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PHO ER OV C nafme.org 3 2_TOCTM.indd 3 12/5/13 10:48 AM January 2014 contents Volume 21, Number 4 52 18 TECHNOLOGY Wireless microphone technology can DEPARTMENTS benefit the music educator. 24 LETTERS WORKSHOP Opinions from our readers 8 General Music Adapting instruments for students ADVOCACY with physical disabilities 44 How can you create a successful advocacy Brass & Woodwinds day in your state? 18 Troubleshooting your clarinet section 44 RESEARCH Nonmusical factors can affect an adjudica- Strings Working on the bow arm tor’s rating of your students. 20 45 Percussion PARTNERSHIPS Strategies for connecting with your The Music Education Policy Roundtable: beginning jazz drummer 46 Who it is and what it does. 22 Choral & Vocal Sight-Singing: Your Students Can Do It! 46 FF 12 ADCLI Alternatives R Composing with the iPad 47 ANDI ; R STAGES inaya Elementary M Imaginative thought in the elementary ector F H music classroom O 49 Secondary rtesy In the age of cell phones, audience U NEWS CO etiquette shouldn’t be obsolete. .; 50 NC , I 9 UPBEAT Collegiate RAPHY Connecticut Music Teacher Is State Music Teacher of the Year … What are some of the best summer jobs G Music Educators Assess the State of Teacher Evalutions … Online for music education majors? 52 hoto Voting for Presidential Elections in January … Learning via P ARIE NAfME Professional Development Opportunities … All-American RESOURCES M New media and accessories for Marching Band Drum Major … NAfME Orchestrates a New EANNE the music classroom 54 Conference in Nashville … Music Educators Share What They © J : top Took Home from Nashville BRAVO! rom F 15 NA fME.ORG A guide to what you can find on the NAfME website Teaching Music salutes conductor, com- poser, and arranger Steven Reineke 58 hotos P 4 Teaching Music JANUARY 2014 2_TOCTM.indd 4 12/10/13 12:29 PM FROM THE TOP _TM_AD_Temp.indd 2 12/5/13 9:59 AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO Michael A. Butera DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COO Michael Blakeslee EDITOR Nelson Duffl e MANAGING EDITOR OF NEWS Rosalind C. Fehr For a listing of the NAfME National Executive Board, please see our website: nafme.org. Unless specifi cally noted, articles in Teaching Music do not necessarily represent the offi cial policy of the Endorsed) • Master National Association for Music of Music Degree with Education. Kodály emphasis • Graduate, undergraduate and workshop course Teaching Music is created for options • For a complete NAfME by In Tune Partners, LLC course listing, visit [email protected] SL.edu/SummerMusic or CEO Irwin Kornfeld call 800-236-4752 x161. Sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity PRESIDENT Will Edwards EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Emile Menasché EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Susan Poliniak CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jackie Jordan ADVERTISING MANAGER Bill White PRODUCTION MANAGER Robin Garber BUSINESS MANAGER Barbara Boughton CONTRIBUTORS: Andrew S. Berman, Debbie Galante Block, Chad Criswell, Cynthia Darling, Steve Fidyk, Patience Moore, Cathy Applefi eld Olson, Adam Perlmutter, Keith Powers, Travis Weller The National Association for Music Education is a voluntary, nonprofi t organization representing all phases of music education in schools, colleges, universities, and teacher-education institutions. Active NAfME membership is open to all people engaged in music teaching or other educational work in music. Teaching Music (ISSN 1069-7446), an offi cial magazine of the National Association for Music Education, is issued to members 6 times per year in August, October, November, January, February, and April at an annual sub- scription price of $10. Office of publication: National Association for Music Education, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 20191- 4348; 703-860-4000. Produced by In Tune Partners, LLC. Institutions may purchase one volume year of six print or electronic issues for $120. Single copies of issues are $20. 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