Cliff Huckabee - President, Elementary/General Division
Division. She is a world-class elementary music educator who was just recently inducted in the AMEA Hall of Fame. She was also our first clinician for our festival, so it is fitting that she returns to celebrate our 10th
year. Our festival directors, Ben and Teachers,
We are in the final stretch of our school year. Many of you are probably preparing for end of the year performances and trying to get those last few lessons in before school is out. We wish all of you the very best as you finish up your school year!
We have exciting news about our 10th Annual
Elementary Music Festival. We are pleased to announce that we will continue our association with Samford University as they host our 10th
Festival. It will be Friday, October 21st
Annual Elementary Music and
our clinicians will be Roger Sams and Vicki Portis. Many of you will remember Roger Sams from our 2016 AMEA In-service. He presented several sessions and also brought us some amazing materials through his partnership with “Music is Elementary.” Vicki Portis is no stranger to our Elementary
Kristina Sisco, have emailed out information about the festival, and we are looking to have around 450 students participate in this special 10th
year anniversary music festival.
We also are in the planning stages of our Annual Fall Workshop following the festival on Saturday, October 22nd
. We hope to have
both our festival clinicians share from their wealth of knowledge of elementary music methods. We will keep you informed of the place and time of this workshop as we finalize these details.
There are several summer opportunities for professional development that I want to share with you as well. We have Orff Level I and Level II Certification Courses being offered at Samford University on June 20 - July 1.We also have the Kodaly Levels 1 & 2 Certifications classes at Vestavia Hills Elementary School East hosted by Deanna Bell on July 11-22. Lastly, we have the 2nd Annual East Alabama Music Workshop being
. We hope you will take advantage of these opportunities to grow as a music educator. If you have any questions about any of these workshops, please contact us at
elementaryamea@gmail.com and we will be glad to forward you specific information on any of these three workshops.
held at Grace UMC in Auburn on August 27th
Lastly, if you are not receiving emails from our Elementary Division, please send us an email at
elementaryamea@gmail.com and we will be glad to add you to our email list. We want to keep in touch with you, so sign up today for our email list.
Again, I wish all of you the very best as you finish this school year!
Sincerely, Cliff Huckabee, President AMEA Elementary Division
Joshua Meyer - President, AMEA Collegiate Division
Baldwin will be moving from Treasurer to Vice President-Elect. New to the board are Brenton Nash and Latrice Green who will be serving as Secretary and Treasurer respectively.
Greetings Collegiate Members,
Summer break is upon us! I am sure you are all continuing your musical improvement while catching up on some much needed rest and relaxation. However, as we are enjoying our time off, I would like to quickly inform you of the exciting developments that are occurring within the Collegiate Division.
The first development you should be aware of is the induction of our new state officers! I will be succeeding Thad Walker as he takes on the role of Past-President, and Madison
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Secondly, the board is currently in the process of recruiting additional higher education institutions to join NAfME. Glenn Nierman, NAfME’s National President and Board Chair, has put forth the objective of 100% participation of accredited institutions offering music education degrees. We intend to meet this goal and have already begun contacting some of the previously uninvolved schools throughout the state.
For those already involved with Collegiate NAfME, mark your calendars! I’m excited to announce that this year’s Collegiate Fall Summit will be held on October 9th Tuscaloosa. It is going to be an amazing
in May/June 2016
professional development event that will give everyone the chance to both grow as a pre- service educator and make valuable connections across the state.
Lastly, I would like to remind everyone that NAfME memberships expire in June. Be sure to renew as soon as possible so that you are ready to go when the semester starts back up!
I’m very excited to serve you as President and I look forward to the further growth and development of the Collegiate Division.
Sincerely, Joshua Meyer
AMEA Collegiate Division President
jpmeyer@crimson.ua.edu (256)566-1265
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