National Association for Music Education

09/23/2026

🌳Register today for fall professional learning webinars and receive professional development recognition!

🍂Sept. 24: Guitar Educator Town Hall, Fall 2026 https://bit.ly/Sept24GuitarTH

🍁Sept. 28: Every Child Is Musical: Access, Barriers, and Belonging in Elementary Music https://bit.ly/Sept28GeneralMusicTownHall

🍃Oct. 7: Sequencing Folk Dance Skills for All Students https://bit.ly/folk-dance-skills

🍂Oct. 14: Guitar Teaching Focused on Creative Development and Composition Skills https://bit.ly/GuitarTeachingCreativeComposition

🍁Oct. 20: Move It or Lose It: Joyful Movement Activities that Foster Classroom Community https://bit.ly/JoyfulMovementMusicClassroom

🍃Oct. 22: What’s At Stake: How Proposed Federal Education Cuts Could Impact Music Education https://bit.ly/music-ed-at-risk

🍂Oct. 28: More Than a Rehearsal: A Music Teacher’s Guide to Acing Observations https://bit.ly/AcingObservations

🍁Nov. 4: What the Flip? Contemporary Ways to Streamline Your Teaching https://bit.ly/FlippedMusicClassroom

🍃Nov. 5: Pedal to the Metal: DIY Timpani Repair for Directors https://bit.ly/TimpaniRepairDIY

🍂Nov. 10: Developing Community-Based Music Programs https://bit.ly/CommunityBasedMusic

🍁Nov. 12: Collegiate Chat—edTPA: Strategies for Success https://bit.ly/edtpa-success-strategies

🍃Nov. 18: Breathing by Sight: Tips for All Winds https://bit.ly/BrassWindBreathing

🍂Dec. 2: Music Educators, Influencers, and the Law https://bit.ly/MusicEdInfluencersLaw

🍁Recording: The Music Business: New Technologies and Established Laws (available on NAfME Academy https://bit.ly/NAfMEAcademyPD)

09/23/2026

School’s back in session, and you know what that means . . . Crayola Creativity Week is on the horizon! We’re giving you an early heads-up so you and your colleagues can start planning how to bring this year’s theme, “Creativity Around the World,” to life. Get ready to see students’ imagination in action, encourage self-expression, and celebrate creative thinking!

Join us for , Jan. 25-31, 2027, for resources, videos, and daily 🤝🌟💗.

Register your school at https://bit.ly/CCW27NAfME!

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09/23/2026

❗️FRIDAY is the last day to register online! (In-person registration at the conference will be available.) bit.ly/2026MRTE

Learn about:
🔹 The detailed conference program
🔹 Senior Researcher Award recipient Colleen Conway
🔹 Keynote: Pedro Antonio Noguera
🔹 3 Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee interactive sessions:
🔸The Music Teacher, 2050: Skills, Knowledge, and Dispositions Teachers Will Need in the Future
🔸Leading from the Middle: Administrative Advocacy for Curricular Evolution
🔸Models of Change in Music Teacher Education: New Directions and Approaches

☀️ Invite your colleagues, and get ready to join us in Long Beach this month!

Special thanks to conference sponsors and supporters:
▪️Berklee College of Music
▪️California State University, Long Beach
▪️Noto: Modern software for lesson based businesses
▪️Ohio University
▪️Westfield State University

09/22/2026

In case you missed these new advocacy resources earlier this year, check out this toolkit to help you advance music and arts education policy nationwide! 🎶

Nearly 4 million students across the country still lack access to music education, but state-level policy can help change that. The MAESTRO Act toolkit offers practical, adaptable tools to help you drive real progress in your state, including model legislation, a step-by-step advocacy plan, and a ready-to-share infographic.

Dive into these resources and take action today: bit.ly/MAESTRO-Act 🔗

We’re grateful to the The Music Man Foundation and the CMA Foundation for their generous support, which made our Advocacy Leadership Initiative and new MAESTRO Act resources possible. 💙

09/22/2026

✨ Today’s Advocate Leader Spotlight shines on Debbie Martinez, Immediate Past President of the Nebraska Music Education Association (NMEA) and a dedicated member of our Advocacy Leadership Force (ALF) for more than three years!

During her time with the ALF, Debbie has made meaningful strides in Nebraska, including bringing the state’s Collegiate Hill Day back to the Unicameral and helping create meaningful opportunities for emerging advocates to engage with policymakers.

She has found the ALF to be a valuable space to learn from advocacy leaders across the country, while also sharing her own experiences and strategies for working with administrators as partners in advocacy. For Debbie, adding your voice to the advocacy conversation is one of the most powerful ways to support the educators who pour so much into their students every day.

We’re grateful to have you on the ALF, Debbie! Thank you for all that you do for music education advocacy in Nebraska and beyond. 🎶

Learn more about our ALF: https://nafme.org/advocacy/state-advocacy/

09/22/2026

There’s still time to activate a Tri-M chapter at your middle or high school! Learn more: nafme.org/Tri-M

Make sure to follow Tri-M Music Honor Society to stay up-to-date!

https://www.facebook.com/TriMNAfMEOfficial/posts/pfbid02Vq4reUwkYzv3psk4VTubKP28jZmmuCKFAvjYfEEJms7M7vVv6AXpLdqVFMPeQyYwl

On the fence about starting a chapter? Consider these reasons:

🌟recognize your outstanding music students
🌟provide leadership opportunities for your students
🌟make an impact in your community through music.

Ready to get started? Visit nafme.org/tri-m to learn more or contact [email protected] with any questions!

09/21/2026

Coming up this Friday! Tune in: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2105970306711843

09/21/2026

Reminder--coming up THIS THURSDAY! Guitar educators and music educators interested in teaching guitar! Register now for the FREE September 24 Guitar Educator Town Hall, Fall 2026: https://bit.ly/Sept24GuitarTH (Recording will be provided to registrants)

Join the members of the Council for Guitar Education as they answer your pedagogical guitar questions. Breakout rooms will be available to specifically address your needs in the classroom. Invite your colleagues!

09/21/2026

📢 NOW LIVE: Our 2025–26 Arts Education Funding Survey is open, and we need your input!

The Arts Education Alliance and NAMM’s SupportMusic Coalition just launched a nationwide effort to capture how federal, state, and local funding supported K–12 arts education programs last school year. This data will help us better understand where funding exists, where gaps remain, and how budget cuts and advocacy efforts are affecting programs and students across the country.

Your input will help create a more accurate picture of the current arts education funding landscape in 2025–26 and, in turn, strengthen future advocacy efforts.

Over the next month, we encourage you to complete the survey with as much information as you can and share it with your arts education colleagues to make the impact even greater!

Take the 20-minute survey by October 30: bit.ly/arts-ed-funding-2025-26

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09/20/2026

Arizona Music Educators Association members! Check out this opportunity to present at your 2027 state conference and submit your proposal soon! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DV4CR1HYg/