How You Can Celebrate Jazz in April—and Throughout the Year By Richard Victor, Chair of NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Here are some useful resources to…
Blackbyrd Fly:Interview with Progressive Funk-Rock Guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight By Thomas J. Amoriello Jr.NAfME Member and NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair-Elect…
Lessons in Our Shared History through Music By NAfME Member Stephen Holley Today is April 4th—the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As we all…
The 2018 All-National Honor Ensembles Conductor Spotlight: Todd Stoll Throughout the month of March, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has shared profiles of the 2018 All-National Honor Ensembles (ANHE) conductors,…
African American History in the Music Classroom Addressing Social Issues, History, and Genres By NAfME Member Sharen Bolder This year during African American History Month, in my middle school…
Spend Your Spring Break with NAfME Academy! It’s finally March, which means the weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and teachers and students alike could be embracing…
NAfME President Denese Odegaard toBegin Fireside Chats for NAfME Members Inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio broadcasts between March 1933 and June 1944, NAfME President Denese Odegaard will be…
For Immediate Release Contact: Kristen Rencher at NAfME KristenR@nafme.org or (571) 323-5898 Renowned Conductors to Leadthe 2018 NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles in Walt Disney World This November The Nation’s Most Elite…
NAfME Celebrates 69 Newly CertifiedNBCT Music Educators Last week, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards celebrated 5,470 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). Each of these accomplished educators earned…
Top 10 Most-Read #MusicEd Blogs of 2017 As the end of 2017 draws near, we wish you and your students a very happy and safe holiday season. To help ring…