The Upcoming NJMEA Conference is the Place to Be for Elementary Music! Amy M. Burns Far Hills Country School aburns[at]fhcds.org
The NJMEA Conference is the place to be from February 22-24, 2024, in Atlantic City for elementary music. The Thursday Elementary Music Academy will feature David Row of Make Moments Matter, Cristi Miller from Hal Leonard and Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City, John Jacobson of JJ&Me and MusicPlay Online, and a panel of amazing elementary music educators including Lisa Wichman, Amy Paz, Kelly Wisneski, and Suzanne Piombo. As with any conference, things can come up and the schedule below can be changed at a moment’s notice.
the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, completed three levels and a master course in Orff Schulwerk training, and has extensive experience with critical thinking in the arts. David is an active clinician and has presented workshops at national, state, and local conventions across the United States and Canada. He is an AOSA-approved Orff Schulwerk teacher educator and teaches Level 1 Pedagogy at the OCPS & Central Florida Orff Chapter Summer Course in Orlando. On his blog, MakeMomentsMatter.org, David shares ideas about classroom content, management, lesson plans, critical thinking, and more. Search for “Make Moments Matter: A Music Education Podcast!” wherever you download podcasts or catch up with David every week on his “Musical Mondays” LIVE videos on Facebook. David will be presenting four sessions at NJMEA! These include the following:
David Row David Row loves teaching music to kids! A Nebraska native and Midwesterner at heart, David now lives and teaches in the Kansas City metro area for the DeSoto Unified School District. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education from
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