PMEA

Vision
We envision a world of engaged musical citizens where a deep desire to learn, teach, connect through, and experience music is advanced.
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Mission
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association advances comprehensive and innovative music education through promoting effective instruction, providing meaningful learning experiences, and ensuring impactful and equitable music engagement for all.

11/22/2024

Exciting news! The schedule and registration information for the 2025 Crescendo Virtual Student Conference are available!

Check out the great schedule and get your classroom signed up at www.PMEA.net/crescendo

11/20/2024

We just released a new Take Note podcast and as we come to the end of marching band season, we talk with Bianca Wallace about trends in the marching arts and advice for students and educators.

You can find Take Note at www.PMEA.net/takenote or wherever you get your podcasts.

Take Note is sponsored by the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

11/05/2024

We just posted a new Take Note podcast where we talk with Mike Buterbaugh, Music Education Advisor at the Reading Musical Foundation. He joins us to talk about the importance of collecting data on your music education programs and how you can use it to your advantage.

You can find Take Note where you get your podcasts or at www.PMEA.net/takenote

Thanks to our Take Note sponsors - the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

11/01/2024

Happy November and happy first day of 2025 PMEA Conference registration!

Get registered for the conference and book your hotel room today!

https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

10/28/2024

Dr. Adam Gustafson is an Associate Teaching Professor of Music at Penn State Harrisburg. He joins us on a new edition of our Take Note podcast to talk about the cultural and musical impacts of Taylor Swift. Hear what he's learned through his research and what the students he teaches have to say about Taylor Swift.

Take Note can be found at www.PMEA.net/takenote or wherever you get your podcasts.

Take Note is sponsored by the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

10/24/2024

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Council TTRR Continuing Education Award: Elizabeth Vito, a senior at Marywood University and Nathan Presutti, a junior at Slippery Rock University. Criteria for selection includes having been a PCMEA member for at least one year, carrying a GPA of 3.5 or higher as well as having participated in at least one PMEA-sponsored professional development program.

Congratulations also to Ava Formaini, who is the first recipient of the Music for Lifelong Learning Award. This award is presented to a full-time undergraduate or graduate student who is majoring in science, technology, engineering or math.

10/16/2024

We just posted a new podcast where we're talking with Dr. Sean Powell. Dr. Powell is the author of "The Ideology of Competition in School Music" and he joins us to discuss the implications of competitive structures in school music programs. This is a fascinating conversation about a huge issue facing every music educator.

You can find Take Note in your favorite podcast app or at www.PMEA.net/takenote

Thanks to our sponsors the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

10/09/2024

The US Department of Education recently sent a letter to Chief State School Officers across the country to remind them of ways they can use federal funds for arts education.

The letter specifically calls out Title I as a place where arts education funding can be used. This is a major clarification that you are invited to share with school administrators.

Learn more here: https://advocacy.pmea.net/usdoe-issues-guidance-for-federal-funding-for-arts-education/

09/27/2024

Have you accessed PMEA's R3?

If you are an active PMEA member, officer, council representative, festival host, or workshop planner, retired members stand ready to help. Search the R3 to find highly motivated and very experienced (but FREE) consultants/advisers for your next PMEA or music education program/project.

https://www.pmea.net/retired-members/

09/25/2024

We just posted a new Take Note podcast and we're talking with Tonia Asel Kaufman, a Pennsylvania music educator, that has just taken on a new PMEA role related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - known as JEDI. Learn about the new role and what it means for music educators.

You can find Take Note at www.PMEA.net/takenote or in your favorite podcast app.

Take Note is sponsored by the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

09/06/2024

We posted a new podcast today where we talk with Mary Luehrsen. Mary is well known to the music education world for her work at NAMM Show and the NAMM Foundation.

Mary is retiring at the end of this month and she joins us to talk about her career and she shares advice for all of us that care about music education.

You can find Take Note at www.PMEA.net/takenote or in your favorite podcast app.

Take Note is sponsored by the Grove City College Department of Music and Zeswitz Music.

09/03/2024

One of the benefits of PMEA membership is access to the PMEA Lending Library. Log in at www.PMEA.net and take a look at the music you can borrow to use in your school!

08/22/2024

Welcome back to the 2024 school year!

08/13/2024

It's back to school time and it's the perfect time to show off your PMEA pride. Starting tomorrow (8/14) through Monday (8/19), you can get 15% off of your purchases in our online store!

www.PMEA.net/shop

08/08/2024

We just released a new podcast and we talk with well-known conductor Anthony Maiello about key moments in his career and he provides some advice for teachers and students.

Take Note is available at www.PMEA.net/takenote and in all of the podcast apps.

Thanks to Zeswitz Music for sponsoring the podcast.

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