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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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History of the Guitar in the United States

History of the Guitar in the United States  By Ricardo Paz NAFME Council for Guitar Education Member Director, Capital High School Guitar Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico Nineteenth-Century Guitar History…

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Guitar Class in the Sunflower State

Guitar Class in the Sunflower State Number 21: The State of Kansas By Thomas Amoriello Jr NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “50 States of Guitar…

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NAfME Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarship to Martha Wachulec of Montclair State University

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395  National Association for Music Education Awards Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarship to Martha Wachulec of Montclair State University RESTON, VA (July 11,…

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Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is the 2019 Music Education Champion Award recipient

Senator Jon Tester of Montana Named the NAfME 2019 Music Education Champion Award Recipient

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Catherina Hurlburt CatherinaH@nafme.org or 571-323-3395 Senator Jon Tester of Montana Named the NAfME 2019 Music Education Champion Award Recipient RESTON, VA (July 10, 2019)—National Association for…

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Professionalism in Teaching

Professionalism in Teaching Treating the Pursuit of Excellence as a Daily Habit  By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the January 2019 teacher edition of In…

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CMA Foundation and NAfME Announce 2019 State Advocacy Award Grant Winners

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Tooshar Swain ToosharS@nafme.org or 571-323-5796 CMA Foundation and NAfME Announce 2019 State Advocacy Award Grant Winners RESTON, VA (July 8, 2019) — In collaboration with the…

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Double Trouble: Interview with Innovative Musician Gabriel Guardian

Double Trouble Interview with Innovative Musician Gabriel Guardian   By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair   Gabriel Guardiola, a native of Harlingen, Texas, who goes by…

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Candidates for 2020-2022 NAfME National President-Elect

NAfME online elections will open to eligible members on January 14, 2020 and will remain open through February 12, 2020 (11:59 PM Eastern).  Election America, NAfME’s online elections service, will…

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