ACEMM’s Favorite Things! Meet the ACEMM Board of Directors: Kate Bright, Director In honor of Music in Our Schools Month, ACEMM would like to reintroduce ourselves as well as give away a few items for music and movement educators to… Read More »
ACEMM’s Favorite Things! Meet the ACEMM Board of Directors: Drue Bullington, President In honor of Music in Our Schools Month, ACEMM would like to reintroduce ourselves as well as give away a few items for music and movement educators to… Read More »
February 2021 Spark Grant Applications Now Open! We know that this school year has been quite a challenge, to say the least. So we are here to provide a little love for our elemental music… Read More »
Swing is the New Steady Beat It is said that you get only one opportunity to make a first impression, for first impressions matter greatly in the health and strength of a relationship. As… Read More »
Popular Music Can Be Elemental Music, Too! What do children in elementary music classrooms and popular musicians have in common? A desire to express themselves creatively through music making. We know this occurs often with… Read More »
Winter 2020 Spark Grant Recipients Congratulations to our Winter 2020 Spark Grant Recipients! Ondrya Leavitt Ondrya Leavitt is a music specialist for the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Her current assignment is at… Read More »
Spark Grant Winter 2020 Applications Open! A new year means a new round of Spark Grants are being offered! The Spark Grant allows teachers to request funding, either complete or partial, for a project… Read More »
Spark Grant Recipients Fall 2019 Congratulations to our first two Spark Grant Recipients, Lori Arner and Brett Hawkins! Lori Arner Lori Arner is an Elementary General Music Teacher in Council Rock School District,… Read More »
The Joy of Movement in Music Education by David Frego “Joy arises in the child the moment his faculties are liberated from any restraint, and he becomes conscious of his control over them, and decides on the… Read More »
Building Empathy Through Elemental Music and Movement Implicit bias causes us to have feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as appearance, race, ethnicity etc. These attitudes are activated involuntarily and develop… Read More »