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This past week, I taught sessions on ...

This week, I am blogging from Boone, NC. I am ...

If you teach elementary general ...

Over the past few years, May 4th ...

Last week, I had the great pleasure ...

It has been an exciting year (and my final) at Mercer Middle-Senior High School. I am eagerly looking forward to the next chapter that begins ...

Tomorrow (November 5th) I will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for their annual Junior High Honor Band Invitational. Dr. Jason Worzbyt (friend, colleague, and ...

When was July 4th? Same time as last year? When did that happen? I guess I am in a “summer daze”… To all my band ...

I am eagerly awaiting the debut of “Fanfare for Years to Come” tonight by good friend Dr. Joseph M. Pisano and the Grove City College ...

As a music educator of over twenty years and a parent of school age children, I don’t always attend a live concert where I don’t ...

If you've ever directed a musical program, you know how those "little" things can really add to a performance. In today's post, I'll discuss some ...

Need ideas for a third grade program? In today's blog post, I'm writing about my program, "You Belong Here."

It is May...which means it's already time to start thinking about the end of the year! In my district, our last day is May 25, ...

I know it seems crazy to think of the school year in past tense, but with only seven weeks remaining in the school year, I'm ...

There will always be students who, for one reason or another, might not feel welcome in our classrooms, perhaps because of something happening at home, ...

…but here’s to a good laugh! 🙂 Apparently these answers were given by high school students in response to music-related questions: – The principal singer ...

Sylvia! Congrats, Sylvia, you are the winner of the complete studio theme decor package for the Vanishing Voices practice incentive theme! As a special thanks ...

If you’re still looking for something fresh and inspirational to use with your students this fall, tomorrow is the last day to enter the drawing ...

Here’s another wonderful treasure from the draft archives. This is a simple, concise overview of scales and key signatures with easy-to-understand graphics: Scales and Key ...

You should see students’ faces light up when I pull out our mini whackers and tell them that we are going to play Whack-It! at ...

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Teaching Everybody Everything Improving Standards Implementation in Instrumental Music Education By NAfME Member Alden H. Snell II   One of the challenges instrumental music educators ...

  Joe Who? Joe “SHREDLORD” Stump — That’s Who! Heavy Metal Guitar: Neo-Classical Style By NAfME Member Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education, Eastern Division ...

Instilling a “Can Do” Attitude in the High School Guitar Classroom Understanding Late Arrivers By NAfME Member Andrew Pfaff   Teaching guitar to high school ...

NAfME.org Scheduled Technology Outage Is Complete   NAfME.org has completed our scheduled technology improvements and all members now have a new, secure method for logging ...

  I chat to Fred Flowerday of MakeMusic and we take a behind-the-scenes look at the new SmartMusic - the widely-used online repertoire and practice ...

A listening and observation lesson - using Youtube videos There are some truly amazing videos of crazy, weird, unusual and wacky instruments on Youtube that ...

In this episode: Meredith Allen is a music educator from the States who has been using collaborative learning with her students and in professional development ...

Guest author: Elisa Jones This article has been written by a guest author.  If you’re an educator or music industry professional who is interested in ...

In this episode: Barbara Freedman has been teaching electronic music, composition and audio engineering at Greenwich High School since 2001.  She is a leading voice ...

Although this is a Dizzy Gillespie/Ray Brown fronted lineup, the Valerie Capers piano solo is one of the highlights on this 1981 Birks' ...

Some sad news from Toronto - Musical Toronto reports that Talisker Players will be ceasing operations at the end of the concert ...

In many of the schools of music that I've visited in the last while, there's a lot of dressing down going on. Has anyone else ...

Inspired by both Arnold Schönberg and the chaos of kids running around at a birthday party, the John Adams Chamber Symphony is a tremendously fun ...

Some recently unearthed information casts some doubt on the commonly held assertion that Samuel Sanders coined the term "collaborative pianist".Here's a

I think that my voice is finally back after a great week spent at ISB 2017!  I’ve got a slew of content that I recorded ...

What a week we all had at the 2017 International Society of Bassists Convention! Where should I even begin? With nearly 1500 participants, this 50th ...

As I write this, I find myself stuck in the Newark airport and killing time during an unexpected layover.  Getting from San Francisco to Ithaca is ...

The ISB Convention is just around the corner! New Releases Diego Zecharies has just released a new album.  Here’s a preview video featuring Diego playing ...

When George Amorim took a faculty position at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, there wasn’t a single bass student. He decided to change ...

Season’s Greetings! Yes, I am alive and well, even though I have been absent from the blogsphere :^). As I have these past three years, ...

In a few days, students and I will be starting classes for the 2016 – 2017 school year. I think many teachers and students share ...

The Road Home  Michael Dennis Browne Tell me where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that I lost, so long ...

Two weeks ago, I called my dear high school music teacher, Mr. Dengler, to tell him that I have been appointed as the new Director ...

Lately, I’ve been longing to hear great new music. New choral music to be specific. Sometimes, you just need to hear a beautiful SATB choir to ...

https://www.makemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Weezic-Acquisition-Press-Release-final.pdf?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email I don't know about your district, but mine has really gone in for Chromebooks.  We are 1:1 with that family of ...

I have my first SmartMusic assignment out the door for all of my students as of last Friday. Because of the parent-student-teacher happening next ...

www.smartmusic.com (Background: At my middle school we are requiring everyone to have an account and we are paying for it with a student ...

Yikes! It has been a while since I have posted here. Personally, it has been an eventful summer for me and my family. ...

https://www.smartmusic.com/training/smartmusic-workshops/ Are you looking for license renewal hours?  Are you required by your state to get some hours in "technology" even though you ...