National Association for Music Education

National Association for Music Education
AbbreviationNAfME
Formation1907 (1907)
FounderHamlin Cogswell
Founded atKeokuk, Iowa
Type501(c)(3) organization
52-6045043
Legal statusActive
PurposeMusic education in the United States
HeadquartersHerndon, Virginia
Coordinates38°58′01″N 77°22′49″W / 38.967059°N 77.380270°W / 38.967059; -77.380270
President
Deb Confredo
Executive Director
Christopher Woodside
Websitenafme.org
Formerly called
Music Educators National Conference

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. On March 8, 2012, the organization's name legally became National Association for Music Education, using the acronym "NAfME". It has approximately 58,000 members, and NAfME's headquarters are located in Herndon, Virginia

As of January 2025, Deb Confredo is the current president of NAfME, and the interim executive director is Christopher Woodside.