Resources

Hill Day 2025 Participant Graphics

Downloadable graphics (Click on link and right-click on image to save to your device) Facebook: Option 1 Option 2 Instagram feed: Option 1 Option 2 Instagram story: Option 1 Option…

Hill Day 2025 Shareable Graphics

Downloadable graphics (Click on link and right-click on image to save to your device) NAfME Virtual Hill Day Social Media Toolkit Title I: Facebook Instagram Title II Facebook Instagram Title…

Two Documentary Films and Lesson Plans: Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius and Awadagin Pratt: Black in America

Access Two Documentary Films and Lesson Plans: Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius and Awadagin Pratt: Black in America NAfME is very pleased to be able to provide access for music…

Innovations in Music Education Podcast: Episode 1 with Andrew Thompson

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.…

2024 Jazz Appreciation Month Interview Series: Sammy Miller

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…

2024 Jazz Appreciation Month Interview Series: Jeremy Lumpkin

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…

2024 Jazz Appreciation Month Interview Series: Lisa Linde

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…

2024 Jazz Appreciation Month Interview Series: Roosevelt Griffin

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…

Federal Policy Changes in 2025: What Music Educators Need to Know

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…

“Multiliterate Approach to Chord Lyric Notation in Class Guitar” Lesson Plan

Guitar 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…