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Episode Description: Episode 1 with Andrew Thompson: Dr. Shane Colquhoun and Brett Barker sit down with Andrew Thompson, who shares insights about his unique music program at Aloha High School.…
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NAfME Chair of the Council for Jazz Education Bethany Robinson talks with performer Sammy Miller about his experiences working with students through the Jazz at Lincoln Center program and his…
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Jeremy Lumpkin is the band director at Hillgrove High School near Atlanta, Georgia, where in just a few short years the jazz program received an invitation to perform at the…
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In this interview with NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education Chair Bethany Robinson, Lisa Linde discusses how she’s continued to build a culture of inclusion and excellence even amidst administrative scheduling…
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In this interview, Roosevelt Griffin III discusses how to get young students comfortable with improvising. Founder of the Griffin Institute of Performing Arts NFP, Roosevelt holds the Dyett Chair for…
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This webinar features the NAfME Advocacy and Public Policy team and explores how recent executive orders and administration actions, funding decisions, and other policy priorities could impact your program and…
Read MoreGuitar classrooms are an ideal place to explore the concept of multiliteracy. Multiliteracy posits that a contemporary literacy curriculum should invite the reader to negotiate and create utilizing a multitude…
Read MoreCelebrate Music In Our Schools Month® by highlighting and sharing all the ways your school community is musical. Download this resource to learn more.
Read MoreThis lesson could take one or two periods (or even three) to complete depending on scheduling. It leads students from learning the basic pattern of major scales to writing them…
Read MoreThis plan is truly a 10-minute introduction, but it could carry over several rehearsals to give students an opportunity to revise their arrangement as well as their performance in collaboration…
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