2023 Beacon Scholarship Christina Reardon, 2023 ACEMM Beacon Scholar “Imagine if we obsessed about the things we love about ourselves” This is the quote that greeted me when I stepped into… Read More »
Spark Grant In Action: Poetry Meets Percussion Check out the update below from one of ACEMM’s 2023 Spark Grant Winners Clay Fissel teaches elementary general music in Dalton, Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in… Read More »
Spark Grant Makes A Positive Impact Check out the update below from one of ACEMM’s 2023 Spark Grant Winners This school year is Alexis’ 5th year at Central Elementary School in Orange County, and… Read More »
ACEMM’s Spring 2023 Spotlight Award Winner: Jeannyvett Colon Artículo disponible en Español abajo Passion for Inspiring Others Jeannyvett Colon began her music journey in her home country of Puerto Rico at the age of 8. Her… Read More »
ACEMM’s Winter 2022 Spotlight Award Winner: Jeaneau Julian ACEMM would like to congratulate Jeaneau Julian, ACEMM’s Winter 2022 Spotlight Award Winner! “Jeaneau encapsulates the meaning of musicianship. She possesses not only the knowledge and the skill… Read More »
Beg, Borrow, & Steal Your Way to Excellent Teaching How Do You Become an Excellent Teacher? Beg, Borrow, and Steal By Lisa Sempsey and Crystal Pridmore Music teachers are collectively some of the most generous, brilliant, compassionate… Read More »
Winter 2022 Spark Grant Recipients Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Spark Grant Recipients, Barabara Hartsfield and Christine Ballenger! Here is some information about these wonderful educators and what they are using their Spark… Read More »
A Trepak Triptych Lesson by Drue Bullington Our President, Drue Bullington, presents a 3-part lesson idea using imitation, exploration/creation, and re-imagination to explore a selection from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet. You can download the GoogleSlides here.… Read More »
A Note from the President of ACEMM “Onward and Upward!” – Drue Bullington We never could have predicted all that the world of music and movement education has experienced since March of 2020; moreover, we… Read More »
Elemental Musical Adventures At the beginning of the pandemic, music teachers everywhere struggled with how to transfer our music instruction to a virtual platform. I ended up in what I felt… Read More »
