Engaging All Types of Learners in the Music Classroom
Engaging All Types of Learners in the Music Classroom Tools and Techniques to Reach Different Types of Learners in the Music Classroom By NAfME Member Brian Wagner-Yeung Join NAfME today…
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Improving Standards Implementation in Instrumental Music Education
Teaching Everybody Everything Improving Standards Implementation in Instrumental Music Education By NAfME Member Alden H. Snell II One of the challenges instrumental music educators face is helping students understand…
Culturally Responsive Practice in the Music Classroom
Culturally Responsive Practice in the Music Classroom A Transcript of the March 27, 2017, NAfME Council for Innovations Twitter Chat NAfME’s Council for Innovations is the home for…
A Composition Project for Performing Ensembles
A Composition Project for Performing Ensembles By NAfME Member Matthew Witt For decades, performing ensembles have focused on one thing: Rehearsing. We must learn to do more than rehearse –…
The Next Generation of Music Education
The Next Generation of Music Education in Chaska, Minnesota By NAfME member Eric Songer The Next Generation of Music Education is an incredible revolutionary project that involves transforming music…
Teaching and Assessing Basic Musicianship with Composition
Teaching and Assessing Basic Musicianship with Composition By NAfME Member Matt Doiron Many jazz greats have written new melodies or contrafacts on tunes from their standard repertoire. Elementary musicians,…
Composing in the Large Ensemble
Stronger Together through Composition Composing in the Large Ensemble By Daniel AbrahamsAssistant Professor of Music EducationUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Alaska Teaching middle school band and orchestra was one of the…
Unity, Variety and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
Unity, Variety and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony By Stacy Gray This article presents four music composition techniques that can help music educators create National Core Arts Standards (NCAS)-aligned lesson plans…
7 Steps to Creating an Original Song with Your Choral Ensemble
7 Steps to Creating an Original Song with Your Choral Ensemble By NAfME member Michele KaschubProfessor of Music/Coordinator of Music Teacher EducationUniversity of Southern Maine Creating opportunities for students to…
Cloud-Based Pop Music Compositions Open Doors for Students and Teachers
Cloud-Based Pop Music Compositions Open Doors for Students and Teachers By NAfME Member Matt Warren For 50 years, incorporating popular music into school music curriculums has been a hotly-debated…
