📣 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…
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…
Hello, Summer Reading List!!!!! Thanks to MMEA Board Member Ben Bussey for putting together a great list of resources on EVERYTHING you might wish to read this summer. There is a link at the bottom too for DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORT FUNDING! Books Dilla Time – Dan Charnas https://dillati.me ***Required Read more…
Today, I am making efforts to find meaningful ways to promote the ideas that come across my proverbial desk every day. So much may be lost if I spend more time making it “pretty” or “refined.” Today, my solution is to make posts. In October 2021, MMEA put out a Read more…