The Beginner’s Guide to Improvising
The Beginner’s Guide to Improvising A Three-Step Process for your Beginner Jazz Students By NAfME Member Richard Grennor This article originally appeared on “Dr. Grennor’s Music Academy” blog. There…
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Towards a More Inclusive Music Education
Towards a More Inclusive Music Education Diversifying the Styles of Music We Study, Create, and Perform By NAfME Member Steve Holley Change can sometimes be scary. After 19 years…
A Love of Music from the Very Beginning
A Love of Music from the Very Beginning Harlow Alexander, This Year’s Shannon Kelly Kane scholarship Recipient By Lisa Ferber This article first appeared in the October 2018 issue of…
Announcing the 2018 All-National Honor Ensembles, Performing November 27-28
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Kristen Rencher at NAfMEkristenr@nafme.org or (571) 323-5898 550 Students from 49 States and Territories to Showcase Talents in Orlando, Florida, November 27-28 RESTON, VA (September 12, 2018)—During…
Four Questions on Popular Music Education
Four Questions on Popular Music Education Toward a More Diverse and Inclusive Music Education By NAfME Member Steve Holley Over the course of the past couple of…
Pursuing His Passions: Faith, Family, Farm, and Music
Pursuing His Passions: Faith, Family, Farm, and Music Fred Ritter Recently Retired from the Nebraska Public Schools By NAfME member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article originally appeared in…
How You Can Celebrate Jazz in April—and Throughout the Year
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…
Interview with Progressive Funk-Rock Guitarist DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight
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
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
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, who…
