Category: Educator Interviews

Meet our Top 25 Semi-Finalists for the 2017 Music Educator of the Year Award!

Music educators across the country put so much into creating amazing music programs and inspiring our youth. However, music educators do not receive the recognition they greatly deserve. In order to promote excellent teachers we created programs like our annual Music Educator of the Year award. This helps remind us of the amazing impact educators […]

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What Are the Best Methods for Teaching the Piano?

Selecting the best piano teaching method can be a daunting task, especially if you’re a brand new piano teacher. There are as many methods as there are piano teachers to teach them, but for the sake of this article we’ll cover the most popular. Some piano teachers stick with one method throughout the course of […]

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Music & Arts 2016 Music Educator of the Year Interview with Amy Delorge

Each December, Music & Arts honors a music educator with the Music Educator of the Year Award– an award reserved for an educator who shows outstanding achievement in music education. After looking through Amy Delorge’s nominations, references, and resume, it was clear we found our winner. Renier Fee, Marketing Director at Music & Arts, had the […]

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2016 Music Educator of the Year Award

Announcing the 2016 Music Educator of the Year: Amy Delorge!

In 2015, Music & Arts launched the Music Educator of the Year Award- an honor that recognizes a special music educator for his or her  outstanding achievement in music education. From kindergarten teachers to college professors and everyone in between, anyone who has been teaching music full-time in the United States for at least five […]

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Interview with Jason Morely-Nikfar: Founder of the Triangle Pride Band

Interview with Jason Morley-Nikfar: Founder of the Triangle Pride Band

What do you if you’ve always found a sense of community in band but the new town you moved to doesn’t have one?  You could wait for someone to discover your musical talents or you could start your own band. That’s exactly what Jason Morley-Nikfar did when he founded the Triangle Pride Band.  Music & […]

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Mastering Your Musical Potential: An Interview with Thomas Rolfs

An interview with Thomas Rolfs, Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Yamaha artist.  How did you get your start in making music? I was fortunate to grow up in a family that considered music to be very important. My parents, for example, were great musicians who always surrounded me with music; it […]

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JodyJazz: Interview with Jody Espina

JodyJazz: Interview with Jody Espina

Jody Espina, Founder, President, and designer of JodyJazz Inc, took a few moments to sit down with Renier Fee from Music & Arts to take him through the history of the brand, the importance of the mouthpiece, and future projects.  If you are interested to meet Jody in person, he’s been known to stop by […]

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Repair Tech Interview: John Blythe

Based out of Burlington, North Carolina, John Blythe is the South District Repair Manager for Music & Arts. He’s been a repair tech with Music & Arts for 11 years and oversees 8 repair shops and 25 repair techs.  Read about the man who may be doing the body work on your next sax repair. […]

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Music & Arts 2015 Music Educator of the Year Interview Q&AMusic & Arts 2015 Music Educator of the Year Interview Q&A

Music & Arts 2015 Music Educator of the Year Interview Q&A

In 2015, Music & Arts launched its first ever Music Educator of the Year Award  and was instantly flooded with nominations.  There were multiple votes for a North Carolina music educator named Gordon Snyder.  After looking at his nominations, references, and resume, it was clear we found our winner.  Renier Fee, marketing director at Music […]

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