When her son Jacob was barely a year old, Teresa Esquivel noticed that music powerfully affected his demeanor. Certain tunes would even make him cry. In particular, if Pokémon was on, Jigglypuff’s leitmotif would reduce him to wails, even if Jacob hadn’t been previously focused on the TV. Read More »
Today, Friday May 24th, the California Music Educators Association, along with representatives of fellow music education organizations, will visit the California legislature in Sacramento to advocate for access to quality music education for all California students. Their focus for the day is to call attention to the importance of reinstating music programs that have suffered as a result of state budget cuts and focus on high-stakes testing in subjects such as math and science. Read More »
NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Music Empowers Foundation is proud to announce a $20,000 grant to the Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County. Neighborhood Studios is a multi-disciplinary school of the arts in Bridgeport, CT. Founded in 1977, it provides music and arts education to over 1,500 talented but economically disadvantaged and special needs children. Read More »
The NAfME advocacy team would like to extend its sincerest thanks to the NAfME leaders from across the United States who wrote to the superintendent of Lansing’s public schools regarding the elimination music teacher positions. The success of this response depended on the participation of many of our colleagues in Michigan, including Cory Micheel-Mays and his team at the Michigan Music Education Association Read More »
Four years ago Heidi Welch began planning a spring trip for her music students, a performance trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Welch, a 9–12 grade music teacher from New Hampshire, had no idea when she began plans for the trip that she would need to make little detour to the White House on the way home. Read More »
NAfME is pleased to announce that Daniel Levitin will present the keynote address at the opening of the Conference on April 10, 2014. Daniel Levitin is an award-winning scientist, musician, and record producer. He is the author of the number one best seller This Is Your Brain on Music, which was published in nineteen languages and spent more than one year on the New York Times best seller list. His newest book, The World in Six Songs, topped the bestseller lists in its first week of release. Read More »
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