Dear Fellow Music Teachers, Christina Hornbach
I hope this issue of the Michigan Music Educator finds you enjoying a successful start to your school year. Amidst the current educational environment and the ever-present personal and work time challenges, I hope you have found an opportunity to participate in some professional development to invigorate your teaching. The Michigan Music Education Association (MMEA) provides many profes- sional development opportunities to our mem- bers. Currently, MMEA, in partnership with the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), is in full swing with more profes- sional development opportunities than ever and a new membership drive: MMEA – where music educators belong! We continue in a per- sistent effort to both increase our membership offerings and membership numbers.
In order to infuse energy and strengthen our campaign, we have formed a Membership Campaign Leadership Committee (Karen Salvador, Chair; Denise Lewis; Linda Louisell; Cory Micheel-Mays, Ex Officio; and Holly Ol- szewski). This is a community effort; these are “real” music teachers, representing a variety of teaching specialties/settings who are diligently working to inspire professional involvement in the MMEA and NAfME collectively. We are excited with the possibilities from these efforts. Our campaign will run until December 15th, 2013, coinciding with registration deadlines for the Michigan Music Conference. This issue of the MMEA journal centers on community. So, where do Michigan music educators belong? They belong in the MMEA community. Will you help our community grow? If you are reading this message, you are a member of MMEA/NAfME. What music teachers do you know who are not currently members? Will you invite them to join our community? What does this community mean to you? MMEA is focusing on developing a professional develop- ment COMMUNITY for you! It takes a group effort to put together these events: the Elemen- tary Fall Workshop 2013, the Michigan Music Conference 2014, and a variety of other profes- sional development offerings.
ELEMENTARY FALL WORKSHOP: We recently hosted the inaugural Elementary Music Fall Workshop, held on September 28,
2013 at Hope College in Holland, MI. We were thrilled to welcome 109 registrants, 3 cor- porate partners and 2 vendors! This 1-day event featured a keynote speaker, Dr. Diane Lange from the University of Texas – Arlington, and 8 additional presenters, covering a wide-range of topics relevant for elementary music teach- ers. Many thanks to the MMEA people who put this workshop together (Lisa DuPrey, Kelli Graham, and Heather Shouldice); it was a smashing success!
MICHIGAN MUSIC CONFERENCE: We continue to jointly sponsor the Michigan Music Conference with three other professional music organizations in the state of Michigan (MSBOA, MASTA, and MSVMA). This col- laborative effort features a preconference (this year MMEA welcomes John Feierabend as our elementary pre-conference clinician), 2 days of sessions, concerts and exhibits and serves over 8,000 attendees (teachers, parents, students, vendors) from all areas of music education. This conference takes a COMMUNITY effort to make it all happen (“putting it together…bit by bit”). Sorry, I couldn’t resist!
We celebrate and give kudos to MMEA board and committee members who are serving their profession and MMEA by working on the plan- ning of and special interests sessions for the 9th Annual Michigan Music Conference: An In-Service for Music Educators, fondly known as the MMC 2014. Some of the MMC 2014 activities that MMEA board members presently spearhead are the Elementary General Mu- sic Pre-Conference, the Honors Composition Concert, SMTE sessions, Research Symposium and Collegiate NAfME sessions. In addition, MMEA has many members presenting interest sessions and as always, MMEA representatives serving on the Michigan Music Conference Planning Committee, Executive Committee, and the 2015 Collage Committee.
OTHER EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT We are also hosting a variety of other profes- sional development and performance events this year (e.g., Flint-Area PD Workshops (September – May); Collegiate Confer- ence (March); Elementary Choral Festivals (February-April); and an Instrumental Clinic (March)); check out our website for current
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