Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA)

Special thanks to US Senator Maria Cantwell and staff for meeting in person with Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) to hear about our ideas for supporting music education and providing opportunities for students and teachers in Washington State and the US! You made our day! National Association for Music Education NAfME Northwest Division Hub

We are talking about serving kids through music education and creating sustainable workplaces for educators in Washington State! Thanks to the office of Congresswoman Kim Schrier for listening to our ideas! Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) NAfME Northwest Division Hub National Association for Music Education

WMEA Office is in the HOUSE (Longworth Congressional Building, to be exact) gearing up for our first meeting with Representative Derek Kilmer’s staff to advocate for music and arts ed! Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) NAfME Northwest Division Hub

Go to www.wmea.org homepage and click on the job description link!

Battle Ground band director tapped as Portland Rose Festival grand marshal BATTLE GROUND — Delegates from the Portland Rose Festival paid a surprise visit to Clark County on Wednesday morning to announce longtime Battle Ground High School band director Greg McKelvey as the 2

The member organizations of the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS), of which NAfME is a part, are seeking educators to participate in the next phase of “Creating A Community For All Learners—Reimagining Standards-Based Arts Education for Equity & Inclusion,” a project focused on reassessment of the National Arts Standards through the lens of culturally responsive teaching and student-centered instruction. Learn more and apply by June 14: https://bit.ly/NCASApplicationNAfME

Awesome Elementary Music Workshop coming up soon in Marysville! Clock Hours available!

May 22, 7PM ET, webinar on “Double Bass Basics” presented by Joe Dyvig, orchestra teacher at Olympia High School, WA, and NAfME Northwest Division President-Elect—register now: https://bit.ly/DoubleBassBasics

About the webinar: In this session we will cover basics of bass playing such as playing position, developing different styles of bow hold, tone production, left hand setup, basic exercises, how to develop fingerings and scales to get your bass players thinking across the fingerboard. There will also be opportunities to answer questions related to teaching bass in the school setting.

UPDATE: I think we are back up and running. You can now reach WMEA staff on our .org email addresses!

FYI: WMEA Staff email accounts are currently down. We are working to fix the glitch and hope to be back up and running soon. We will be checking WMEA’s phone messages daily and you can reach us here on Messenger.

Register for the April 30 Health & Well-Being webinar, the second in this three-part series: https://bit.ly/HealthWellBeing0430 Presented by Amelia Nagowski, co-author of the book ‘Burnout’ and ‘The Burnout Workbook’.

Reminder—webinar on April 23, 7PM ET: “Creating and Sustaining a Mariachi Program” https://bit.ly/Mariachi0423 In addition to the nuts and bolts of starting a new ensemble, the panelists will discuss reading and engaging your community, the importance of family, and how to avoid cultural appropriation. Presented by Ramon Rivera, Tito Talamantes, Jaimie Abney-Giraldo, Alexandra Franco, Scott Glasser, and Beau Garza

Share your feedback now in the 2023-2024 NAfME Collegiate Membership Survey! The survey will be available through May 3, 2024—visit bit.ly/NAfMECollegiateSurvey2024 today!

🎵 Join us for a musical celebration like no other! This year, NFHS, NAMM, and MakeMusic Cloud are teaming up with composer Randall Standridge to create an exciting new piece for Make Music Day.

It's inclusive and FREE, with parts for all school musicians, and we’re inviting all middle and high school ensembles to join in the world premiere on June 21!

Click here for more information: https://artsadvocacy.nfhs.org/make-music-day/

NAMM Make Music Day MakeMusic Cloud

In case you missed it, read “Celebrate Music” by NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan in the current issue of SBO+ Magazine—which is available to all NAfME members: https://bit.ly/NAfMESBOMarch2024 Sheehan offers 10 ideas for spotlighting music in your school this month and throughout the school year.