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LATE LAST YEAR, the Canton City School District in Ohio received a very special holiday gift for their music program: a $460,000 investment by the district to buy new instruments. [...]

What can practice journals accomplish for string students? Quite a lot, according to Margretta Williams, instrumental music teacher at Apple Grove Elementary School in Fort Washington, Maryland. For practice journals [...]

Most beginning string players are very young, but others begin playing as teenagers. How can instructors help these students to be engaged and enthusiastic? Marisa Green is the director of [...]

Every teacher knows how important it is to instill good habits from the beginning. Angela Harman has given this idea serious thought, and at the NAfME In-Service Conference this November, [...]

THE PS22 CHORUS of Staten Island, New York, is no ordinary school ensemble. This group of 65 fifth-graders have performed at the 2011 Oscars and have appeared on numerous television [...]

WHAT IS THIS OPERA? It is Brundibar, the final work of Czech composer Hans Krasa before being captured by the Nazis and sent to the concentration camp at Terezin (German: [...]

Among the many challenges facing the student string player, keeping one's bow straight is particularly difficult. It is a hard skill to teach as well. However, 'props can be particularly [...]

TEACHERS OF ALL subjects often devise opening routines to welcome their students into the classroom and set the tone for learning. How do these routines help? Are there underlying principles [...]

'I BELIEVE that the single most important skill we can teach as music educators is the ability to listen. We are so busy making noise that we often fail to [...]

'CHILDREN NEED TO MOVE. They love to move. Movement is the key to learning and musical experience and expression.' This philosophy has guided Robert Amchin through over 35 years of [...]

'NOTHING CAN COMPARE to hearing music live,' says NAfME member Kay Edwards, professor and chair of music education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. 'Classroom music, recordings, YouTube---all of these [...]

CLASSROOM SINGING may be even more important than most people think. 'We believe the benefits of singing involve all areas of the young child's individual development, as well as strengthen [...]

EVERY CHOIR DIRECTOR wants to foster dedication in their choristers, and each one wants to keep them coming back for more. For directors of mid-level collegiate choirs, these can be [...]

IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. A class seems to be going smoothly, and then you realize that the students are no longer engaged. How can you remedy or prevent this? Some [...]

The article focuses on attainment of an investment grant by the Canton McKinley High School of Ohio for musical instruments through their music program. Topics discussed include management of school music ensemble by the band director Zachary Taylor; collaboration of the school with the Timken Sr. High School and McKinley Sr. High School in 2015; and illustration of challenges by Taylor over management of marching bands.

The article describes how to play music instrument, vibrato. Topics include student should be able to play for at least two minutes without fatigue; students can demonstrate their aural skills by playing several songs by ear or by tuning their own instruments; and vibrato motions are similar to common everyday motions that people make with their wrist and arm.

The article reports on the fundamentals of Jazz string orchestra music.

The article highlights effective planning for composition projects. Topics include avoid overwhelming the students; engage with the material; and students can warm up by using their instruments to compose.

The article presents suggestions for conducting piano classes which including teaching from the book "Adult All-In-One Course," providing Casio Privia keyboard to each and every student, and playing for others in the classroom.

The article presents suggestions for brass players to learn the etiquette of emptying spit-valve.

The article reports on the National Association for Music Education's (NAfME) support for the U.S. Congress's FY 2018 bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill. NAfME appreciates the Congress's move to provide 1.1 billion dollars in FY 2018 funding for the Title IV-A block grant, known as the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants.