The Hotel Block Rate deadline was extended, and today is the last day to reserve a room at special conference rate using this link. Learn about the preconference forums taking place prior to the national conference and Music Research and Teacher Education Conference—Emerging Leaders Forum; Music Program Leaders Forum; and NAfME Collegiate Pre-Con. PreK–12 music educators: Use the justification toolkit to share benefits of attendance with your administrator. Let others know you’re attending!
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Developed by Cara Bernard, Joseph Abramo, and Elizabeth Howard at the University of Connecticut, this resource guide provides music teachers with components for effective instruction of English learners using the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP). Access this robust set of standards-based lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school for music students using the SIOP model.
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NAfME COLLEGIATE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Calling all new teachers to join us to talk about your classroom experiences! Whether you are a former NAfME Collegiate member or not—we are here for you. No question is too small! Now for “New Teacher Chat: First Year Teacher Check In!” with the NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council.
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Nominate on the Yamaha Educator Suite
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NAMM FOUNDATION AND NAfME
In this October 25, 3PM ET/12PM PT NAMM Foundation webinar in collaboration with NAfME, learn how federal funds can be used for music education. Share your story of how Title IV funds have helped your music education program. A Title IV-A survey will be sent soon, and your participation will help support this program's continued funding.
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Two more keynote speakers have been announced for the NAfME National Conference. Brian Raphael Nabors’s music has been performed by the Boston, Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Worth, and Munich Symphonies, as well as ROCO Chamber Orchestra, the American Youth Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and Chineke! Orchestra. Alex Shapiro is the first composer to serve on the Board of Directors of both ASCAP, for which she holds the sole Symphonic & Concert writer member seat, and the Music Publishers Association of the United States, on which she represents her company Activist Music LLC. Learn more about the conference schedule and read about all keynote speakers.
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CMA FOUNDATION
On October 19 CMA Foundation will hold its sixth Music Teachers of Excellence Awards in Nashville. Along with a night of celebration and recognition, the CMA Foundation will also invest $150,000 total to all of this year’s recipients. Learn which award recipients are NAfME members.
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During the week of September 19-23, nearly 200 music education advocates participated in the NAfME Virtual Hill Week for Music Education. The end of the school year will culminate in an in-person NAfME Hill Day and advocacy celebration in conjunction with the National Assembly in June 2023. Read highlights about this past advocacy week.
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As states continue to address educational priorities prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued recovery, policymakers must be reminded of all students’ right to a well-rounded education that includes music and the arts. Send an email to your state legislators today.
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS
This survey is for all K–12 music educators. Share why you became a music educator! This information will be used to help create recruitment efforts for younger generations to become teachers and advocacy efforts to help support current teachers in the future.
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Learn more about The College of performing arts where students train to become citizen artists and agents of change in the 21st century.
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NAfME COUNCIL OF MUSIC PROGRAM LEADERS
Authentic and REAL collaborations end up changing kids’ lives. Kids know REAL when they see it, and they also know contrived. Project-based learning is something students, teachers, families, and communities can rally around. Spend time with Beth Fortune and Ann Medellin discussing the collaborative, community partnerships, and artistic process. Be empowered with ideas, solutions, conversations, and permissions to develop inspiring and cool projects for your students.
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TRI-M® MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY
Middle and high school teachers and students are invited to join Tri-M® Music Honor Society Advisors and students for a National Tri-M® Rally in celebration of the Tri-M Chapters of the Year during the 2021–2022 school year. Learn how your chapter can apply this year.
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NAfME CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT
Let us help you do your best teaching online and shape the next generation of musicians.
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Leadership can happen in your school, district, state associations, or national associations. Hear from NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan on why it is vital you attend this event for the future of the profession. Participants in this forum will learn about leadership characteristics and effective practices, pathways to leadership, working with many types of personalities, influencing and leading through change, organizational and communication skills, and creating a vision.
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We thank President Joseph Biden and the White House for the recent Executive Order on Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services. Find more information here.
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The life and artistry of Aretha Franklin is celebrated in the current hit film “Respect.” A NAfME team of subject matter experts has put together discussion guides on different themes from the film for middle and high school students in your music program.
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NAfME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WEBINARS
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How do you want your classroom to feel, and how do your students contribute to that feeling? While many younger music educators feel comfortable with our content area, establishing a positive learning environment is often an area for growth. This interactive webinar on October 19 at 7PM ET with Tyler Ehrlich and Jonathan Grantham will focus on cultivating and fostering a classroom culture of your design.
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Join members of the NAfME Council for General Music Education and other general music educators from throughout the country on October 24, 7PM ET, as we compare notes, network, build community, discuss challenges, and share what is working well so far in the 2022-2023 school year. Bring your questions, ideas, and issues you want to discuss! Please note that to provide participants with an opportunity to have the best possible open discussion this event will not be recorded.
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Submit your idea for a webinar topic to the NAfME Professional Learning and Partnerships Committee (PLPC). Webinar proposals are reviewed by the PLPC.
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Photo courtesy Nicole Guimaraes
NICOLE GUIMARAES
Over the past several years, the modern band movement has taken the music education world by storm. What about our littlest learners though? Can our students in kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades actually participate in modern band? The answer is: absolutely they can. 2022 NAfME National Conference presenter
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EDWARD J. ERCILLA
This session will surely be a unique experience for all who attend. You will have an opportunity to interact with a clinician who can present to you from the deaf person’s perspective in the hearing world. Insight and anecdotal information will be shared that will bring a unique perspective of how your classes might be experienced. 2022 NAfME National Conference presenter
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UPDATE: APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION, OCTOBER 2022
In a diverse society, it is crucial to transform one’s attitudes from ethnocentric to ethnorelative to deeply engage in, negotiate, and reconcile various cultural manifestations. Using the umbrella term of intercultural development, Sangmi Kang reviewed empirical studies of cross-cultural endeavors, contexts, and outcomes among music students and teachers in K–12 and higher education settings. Intercultural development takes place in various contexts, including classroom projects, university partnerships, service learning, and professional development. (Member login required.)
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SPONSORED BY QUAVERED
Music is incredibly powerful. Having music in schools helps students use their imaginations and express themselves. No matter the classroom, simply the presence of music enhances learning. Music teachers see this every day. QuaverEd’s “Pumpkin Bones” will engage your whole school this season.
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DR. LORI SCHWARTZ REICHL
Let’s demonstrate to our students, our colleagues, and ourselves that we can make key changes in our careers at any point. These key changes may be exactly what we need to do to reignite the spark that brings joy to ourselves and those we serve.
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MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 2022
Gareth Dylan Smith explains how percussion and groove are at the core of many musics created and enjoyed today, yet they can be overlooked in music teaching and learning. He provides an original, flexible composition for nonpitched percussion, with easy-to-follow instructions and video demonstration. (Member login required.)
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ERIKA WAHLERS
Learning to play a new instrument can help teachers gain empathy for their students. I told my students about how sometimes things I was told in my lessons made no sense to me, which led to more of my students speaking up when a lesson I was teaching didn’t make sense to them. Here are a few tips that might help you become a beginner again too.
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BRIAN N. WEIDNER
When we blindly use the same strategies without considering their effectiveness, we enter into a space of diminishing returns. It is not a matter that old strategies are not effective, but they may not serve all students in the way they served us.
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DR. CHARLES T. MENGHINI, SPONSORED BY HAL LEONARD
Dr. Charlie Menghini, President Emeritus of VanderCook College of Music in Chicago and Co-Author of the Essential Elements Method for Band shares ten tips to help you get the most out of your band or orchestra method!
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ROBBY BURNS
Here are some teaching strategies I have implemented in my beginning band class to ensure that they develop great ears, strong ensemble sound, musicianship, and all while preparing concert music.
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