April 2025 Mentorship Today: NAfME’s Path to the Future of Music Education! bySBO Staff April 22, 2025
Thinking Beyond High School: Cultivating Music for the Future bySBO Staff March 29, 2025 0 Band, choir, and orchestra are some of the most visible music making experiences in our schools. These ensembles and their...
Surviving Thriving from Now Until Summer bySBO Staff February 25, 2025 0 Reach back into the ghosts of television shows past and conjure up Tony Soprano’s voice asking, “How you doin’?” Seriously,...
Why Did You Become a Music Educator? byAlice M. Hammel December 2, 2024 0 This article was originally published in the October 2024 issue of The Voice of the Washington Music Educators Association Journal,...
Building Your Circle of Support byScott R. Sheehan November 7, 2024 0 Have you ever felt isolated or found the parking lot empty when you finally leave the school building? Have you...
We All Belong byCecil Adderley October 27, 2024 0 By Cecil Adderley Beginning Our School Year — Leaders Emerge at Every Age As we begin another academic year, we...
Ready for the New School Year? byDeborah A. Confredo September 3, 2024 0 Back-to-school season is an exciting time! Here are some things that might help your students have a great start to...
From Overwhelmed to Fulfilled in Music Education August 8, 2024 0 Mental health is a serious concern for educators in general and music educators specifically. With that in mind, this spring,...
Lessons Through Service byAngela Marlett August 8, 2024 0 As an organization that is over 117 years old, NAfME leaders are committed to realizing the association’s mission of being...
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,...