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Teaching Musicality to Orchestra Students
Students can learn to be proactive and perform more musically if taught to recognize “composer clues.” The session will identify many clues and offer suggestions for implementation during rehearsal. Some of these clues are: basic dynamic shapes, following the line, principals of additive phrasing and accelerated motion, chromatic notes as text painting, seeing the simplified…
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Mapping the Route: Strategic Frameworks for Arts Pathway Validation
This Music Program Leaders colloquium explores the development and implementation of local and state arts pathway recognition systems designed to elevate the visibility and value of arts education. The session highlights strategies for aligning district initiatives with state-level recognition frameworks to ensure arts students receive meaningful college and career pathway acknowledgment. Participants will gain insight…
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Investigating Innovators of the Past to Meet Curricular Goals of the Present
Collegiate NAfME members from Pacific University and their instructor, Kendra Kay Friar, share their personal connections to four curricular innovators from history: Nathaniel Clark Smith, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Belle Ortiz, and Lois Choksy. The presenters will connect their in-progress professional identity development to the pioneering work of historical role models. Repertoire and pedagogical suggestions pioneered…
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Jacksonville Music Education History Symposium
University of North Florida 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL, United StatesSymposium on the History Music Education June 4-6, 2026 Jacksonville, Florida University of North Florida The Symposium on the History of Music Education is being organized and sponsored by the History Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the University of North Florida. The Symposium Planning Committee is planning several…
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2026 NAfME National Leadership Assembly
Reston, VAPresident Cecil Adderley invites NAfME national and state leadership to participate in the 2026 National Leadership Assembly. Please contact Kim Henry at kimh@nafme.org with any questions. This event is by invitation only.
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2026 NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit
Sheraton Reston 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, United StatesThe annual NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit (CLAS) is an exciting multiday event that brings together NAfME Collegiate members from all over the nation for leadership-centric learning sessions, advocacy training, and professional networking. The event concludes with NAfME’s annual Hill Day event, during which all attendees head to Capitol Hill to meet with congressional representatives…
