Category: Winter 2025
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State of Michigan Scholars at the 2024 NAfME Music Research Conference in Atlanta
MME Spring 2025 Article #3 by Katie SchrammPhD Student, University of Michigan This fall, in hurricane-force winds and rains, researchers, teacher practitioners, future music educators, and graduate students convened in Atlanta, GA, for the 2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. Colleagues and students shared work and discussed music education’s current and future…
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Incorporating Play into the Secondary Instrumental Classroom
MME Spring 2025, Article #2 by Jillian BoweMMEA Region D Representative What IS “Play” and Why is it Important? As music educators, we understand the importance and lifelong impact a healthy relationship with music can have on students as they grow from children to adults. We aim to prioritize joy in performance and strive to…
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MMEA General Music Activities: Highlights, Insights, & Future Events
MME Spring 2025, Column #2 by Erin Emery-DumasGeneral Music Activities Chair The MMEA Fall Workshop was filled with engaging demonstrations, meaningful connections, and a shared love for music. Dan DeZwaan of Allendale Public Schools shared a brief recap of his experience at the workshop. “The MMEA Fall Workshop started on Friday night [October 18th] with…
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Contextualizing Recent State Appropriations for Arts Education
MME Spring 2025, Article #1 by Ryan ShawGovernment Relations Coordinator Introduction Policymaking in arts education is rarely able to garner widespread attention and support. Instead, arts education policy making is often an indirect result of other education policy work, with arts education advocates capitalizing on adjacent efforts to make strides. For example, arts education was…
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Celebrating the Michigan Music Conference!
MME Spring 2025, Column #1 by Melissa StoufferMMC Planning Committee Representative As the MMEA Planning Committee Representative Chair for the Michigan Music Conference (MMC), I’m thrilled to celebrate the relaunch of our journal and provide an update on the Michigan Music Education Association’s (MMEA) contributions to this year’s event. The MMC has long been a…
The Michigan Music Educator 