Welcome Aboard! Making New Students a Part of Your Ensemble
Welcome Aboard! Making New Students a Part of Your Ensemble It’s a new school year. It’s your first day of music class, and you have a room full of…
Tag: General Music
Creative Problem Solving for First-Year Teachers
“Help! This Wasn’t Covered in My Methods Class!” Creative Problem Solving for First-Year Teachers By Melissa Berke, Erika Kepler, and Ashley Jurgens Your diploma is hanging next to your…
Eight Things to Consider When Creating Classroom Rules
Eight Things to Consider When Creating Classroom Rules By Nancy Flanagan As first appeared in Education Week’s Teacher in a Strange Land Blog on August 3, 2015. Reprinted with permission…
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 NAfME Member Shelbi Busche Every week I get to work with a talented group of musicians who analyze,…
Singing in Early Childhood
Singing in Early Childhood By Marissa Curry, Ingrid Ladendorf, and Caroline Moore “Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime. This experience…
Beginning a Dynamic Recorder Program
Beginning a Dynamic Recorder Program By NAfME Member Jim Tinter Greetings colleagues! Beginning a Dynamic Recorder Program is one of two sessions I’ll be presenting at this year’s NAfME…
Concert Preparation Tips: What Works and What Doesn’t?
Earlier this year, the GRAMMY Foundation announced 213 quarterfinalists for the 2016 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™ and of that number, 122 are members of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).…
How to Use Appalachian Dulcimers to Teach Music Literacy in Your Classroom
How to Use Appalachian Dulcimers to Teach Music Literacy in Your Classroom By NAfME Member Joann Benson A few years ago I was introduced to the Appalachian Dulcimer…
Creating Storytellers in your General Music Classroom
Creating Storytellers in your General Music Classroom By NAfME Member Greg Wilfrid Storytelling The art of storytelling pervades our culture throughout history. Storytelling is a way to better understand humanity,…
