March 26th, 2013
NAfME’s two composition competitions share the entry deadline of April 15 this year. The Electronic Music Composition Contest recognizes outstanding compositions that were created electronically and/or which include electronic instruments. Composers must be sponsored by an NAfME member teacher, and … Read More »
March 19th, 2013
Teaching Guitar Workshop students at NAfME Headquarters in Reston, Virginia Less than a month is left to apply for one of this summer’s Teaching Guitar Workshops: The popular Teaching Music Workshops will return this summer. GAMA (Guitar & Accessories … Read More »
February 23rd, 2013
Symbaloo is a great way to share a series of links with your students or colleagues. Symbaloo has a great interface that you can use to organize your internet life using webmixes. You can also search other webmixes for things you’d like … Read More »
January 24th, 2013
Peer teaching is an effective strategy for the music classroom. The Virginia Chamber Orchestra (VCO) has made a video, “I Heard That! Listening to Classical Music,” that uses students to introduce and discuss composers such as Mozart, Haydn, and Bach … Read More »
January 17th, 2013
The 2013 NAfME Student Composers Contest will allow student composers K-12, and Collegiate the freedom to compose for any combination of instruments and/or voices, or for instrumental or vocal solo. Compositions must not exceed five minutes in length. Thanks to the generous … Read More »
