Featured Resources
Fact sheets, guides, webinars, talking points, reports and more to equip music educators with the tools you need to succeed in the classroom and to help advance the profession.
NAfME offers an extensive resource library to help educators teach music and advocate for music programs.
Orchestrating Opportunity: Expanding Music Education Pathways Through CTE
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is growing nationwide, and it’s important to understand what that means for music programs. This April 29, 2026, webinar offered a practical, policy-focused overview of…
Jazz Appreciation Month 2026 with Bethany Robinson and Jeremy Lumpkin
NAfME Council for Jazz Education Chair Bethany Robinson and Chair-Elect Jeremy Lumpkin share how NAfME can support you as you bring jazz into the classroom and ways to share resources…
Jazz Appreciation Month
Curated Resources from the NAfME Council for Jazz Education To commemorate Jazz Appreciation Month, NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education presents a compendium of recent jazz education-related resources available through NAfME.…
A Collective Vision for Equity in Arts Education
Released by the Arts Education Alliance in March 2026, A Collective Vision for Equity in Arts Education is a shared advocacy agenda centered on ensuring every student has access to…
Executive Summary: A Collective Vision for Equity in Arts Education
Released by the Arts Education Alliance in March 2026, A Collective Vision for Equity in Arts Education is a shared advocacy agenda centered on ensuring every student has access to…
Arts Education Funding: A Two-Year National Snapshot
Arts education programs nationwide rely on a variety of funding sources to sustain and strengthen high-quality opportunities for students to participate in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.…
Inspiration, Tips, and Ideas from the NAfME Councils
Collegiate Advisory Council What United Through Music means to Council Western Division Representative Michael Ruybalid Council for General Music Education Bob Wicks, Idaho Music Educators Association President and music educator…
MIOSM 2026: Orchestra Composition Unit
Thank you to the NAfME Council for Orchestral Education and Brett Noser for providing this composition unit of lesson plans for high school orchestra programs.
