June 22-25, 2012
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in intensive, hands-on professional development activities and network with peers from across the country. Visit each Academy’s page for more details.
- Choral Academy: Come Hone Your Choral Teaching and Conducting Skills for Improved Choirs and an Exciting Year
- Composition Academy: Composition for All!
- Contemporary Popular Music IN-ovations Academy: Contemporary Popular Music for 21st Century Middle and High School Students
- Guitar Academy: Teaching Guitar – The Perfect Addition to Your School Music Program
- Instrumental Academy: Conducting, Rehearsing, and Inspiring with Passion
- Music Program Leaders Academy: Leadership for Music Education 2.0
- Music Theory Academy: Integrating Theory and Performance for Middle and High School Music Students
- Orchestra Academy: Adding Eclectic Styles to Your Orchestra
- Special Learners Academy: Students with Special Needs – All Ages, All Abilities are Welcome in Music
2012 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES
NAfME NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY
Led by NAfME President Nancy Ditmer, music education’s leaders including NAfME’s National Executive Board and state music association executives and elected officials will meet to discuss music education trends and issues. Delegates will also visit members of Congress on Capitol Hill to advocate for music education.
STUDENT COMPOSERS COMPETITION WINNERS CONCERT
2012 Student Composers Competition
This Kennedy Center Millennium Stage concert features the most outstanding compositions of NAfME’s 2012 Student Composers Competition performed by professional musicians. The concert is on Sunday, June 24, and begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Kennedy Center.