New Opportunities for Guitar Students An Interview with 2019 All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble Conductor Bill Swick This year the 2019 All-National Honor Ensemble (ANHE) Guitar Ensemble will perform alongside…
A Difference through Music Member Spotlight: Heather Nail This article originally appeared in the August 2017 Teaching Music. By Lisa Ferber Heather Nail knew she wanted to make a difference in…
Conducting is Good for Your Health! Expanding Your Conducting Vocabulary By NAfME Member Dr. Andrea Strauss Have you ever wanted to improve your conducting? Many of us would like…
Conducting Your Way through the 2014 Music Standards Are you teaching your students concepts that will enable them to be independent musicians for the rest of their lives? By NAfME…
Speaking Between the Lines: Nonverbal Communication in the Large Ensemble Classroom By NAfME Member Nicholas E. Roseth Nonverbal communication—in the form of conducting, body language, and other physical or…
Prescriptions for Conducting (and Building) Creative Singers Dr. David Fryling, Professor of Music, Hofstra University President, Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association In my hundreds of hours…
Artistic and Effective Conducting by: Dr. Ryan Kelly and Dr. Jason Paulk Part two in a series – previous parts can be viewed here. Score Study that…
Artistic and Effective Conducting by: Dr. Ryan Kelly and Dr. Jason Paulk Part one in a series How much do you think about your conducting? Really think about it?…
Conducting—Letting Go of Bad Habits By NAfME Member Michael Murphy The choral music educator’s job, according to Michael Murphy, “while rewarding, is a complex one. Sometimes it seems that managing…
