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Authentic Connections: Interdisciplinary Work in the Arts Building Support for School Music: A Practical Guide A Career Guide to Music Education by Barbara Payne Careers in Music - an NAfME brochure Child's Bill of Rights Creativity in the Classroom From Heartbeat to Steady Beat General Music Curriculum Framework Document Growing

Licensing Information Performance Rights for NAfME Members Understanding Copyright Law Posting Your Music Performance Online Helpful Links Frequently Asked Questions Teaching Your Students about Copyright Licensing Information - Through a partnership with RightsFlow, a licensing and royalty service provider, NAfME regular and student members can use RightsFlow's online mechanical licensing utility, Limelight, to clear cover songs for their physical, digital, ringtone and interactive streaming use.

Assessment strategies

The following scholarship and grant opportunities are available to high school and college students involved in music education and music performance. They are provided here for the convenience of Tri-M Honor Society and NAfME Collegiate members. For more information on these scholarships, please visit the websites referenced.

List of NAfME recommended publications

Professional organization for music educators, invaluable information on this website

We are a federated state affiliate of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). NAfME (formerly MENC) represents more than 140,000 music educators.

A guide for music educators regarding copyright

lesson plans

Grants that could help you in the classroom.

NAfME and Grants

Federal - Grants provided by US Government agencies Private - Philanthropic services provided by associations, companies, foundations, etc. Non-Specific - Resources for finding more grant opportunities Regionally Specific - Grants that are specific to a city, state, etc.

Contains a link to a document on implementing common core state standards.

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has writing teams who are revising the national standards in the four arts disciplines: dance, music, theatre, and visual art. They are also creating standards for a fifth discipline, media arts. The writers of the National Music Standards are utilizing the Common Core State Standards as a model for their work.

contains many newsletters about music

Various stategies to keep in mind when teaching music with special needs students

Adapted with permission from "The North Carolina Music Educator" Fall/Summer 2013 Music classes in today's educational system have changed substantially. With the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), educators are expected to see all students, with and without disabilities. Children previously not served by music educators are now being served.

Guidelines to help teach special needs students

Professional music organization for educators.

Copyright law and Fair Use

newsletters related to music education

The Core Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student's ability to carry out the three Artistic Processes of Creating, Performing, and Responding.