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The directors of the five 2018 All-National Honor Ensembles give their perspectives on what makes successful musicians and effective conductors. FEATURES 18 ACCORDION 22 TEACHERS’ 28 A MGNUM OPUS! 32 FINDING A WAY AT ADVOCACY: VOICES For NAfME’s 2018 FRANKLIN HIGH BRINGING THE RESULTS AND National Conference, Jacqueline Hairston ACCORDION RECOMMENDATIONS Opus Leaders are took a big chance when INTO THE GENERAL What is the status of working to create and she revived the Marching MUSIC CLASSROOM music education in engage music educators Yellow Jackets of The accordion can the U.S. right now, and in five key areas. 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Photo this page by Victoria Chamberlin, victoriachamberlin.com; Matt Janson Photography, eventcoveragenashville.com; Nashville, Coverage Event photos by Cover nafme.org 1 April 2018 contents Volume 25, Number 4 Method choice and classroom setup can ensure success in high school piano class. 56 WORKSHOP General Music Members of Tri-M Chapter 6806 at Teaching the music of the Elizabeth Davis Harlem Renaissance 46 Middle School in Chester, Virginia Brass & Woodwinds Teaching spit-valve etiquette 47 12 Strings Jazz string orchestra fundamentals 47 DEPARTMENTS Percussion Music featuring nontraditional CLASSROOMS and nonspecifi c instruments 48 Tri-M® Chapter 6806 in Virginia Choral & Vocal SPECIAL: works to help a nearby school. 12 Tuning up the middle SUMMER school chorus 49 STUDY 39 ADVOCACY Alternatives Looking for music How is music education faring in the Orff jamming 50 education opportunities appropriations process on Capitol Hill? 14 in the “off season”? STAGES Here is Teaching Music’s DISCOVERIES Elementary annual listing of Integrating students with special needs into a How to build the best summer programs. school band program 16 classroom music centers 55 Secondary Teaching (and surviving) Myra Rhoden (left) 7 high school piano class 56 PRO•FILES Collegiate 7 Myra Rhoden is NAfME’s What questions should you Band Director of the Year … ask in job interviews? 58 Fred Ritter recently retired from the Nebraska public RESOURCES New media and accessories schools … Melissa Salguero for the music classroom 60 is the winner of the 2018 GRAMMY® Music BRAVA! Educator Award™ Teaching Music salutes the late, great singer Ella Fitzgerald! 64 Melissa Holcombe. Modarressi; by Photos clockwise from top left: courtesy of Jon Schoepflin; Lesley 2 Teaching Music APRIL 2018 Programs change. Now your storage cabinets can too. From this... ...to this. – in just minutes! 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