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Hosting a School Jazz Festival By NAfME Member Dr. Jenny L. Neff For the past 44 years, our school has hosted a festival for area middle school jazz bands –…
Read MoreThe San Francisco earthquake and fires on April 18, 1906, inadvertently led in 1907 to the founding of what is now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).…
Read MoreBethany Robinson is a Yamaha Performing Artist, 2022 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Finalist, NAfME Jazz Council Chair, President of the Indiana Jazz Educators Association, and serves on the Jazz Education Network Board. She is currently the Jazz Band Director for Noblesville Schools in Noblesville, Indiana. Since 2010, the jazz program has expanded from 1 to 6 bands, and the top jazz ensemble qualified for the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in 2021 and 2022, and was awarded the 2023 ISSMA Honor Jazz Band for the state of Indiana.
Read MoreAs a music teacher, you aim to increase student agency and make music quickly, all while juggling fundamentals like technique, reading, listening, creativity, and the ever-growing demands of teaching. This…
Read MoreJeremy L. Lumpkin is in his sixth year as Director of Bands at Hillgrove High School. Under his leadership, the Wind Symphony was invited to perform at the 2026 Minority…
Read MoreMaking Music for People, Not Just for Peers A Case for Audience-First Composition By NAfME Member José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D. and Brian Bromberg, GRAMMY®-Nominated Bassist-Producer-Composer In jazz education and professional…
Read MoreAndrew Goodrich is an Associate Professor of Music, Music Education at Boston University, Boston, MA. Research interests include peer mentoring, community music, jazz education, and preservice music teacher preparation. Goodrich…
Read MoreThroughout her 30+-year span of musical achievements as a Jazz Vocal Musician specializing in Classic, Traditional standard jazz, Lenora (Zenzalai) Helm Hammonds has toured, recorded, and performed with renowned artists…
Read MorePresenters: Lenora Helm Hammonds, Danny Kolke, William Leather, Lisa Linde. Facilitator: Bethany Robinson. This webinar will give you strategies to introduce the blues, bebop, and vocal jazz improvisation to your…
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