November 2025 Benefits of Tri-M: Why and How to Start a Chapter at Your School bySBO+ Contributor November 28, 2025
Finding Success in Small Schools May 5, 2024 0 I have a confession. When I graduated from college, I aspired to work my way up from a small school program...
Teaching Students with Differences and Disabilities in Music Classrooms and Ensembles April 8, 2024 0 I am often asked to provide strategies for teaching students with differences and disabilities. To me, it is more important that...
Celebrate Music! byScott R. Sheehan March 30, 2024 0 March is Music in Our Schools month (MIOSM)! This is the 39th anniversary of the national celebration promoting the transformative...
NAfME’s Transformation February 19, 2024 0 Prior to 2018, the music education community often articulated the need for NAfME to address topics centering diversity, inclusion, access,...
Some Thoughts on Curriculum Planning for General Music January 8, 2024 0 Time is a precious commodity. In my experience, time seems to weigh even more heavily on general music educators! We...
Mindful Modulation and the Music Teaching Profession December 11, 2023 0 Those of a certain age will remember the Weebles commercial jingle: “Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” You could...
Making a Difference with Tri-M (Modern Music Masters) Music Honor Society byMike Lawson October 15, 2023 0 The Tri-M Music Honor Society is a program of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), focusing on creating future leaders in music...
Together Toward Tomorrow byScott R. Sheehan September 10, 2023 0 The start of a new year always brings new opportunities and new possibilities. Welcome to a school year that will...
NAfME Leaders Speak Out August 20, 2023 0 As we begin a new school year, leadership is one of the most important tools every music educator needs to...
What Music Educators Need to Know About Divisive Concepts Laws July 16, 2023 0 Music educators all over the United States strive to ensure equitable access to music education for every child. As such,...
ABCs of Advocacy byScott R. Sheehan June 12, 2023 0 Advocacy is the art of building relationships. Over the past several years, my journey has provided me with some amazing...
General Music – The Core of Music Education April 2, 2023 0 When you think of general music what immediately comes to mind? Do you think of children singing or using solfege?...