Personalized Learning through Project-Based Music
Personalized Learning through Project-Based Music By Michael Hayden How to Personalize Your Music Classroom Project-based music is a way for students to personalize their learning, take ownership,…
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The Conductor Mind (for Composers)
The Conductor Mind (for Composers) By Patrick Dupre Quigley This article first appeared on The Cajun Conductor blog and is reprinted with permission from the author. Dear Composer Friends, So,…
Announcing the Winner of the Jupiter National Student Melody Competition
Congratulations to Joseph Ham of Ruston High School! The winner of the Jupiter National Student Melody Competition is Joseph Ham from Ruston, Louisiana. Joseph is a senior percussionist…
Creativity and Improvisation for Beginning Strings: A Step-by-Step Approach
Creativity and Improvisation for Beginning Strings: A Step-by-Step Approach By NAfME Member Michael E. Martin,School District of Haverford Township, PA, retired Why Create and Improvise? There are many reasons to…
From Imagination to Notation: Keeping Composition Creative
From Imagination to Notation: Keeping Composition Creative By NAfME Members Janice Smith and Michele Kaschub Like many music teachers working with young composers, we have found ourselves wondering…
All Uke Can Do: Enhancing General Music through the Ukulele
All Uke Can Do: Enhancing General Music through the Ukulele By Shelbi Busche Every week I get to work with a talented group of musicians who analyze, arrange, compose,…
Creating a More Musically Literate High School Musician
Composition Projects that Promote 21st Century Skills AND Develop Your Performing Ensemble By Nora Tycast and Brian Lukkasson As with any good and efficient professional development session (does that…
Give Your Students the Creative Classroom They Deserve
Building a Climate for Creativity in the Classroom By NAfME Member John Mills Facilitating a climate of creativity in a music classroom is one of THE most important components of…
Composition 101: Preparing to Enter a Composition Contest
Advice for Young Composers Considering Entering Composition Contests “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” By Andrew F. Poor, D.M.E. Past Southern Division Representative, National Council for Music Composition Recently, there has…
Ben Folds Comes to NAfVille!
In less than three weeks, NAfME will welcome multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter, and producer Ben Folds to our national in-service conference in Nashville, where he will host the keynote opening…
