Inquiry-based learning can be a meaningful strategy to build creativity, celebrate curiosity, apply problem-solving skills, and progress towards expressive musicianship. The presenter will provide strategies to deepen musicianship through discussion and dialogue during ensemble rehearsals. Watch your rehearsals come alive as students discuss and debate musical ideas. By asking students to “explain how you came…

You are cordially invited to participate in the 42nd Annual Great Western Music Championships at Western Oregon University.Date: The Festival will be held on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2025, in Rice Auditorium. It is open to all High School Bands and Orchestras regardless of classification.Notice: Due to a large number of participants, we can only accept 32…

Southern Oregon University will host the 2025 Northwest Percussion Festival from Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6. Hosted by Dr. Terry Longshore, Professor of Music, Artist in Residence, and Director of Percussion Studies, the 3-day festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary, and feature world-renowned guest artists and nine university percussion ensembles from Oregon, Washington,…

Join the members of NAfME’s Council for Guitar Education as they answer your pedagogical guitar questions. Breakout rooms will be created to specifically address your needs in the classroom.  We want to hear from you! Please complete this short pre-event survey before the town hall: Guitar Town Hall Registration Questionnaire Read the bios of council members. 

Your school music therapist can be your valued collaborator when you need help with music strategies for your students with IEPs. This webinar will offer approaches from a general music teacher, a music therapist, and a professor with years of teaching K-12 children with (dis)abilities and college students how to meaningfully include them in music…