National Association for Music Education

National Association for Music Education

Abbreviation	NAfME
Formation	1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Founder	Hamlin Cogswell
Founded at	Keokuk, Iowa
Type	501(c)(3) organization
Tax ID no.	52-6045043
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Music education in the United States
Headquarters	Herndon, Virginia
Coordinates	38°58′01″N 77°22′49″W / 38.967059°N 77.380270°W / 38.967059; -77.380270
President	Scott Sheehan
Executive Director	Christophe Broks Woodsid
Website	nafme.org
Formerly called	Music Educators National Conference

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The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States. Founded in 1907 as the Music Supervisors National Conference (MSNC), the organization was known from 1934 to 1998 as the Music Educators National Conference (origin of the MENC acronym). From 1998 to 2011 it was known as "MENC: The National Association for Music Education." On September 1, 2011, the organization changed its acronym from MENC to NAfME.^[1] On March 8, 2012, the organization's name legally became National Association for Music Education, using the acronym "NAfME". It has approximately 45,000 members, and NAfME's headquarters are located in Herndon, Virginia

As of February 2024, Scott Sheehan is the current president of NAfME^[2], and the executive director is Christophe Woodside.^[3]