📣 Calling all MMEA members! 🎶 I am thrilled to recommend Dr. Adrian Davis as the next NAfME North Central Division President-Elect for 2024-2026! 🎉 Dr. Davis is an exceptional leader and an advocate for music education. With their extensive experience and dedication to the field, they are the ideal Read more…
Contest Adjudication: Sharing Your Expertise While Growing as An Educator Minnesota is blessed with an abundance of highly qualified educators and musicians, but convincing the same to become certified adjudicators has been a challenge. On the doorstep of the prime months for local and regional contests, many managers in the Read more…
Hello MMEA Community, I am sharing the resource from Felipe Morales-Torres (he/him), Assistant Director, Foundation for the Advancement of String Education (FASE). Learn more here. From Felipe: Good morning! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our opening session for Latin & Hispanic Heritage Month. I am very Read more…
Hello MMEA Community, Interested in learning more about culturally responsive music education? The amazing Ashley Cuthbertson is offering a FREE Workshop on Wednesday, September 27th at 7pm EST. Please read more from Ashley below. Also, if y’all missed my chat with Ashley last year, please check out the video on YouTube. Read more…
From the Desk of Aaron Lohmeyer Middle-Secondary Classroom Music: News Summer 2023 Below are a few Minnesota Mid-Sec General Music resources to consider going into your summer planning. 3 Strings Ruth LeMay’s 3 Strings is taking off nationally as a methodical approach to adaptive ensemble music making. Nationwide, the Read more…
From the Desk of Aaron Lohmeyer MacPhail’s Project Amplify Aims to Reach New Students MacPhail Center for Music is the largest community music school in the nation with programs serving the entire state of Minnesota. I recently had a chance to sit down with Rachel Hickman (Online School Partnerships Manager), Read more…
From the Desk of Aaron Lohmeyer November 10, 2022: International Summer Institute for Reggae Studies I recently had a chance to sit down with Scott Currie, director of the International Summer Institute for Reggae Studies at the University of Minnesota. This program offers a weeklong course of study in Read more…
Hello MN Music Educators— Here is a great training on hip hop education at St. Cloud State University. This music is a deep part of our students’ identities today– this training is sure to provide fresh ideas on culturally responsive, student-centered practices related to music education. Sure to also provide Read more…
Affinity Voices Choir (actual name TBD) is a Minnesota-wide pilot LGBTQ “Honors” Choir program created by One Voice Mixed Chorus, in partnership with the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA – MN) and the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA). This program seeks to provide a safe and supportive learning environment dedicated Read more…
*Thank you to membership contributions for this article. It has been published in its entirety without any edits from MMEA Executive Director, Jerri Neddermeyer. If any membership wishes to contribute an article during our time without an editor on the board, please submit articles to execdirector@mmea.org. All submissions will be Read more…