Five Tips to Make Arranging Approachable Teaching Students How to Create Their Own Music By NAfME Member Taylor Morris I often find myself wondering why we spend so much…
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 Music teachers…
Create/Compose …and the technology that can help By NAfME member Michael Hayden Now more than ever, music technology has the transformative power to strengthen our music classrooms and deepen…
The Conductor Mind (for Composers) By Patrick Dupre Quigley This article first appeared on The Cajun Conductor blog and is reprinted with permission from the author. Dear Composer Friends, So,…
From Imagination to Notation: Keeping Composition Creative By Janice Smith and Michele Kaschub Like many music teachers working with young composers, we have found ourselves wondering how we…
Composition Projects that Promote 21st Century Skills AND Develop Your Performing Ensemble By Nora Tycast and Brian Lukkasson As with any good and efficient professional development session (does that…
Headed for the beach this summer? Or is an Adirondack chair your lakeside destination? If you want to take along a good book for company, NAfME has you covered with…
Advice for Young Composers Considering Entering Composition Contests “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” By Andrew F. Poor, D.M.E. Southern Division Representative, National Council for Music Composition Recently, there has been…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RESTON, VA (August 27, 2014)—The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is pleased to announce the release of the New National Music Standards, which will ensure students…
