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2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference

The 2024 Biennial National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Research and Teacher Education Conference took place September 25-28, 2024, at The Westin Peachtree Plaza, in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference…

2025 MIOSM Advocacy Social Media Toolkit

Happy 40th anniversary of Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®)! To celebrate this milestone this year’s theme is “United Through Music,” representing how music has the power to bring individuals…

“When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat” Lesson Plan

This lesson plan for 4th grade students uses the book/video When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat along with recordings of Ella Fitzgerald “You’ll Have to Swing It” and Louis Armstrong…

Letter on Use of Federal Funds to Support Arts Program

Arts Education Alliance Title IV-A Funding Toolkit

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Arts Education Alliance Title II Funding Toolkit

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Arts Education Alliance Title I Funding Toolkit

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Challenges and Opportunities for Music Education in the Age of Generative AI

By John Donaldson, NAfME Assistant Executive Director, Professional Development and Publications. Teaching Music Magazine, April 2024, Volume 31, No. 4. In this article, NAfME members share ideas, insights, ethical considerations,…

Reimagining Arts Standards through Centering Students

As a member of the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS), NAfME is participating in “Reimagining Standards-Based Arts Education for Equity & Inclusion” a project of NCAS partially funded by…

Closing the Gap: Catching Up to the Reality of a Musical World

Access this presentation by Omar Thomas, keynote speaker at the 2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education conference, held September 25-28, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia.…