Search Results: jazz education

Joe Dyvig

Joe Dyvig is currently the orchestra teacher at Olympia High School, as well as the Music and Visual Arts coordinator for the Olympia School District in Olympia, Washington. Prior teaching…

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Elizabeth Fortune

Elizabeth Fortune is the Director of Orchestras at Seattle’s Ballard High School.   From 2002-2018, she was the Director of Orchestras and Eclectic Strings at Seattle’s Washington Middle School. In addition to…

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Lenora Helm Hammonds

Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds, a Chicago native, is a vocal jazz musician, composer, arranger, and educator who currently serves as Dean of the Professional Education Division at Berklee College of…

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Susan L. Smith

Susan L. Smith has been an educator for more than 25 years at the elementary through collegiate levels, including general music, choral, band, orchestra, guitar, and educational pedagogy in Florida,…

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Richard Tengowski

Richard Tengowski recently retired after thirty-six years as a music teacher for the School District of Kohler in Kohler, Wisconsin. He received his B.M. in Music Education from St. Norbert…

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Angela Keedy

Angela Schendel Keedy serves as the NAfME Professional Development Specialist, working on the Connected Arts Networks grant project. Originally from Montana, she has extensive experience working within K-12 education and…

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John C. Donaldson

John Donaldson has over 20 years of experience in association management, partnership building, education/professional development/grants programming, facilitating learning, teaching, and organizational development. Prior to joining NAfME, he was senior director…

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Corporate Member Directory

NAfME Corporate Members Platinum Manhattan School of Music 130 Claremont Avenue New York, NY 10027 (212) 749-2802 admission@msmnyc.edu Manhattan School of Music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance,…

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Scott Sheehan

A nationally recognized advocate and leader for the advancement of music education, Scott Sheehan is the Director of Bands and Music Department Chairperson at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School…

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The Changing of the Guard

The Changing of the Guard By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski Ella Wilcox’s article “Building a Legacy” in the August 2022 Teaching Music magazine begins with the current worry of the teacher shortage…

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