The Kansas Festival Rubrics: Clarity for Large and Small Ensembles
A number of years ago, the festival committee that I chair began the still ongoing process of writing new adjudication forms for high school festivals […]
Maximizing Rehearsal Efficiency: Getting by with Less Rehearsal Time
Reprinted with permission from the January 2017 issue of the Washington Music Educator Voice Introduction The topic of how much rehearsal time is necessary to […]
Advocacy for Kansas Music Education
Advocacy for music education, for your music program, has always been an important component of our jobs as music teachers. Stakeholders in our communities (children, […]
WE ARE WHAT WE EAT! Thoughtful, Analysis and Aesthetic Based Programming
Part 1 – The Music! Many conductors believe that programming for their ensemble is one of, if not the most, important responsibilities of their position […]
President’s Message: Come to the 2017 ISW!
What’s in the message: 00:00 KMEA ISW 00:34 Trisha Kidd, SWMEA President Guest at ISW 1:00 Ronny Lau, NAfME National Advocacy & Policy Advisor […]
Elementary Notes
We are just weeks away from our KMEA In-Service Workshop and the excitement is mounting! I am so thankful for the opportunity to get together […]
Choose to Further Yourself!
Never look back on your past and think, “It has passed me by!” Every moment on this earth we are given multiple choices and opportunities […]
Attention Kansas String Educators!
Henry Littich, KASTA president The Annual Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop is in the final stages of planning. If you haven’t already begun doing […]
KMEA Annual Composition Competition
The annual KMEA composition competition was held again this year with Scott Hershberger’s In the Dancing Meadow for solo piano selected as the winner. Brandon […]
KMEA Fund News
Seven years ago, the KMEA Board decided to establish an endowed fund to offer scholarships to students, awards and grants to teachers, and provide an […]
