Amy M. Burns

Elementary Music Technology and Integration

Amy M. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 25 years at Far Hills Country Day School (FH) (https://www.fhcds.org/). She also teaches grade 5 instrumental class, directs the FH Modern Band, is the Performing Arts Department Manager, and teaches privately in the after-school conservatory, having served as director for over 20 years. She has authored four books and numerous articles on integrating technology into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in TX, IN, St. Maarten, and AU. She is the recipient of the 2005 Technology in Music Education (TI:ME) Teacher of the Year, the 2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) Master Music Teacher, the 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year, and the 2026 NJMEA Distinguished Service Awards. Her most recent publication, Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches (2020), is available from Oxford University Press (OUP) and Amazon. Burns is also the Community Coordinator for Midnight Music (MMC) at https://midnightmusic.com/, the General Music Chair for NJMEA Board of Directors, and the Elementary Music Consultant for MusicFirst (https://www.musicfirst.com/), a company built by music educators for music educators, dedicated to helping music teachers and their students make the most of technology in the classroom.

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Grab an Instrument and Join Us This Wednesday!

October 06, 2026  /  Amy M. Burns

Looking for fresh ideas to get your elementary music students playing and making music? Join us this Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. ET for Fun with Classroom Instruments, a free, interactive MusicFirst Elementary webinar.

Keep a ukulele, recorder, barred instrument, Boomwhacker, or another classroom instrument nearby and play along with us! We’ll explore practical activities you can bring into your music classroom, whether your students are just beginning or are ready for a new challenge.

🎁 Join us live for a chance to win! We’ll have giveaways for a Studio 49 glockenspiel from Teaching With Orff and Boomwhackers—available to live attendees.

Come ready to play, explore, and leave with ideas for your next music lesson!

👉 Register for the free webinar

Fun with Classroom Instruments: Bring Your Instrument and Play Along With Us!
Wednesday, October 7 • 7:30 p.m. ET

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