL Competency in the Elementary School Music Classroom By Lindsey Jackson, sponsored by QuaverMusic The music classroom is a place of amazing creativity and collaboration. It’s also the ideal…

Read More
GRAMMY Music Educator Award

Nine of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Finalists for 2020 Are NAfME Members

Nine of Ten GRAMMY Music Educator Finalists for 2020 Are NAfME Members NAfME member Mickey Smith Jr. has been named the honoree of the 2020 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™. Congratulations!…

Read More
Wyoming license plate guitar

Guitar Class in the Equality State

Guitar Class in the Equality State Number 39: The State of Wyoming By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair The NAfME Council for Guitar Education would like…

Read More
An smiling teacher in an elementary school classroom with seven boys and girls, 6 and 7 years old. They are having fun, excited to be in school, laughing and smiling.

What Are Your 2020 Resolutions for Your Music Classroom?

What Are Your 2020 Resolutions for Your Music Classroom? Three NAfME Members Respond   This article first appeared in the January 2020 issue of Teaching Music magazine.   Roger CossMusic…

Read More
the year 2019 in lights on brick wall background

Top 10 Most-Read Music Education Blogs of 2019

Top 10 #MusicEd Blogs of 2019 As we come to the end of 2019, we wish you and your students a very joyous holiday season and best wishes in the…

Read More
smiling girl with guitar

Guitar Class in the Empire State

Guitar Class in the Empire State Number 38: The State of New York By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair  In this edition of “50 States of…

Read More
A group of children clapping along to music

Guiding Principles for Improvisation in the General Music Classroom

A Way of Being in Music Guiding Principles for Improvisation in the General Music Classroom By NAfME Member David C. Edmund and Elliott C. Keller General Music Today, First published…

Read More
NAfME logo header

NAfME Celebrates 50 Members Who Are Newly Certified NBCT Music Educators

NAfME Celebrates 50 Members Who Are Newly Certified NBCT Music Educators On December 9, 2019, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards celebrated 3,831 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who join…

Read More
Thomas Mosher

In Memoriam Thomas Mosher

  In Memoriam Thomas Mosher   Longtime NAfME member Thomas Mosher (1942–2019) of Lakewood, New Jersey, passed away on Saturday, December 14, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania…

Read More