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31st Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards to Honor Don Was with Les Paul Award January 23
- Press Release
The NAMM Foundation presents the 31st annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards and the NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame on January 23 at the 2016...
Steve Gadd
- Oral History
Steve Gadd has a long and strong friendship with the music products industry going back to his first visit to a music store as a kid and his long
How We Eliminated Makeup Lessons
- NAMM U Post
Running a successful music lessons program comes with its challenges, namely missed lessons and cancellations. At 2015 Summer NAMM, Carol Cook of The Music...
Music Education Showcase, “Tools to Recruit and Retain Instrumental Music Students”
- Issues and Advocacy
Based on best practices from highly successful band directors, the Music Achievement Council has compiled tools that cover every aspect of recruiting and...
Music Education Showcase, “Wireless Tablet Instruction”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Cwireless-tablet-0
Newzik allows students to read musical content from wirelessly connected tablets.
Music Education Showcase, “Educational Opportunities through Drums and Drumming”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Ceducational
The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has created a number of educational programs, campaigns and events over the past 20 years that provide instant...
Music Education Showcase, “Integrating Guitar Building in the Classroom”
- Issues and Advocacy
Learn how guitar building developed through STEM Guitar Project’s curriculum that is linked to national standards.
“Start a Guitar Program with Teaching Guitar Workshops”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education/%E2%80%9Cstart-guitar-program-teaching-guitar-workshops%E2%80%9D
Since 1995 Teaching Guitar Workshops has been working with NAfME, GAMA and NAMM to provide professional development for in service K-12 teachers to...
Music Education Showcase, “Making Music on Mobile Devices”
- Issues and Advocacy
Learn how to educate students in beat making, as well as lyric writing and recording, using their own smartphone devices.
Music Education Showcase, “Inside Look into Modern Vocal Techniques”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Cinside-look-modern-vocal-0
Discover best practices for modern vocal techniques.
Music Education Showcase, “Key Elements to Implement After-School Music Programs”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Ckey-elements-implement-0
Sustain a successful after-school music program network.
Music Education Showcase, “Educator Resources, Clinicians and Performance Possibilities”
- Issues and Advocacy
Yamaha has the most active and diverse artists in the world. They also have remained dedicated to you and your programs for decades.
Music Education Showcase, “Nuvo Instruments and the Pre-Band Approach”
- Issues and Advocacy
Nuvo Instruments have been implemented in schools throughout the world as a "pre-band" approach.
Music Education Showcase, “An Online Community for Music Education”
- Issues and Advocacy
Noteflight Learn is an online music-learning community designed specifically for music education.
Music Education Showcase, “Guitar Building and National Curriculum Standards”
- Issues and Advocacy
The STEM Guitar Project, funded by a grant from The National Science Foundation, brings hands-on learning back into the traditional classroom.
Music Education Showcase, “Creating a High School Music Technology Program”
- Issues and Advocacy
Create a music technology program for your music department, bringing high school and college-level audio production classes to campus.
Music Education Showcase, “Techniques and Tools for Early Music Literacy”
- Issues and Advocacy
Discover techniques to stimulate children ages 3–8 and engage them to have an enjoyable learning experience through music literacy, rhythm and pitch perception...
Music Education Showcase, “Integrating Guitar and Ukulele into Your Classroom”
- Issues and Advocacy
A model for training music educators to integrate guitar and ukulele in their K–6 classrooms will be presented.
Music Education Showcase, “Music Production and the Recording Arts: Standards for The Common Core”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Cmusic-production-and-0
Bringing music education into the 21st century has been the focus of Common Core, and has been addressed by Career Technical Education (CTE) for the last...
Music Education Showcase, “Game-based Music Education for the Upcoming Generation”
- Issues and Advocacy
The Game Audio Institute (GAI) is committed to game-based learning for the next generation.
Music Education Showcase, “Music Making in Your Community”
- Issues and Advocacy
Make Music Day engages all communities in an annual cross-cultural celebration of music through outdoor performances by amateurs, students and professionals.
Music Education Showcase, “Innovative Financial and Strategic Solutions for Your Music Program”
- Issues and Advocacy
Educational Services strives to help music programs by providing creative and innovative solutions to assist with financial and strategic planning.
Music Education Showcase, “Modern Band: Leveraging the Cultural Capital of the Children We Serve”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-days/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Cmodern-band-leveraging
Popular music programs are scaling rapidly in school districts as diverse as those of NYC, LA, Chicago and Dallas.
Music Education Showcase, “SmartMusic and Student Success”
- Issues and Advocacy
SmartMusic is an interactive tool for helping students improve.
Music Education Showcase, “MIDI and Music Making”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/music-education-showcase-%E2%80%9Cmidi-and-music-making%E2%80%9D
Apple, Google and Microsoft are enabling 2.5 billion new mobile and desktop devices for making music. Find out how they are doing it and where to learn more.
College Music Society/Gen Next Session, “Multi-Act Music Festival Audio Production in the Digital Age”
- Issues and Advocacy
https://ww1.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/gennext/college-music-societygen-next-session-%E2%80%9Cmulti-act-0
This panel discusses the mechanics of multi-performance music festivals and several different ways that performing acts use sound and backline music equipment...
Greg Golden
- Oral History
Greg Golden was in the vintage guitar business back in the days when such instruments were referred to as simply “used.” Along with a handful of
The TECnology Hall of Fame, Presented by the NAMM MUSEUM of Making Music
- NAMM U Post
Founded in 2004 and developed by George Petersen, the TECnology Hall of Fame honors and recognizes audio products and innovations that have made a significant...
Audio Rhythm Theory — Open Audition
- NAMM U Post
AUDITION CALL: Want to front a band with members of The Police and Public Enemy?
Dave Wintz
- Oral History
Dave Wintz has always enjoyed designing musical gear, whether it be guitars or pickups. His passion lies with creating a product that will provi