Places, Everyone! Starting a Musical Theatre Program in a Small or Rural School
Michael E. Ritzel In many small and rural middle and high schools, the performing arts department might very well be a department of one. A […]
Articles by Steve Oare
Small School, Big Program: Building Music Programs Through Community, Access, and Student Interest
Building a successful music program in a small school requires a different mindset. The pool of potential participants is naturally limited, so you cannot rely […]
Mentoring News, Fall 2026
Greetings from the KMEA State Mentoring Co-Chairs. We wish you all the best for the beginning of this new school year! Sean Boller is the […]
President’s Fall ’26 Update
On behalf of KMEA, I would like to welcome you back to school. While there may be lots of newness to what you are doing, […]
Grant Opportunity for Middle School Teachers
Grants are available to public middle school music teachers in the United States, for the acquisition of in-school music classroom equipment and supplies to benefit […]
How Do You Score with Special Needs? – A Quiz for the New School Year
Reprinted with permission from the October 2018 New Jersey Tempo magazine. Bravo! You’ve made it through the first weeks of school – adjusting to […]
Growth Mindset in Elementary Music
As a young researcher in the 1970s, Carol Dweck studied how students encountered failure. Throughout her work, she realized that some students blossomed in the […]
Vitality: Reviving the Life in Your Teaching
By Peggy D. Bennett, Oberlin OH & Vicky Suarez, Richardson TX Reprinted from Southwestern Musician with permission by Texas Music Educators Association. We love teaching! […]
Friends University adds new Music Theatre and Theatre B.A. degrees Fall 2019
The Friends University Fine Arts department is excited to announce two new Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music Theatre and Theatre. “Adding these two degrees […]
Southeast District News
Our district has enjoyed many successes this school year, beginning with the involvement of our new teachers in our mentoring program, under the direction of […]
