NOVEMBER 2022
This month's MSFQ tips come from Senior Director of Education at Yamaha and president of Music Education Consultants, Inc. Marcia Neel.
RECRUITMENT TIPS
Engage with the music educators… Read More...
Leadership and the Imperative of Large Scale Improvement
Part IV of IV of the Strategic Planning Series
By Richard J. Patterson, Ph.D. ASBDA National President
As referenced in this newsletter the Strategic Planning Committee work… Read More...
CELEBRATE MUSIC EDUCATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
School districts and individual schools can be recognized for their continued commitment to music education with a Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) award. Now in its 24th… Read More...
OCTOBER 2022
This month’s MSFQ tips come from Dr. Sarah Labovitz, the Associate Director of Bands and Coordinator of Music Education at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.… Read More...
Resources to Support Music Advocacy
The NAMM Foundation resources support and empower advocacy efforts. The Why Learn to Play Music? brochure is one tool that will help strengthen support for music education. It features research and… Read More...
Standing for "More to Start, Fewer to Quit," MSFQ is an open-source, monthly newsletter brought to you by the Music Achievement Council. Each month, this free resource will feature a recruiting idea, retention idea, and tip for success for… Read More...
Empower Your Newly Appointed Student Leaders
Student leaders burgeon with guidance while support your program
Preparing for the end of this school year generally also means preparing for the start of the next school year by selecting… Read More...
“Music,” wrote the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, “has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”
A new analysis has empirically confirmed something that rings true… Read More...
Black History Month started with the intent to educate children about the contributions and achievements of Black Americans. Historian Carter G. Woodson chose February because both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had… Read More...
Action Alert. Music educators are urged to participate in the Music Program - COVID Check In #2 to identify and track how music programs across the United States have been impacted during the COVID pandemic. Participation in this survey… Read More...
“Music,” wrote Plato, “is a more potent instrument than any other for education.” What wise elders intrinsically knew 25 centuries ago has by now been thoroughly documented by modern science. The benefits of playing a musical instrument on… Read More...
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What does music look like as we move into 2021-2022? The Return to Music Project wants to make the lives of music educators easier moving forward as we advocate for our programs, plan for the upcoming school year, and try… Read More...
The Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference offers guests interested in music education an array of clinics and exhibits, as well as access to music and teaching icons. The conference will also focus on industry… Read More...
