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Call for Papers: Oxford Symposium on the History of Music Education

Oxford Symposium on the History of Music Education CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, PERFORMANCES, & POSTERS   June 3–6, 2020University of MississippiOxford, Mississippi The Symposium Planning Committee welcomes submissions on topics…

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Organization Tips for the First Days of School

Organization Tips for the First Days of School By NAfME Member Meghan Cabral This article was originally published on the SmartMusic blog. The importance of getting organized for your students’…

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Guitar Class in the Buckeye State

Guitar Class in the Buckeye State Number 23: The State of Ohio By Thomas Amoriello, Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar…

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Preparing Students for Auditions

Preparing Students for Auditions Three Areas to Consider By NAfME Member Tom Sabatino This article was originally published on “Cued In,” the J.W. Pepper blog. It never failed. Late November…

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Cultivating Perspectives and Practices

A Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium September 12–14, 2019, in Greensboro, North Carolina The Society for Music Teacher Education, a society within the National Association for Music Education, is…

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Arthur Raymond Doughty Honored as a 2019 Lowell Mason Fellow

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395 Arthur Raymond Doughty Honored as a 2019 Lowell Mason Fellow RESTON, VA (July 29, 2019)—On June 19, 2019, the National Association…

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Five Things to Do in Your First Five Years of Teaching

Five Things to Do in Your First Five Years Advice for New Music Educators By NAfME Member Audrey Carballo Five years sounds like a very long time, but in the…

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Florida Music Education Association Receives 2019 Excellence in Advocacy Award

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395 Florida Music Education Association Receives 2019 Excellence in Advocacy Award RESTON, VA (July 24, 2019)—The National Association for Music Education (NAfME)…

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Intimidating Improvisation Simplified

Intimidating Improvisation Simplified Focus on the Blues By NAfME Member Sarin Williams Like many music educators today, my background was strictly in classical music—until I sought out an independent study…

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Guitar Class in the Yellowhammer State

Guitar Class in the Yellowhammer State Number 22: The State of Alabama By Thomas Amoriello, Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar…

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