Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents Encourage Positive Interaction Before Instruction By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the October 2017 teacher edition of In Tune Magazine. “Trust…
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2016-2017 Tri-M Music Honor Society® Chapters of the Year Announced
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kristen Rencher KristenR@nafme.org or 571-323-5898 For today’s students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators. …
How to Write and Teach Jazz Bass Lines
How to Write and Teach Jazz Bass Lines Fingering Systems for Upright and Electric Bassists By NAfME Member Megan Cleary What do we do with the rhythm…
Teaching Clarinet: Introducing Articulation
Teaching Clarinet: Introducing Articulation By NAfME Member Wendy Higdon Article originally posted on On and Off the Podium For the fifth and final post in this series, I will be…
Music Education Pioneer Carroll A. Rinehart Passes Away
Music Education Pioneer Carroll A. Rinehart Passes Away NAfME Lowell Mason Fellow Carroll A. Rinehart passed away on August 16, 2016. The former MENC (now NAfME) Western Division President…
Danni Schmitt says “Never Stop Trying to Be Better”
NAfME member Danni Schmitt teaches at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland, and her students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. She teaches 4-8th grade band as well…
“Jazz, Jump, and Jam—A 5th-Grade Performance”
Improvisation in Elementary Chorus NAfME member Shirley Van Paepeghem teaches elementary choir and music at North Star Charter School in Eagle, Idaho. A veteran music educator and jazz vocalist,…
Empire State Building Lights Up for Music in Our Schools Month®
NAfME Joins VH1 Save the Music in New York to Celebrate Music This year marks the 31st anniversary of Music in Our Schools Month® (MIOSM), started by the National…
From Capitol Hill to the Music Classroom: One Collegiate's Testimony
Alabama Student Teacher Takes Collegiate Advocacy Summit Lessons to the Classroom NAfME Member Spotlight Last year, the passion and engagement of National Association for Music Education (NAfME) members helped lead…
NAfME Member Raymond Churchill Receives National LifeChanger Award
NAfME Member Raymond Churchill Receives National LifeChanger Award National Association for Music Education (NAfME) member Raymond Churchill, a music theatre and choir teacher at Griswold High School in Griswold, Connecticut,…
