Music Educators Journal

Music Educators Journal offers timely articles on teaching approaches and philosophies, current trends and issues in music education and the latest in products and services. Issued quarterly, the journal’s increasingly rich multimedia content provides even greater professional development opportunities for music educators.

NEW: You can receive professional development recognition for reading the Music Educators Journal. Simply follow the bitly link at the bottom of the first page of feature articles, take a quick quiz, and NAfME will send you a Certificate of Completion valued at one contact hour.

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NAfME and MusicFirst Partner to Bring Music Educators State-of-the-Art Learning Management System

National Association for Music Education and MusicFirst Partner to Bring Music Educators State-of-the-Art Learning Management System FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RESTON, VA (December 1, 2016)—The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) strives to provide music educators and education leaders with engaging professional development opportunities to support best practices. Now, NAfME and MusicFirst have come together to bring music educators a state-of-the-art learning management system, available 24-7. MusicFirst is the Digital Education Division of the Music Sales Corporation. A one-year subscription to “NAfME Academy” offers teachers 60+ hours of professional development webinars…

Cultivating Healthy Relationships with Parents of Your Students

The Parent Trap Cultivating Healthy Relationships with Parents of Your Students By NAfME Member Audrey Carballo Let’s face it: Without parents, most of us wouldn’t have jobs. We primarily teach children who grow up to be young adults. While they are growing up, their parents are their best, and sometimes worst, advocates. My advice to you: Stand Your Ground Teachers spend countless hours planning our lessons and assessments. We agonize over grades that can be subjective due to the nature of the subject we teach. But, when a…

Effective Hallmarks for Teaching the Kodály Concept in the 21st Century: Part 2

Effective Hallmarks for Teaching the Kodály Concept in the 21st Century: Part 2 By Mícheál Houlahan and NAfME member Philip Tacka Article Originally Posted On OUPblog The Kodály Concept of music education is based on the philosophical writings of Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) and incorporates principles of teaching music developed by his colleagues and students. His writings on music education provided the impetus of developing a new pedagogy for teaching music. On 30 August, we discussed five essential lessons from the Kodály Concept. Below are five additional hallmarks of his work. Developing audiation skills is…