National Association for Music Education / NAfME: ‘Black Lives Matter. We are listening. As teachers, we hear our students’ pain’

Report by Paula Antolini, June 9, 2020, 10:51AM EDT

The present unrest about racial discrimination reaches all communities including the music world and music teachers.

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“What We Believe: Black Lives Matter As a nation, we are hurting again. Still” is the message on the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) website, “Racial injustice is real, and ongoing, and increasingly evident as COVID-19 disproportionately affects Black communities, and as we are again seeing videos of Black lives ending. We see it. And we reiterate: Black Lives Matter. We are listening.

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“As teachers, we hear our students’ pain. As the National Association for Music Education, we know that music is important in student lives–and we know that listening to music and making music are things that people do when they are experiencing strong emotions, including grief and anger. We know that the relationships we form in and through music mean that sometimes students turn to us when they are hurting. And we can say: I see you. I know this is wrong. If you want to talk, I am here.”

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