It was an emotional and fun-filled night for band members Friday, as they were recognized for their accomplishments throughout the school year during the annual Daleville High School Band Banquet at the Daleville Cultural and Convention Center. Read More »
After hearing about the share your story campaign, I knew I couldn’t stay quiet. But to me, telling my story would be selfish on my part. I could go into detail on the personal reasons why I want to be a music educator, but that wouldn’t be fair to others. So I’m not going to tell my story. I’m going to tell our story. Read More »
West End elementary students won’t be asked to put away their clarinets and saxophones just yet after the New Westminster school board voted unanimously to keep the band program at the board meeting May 21. 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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