News & Updates
2025 NYSSMA Winter Conference Concert Hour Performing Group Application
The NYSSMA® 2025 Modern Band Showcase Pilot
Modern Band Announcement The NYSSMA® 2025 Modern Band Application Emerging Ensembles Web Page The NYSSMA 2025 Modern Band Showcase Pilot – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY…
2025 NYS School Boards Association Annual Convention & Education Expo Call for Performing Groups
NYSSMA® Manual Edition 33 (Effective 7/1/2022)
Call to Action! NYSSMA® Advocates for the NYS Summer School of the Arts
April 2022 Dear Arts Advocate, As president of the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA), I would like to encourage you to join…
Letters to the Editor of Scholastic News regarding the “Should kids learn music in schools?” article
Letter to the Editor from NYSSMA® President, Edmund A. Chiarello NAfME Response from NAfME President, Deborah Confredo
NYSSMA® Statement on Diversity
NYSSMA® 2021 Advocacy Letter
Pk–8 General Music Lesson Plan template
… to assist classroom music educators in the process of writing Standards-Based lesson plans. This electronic form aligns with the NYS Learning Standards for…