PMEA

Did you know PMEA has a Composition Program open to PMEA members and students? And did you know we've added a new category this year? Learn about the program and share this post with anyone that might be interested in submitting! https://www.pmea.net/pmea-composition-program/

Visit www.pmea.net/webinars to sign up for Modern Band 101: New and Review! Join Little Kids Rock and PMEA for this three part series which serves as an introduction to (or review of) Modern Band and the Music as a Second Language pedagogy.

Music educators, NOW is the time to talk to your administrators about how you can access federal Title IV funds for your music programs in the 2021-22 school year. Visit out title IV funding toolkit to see just how easy it is to ask for these funds! https://advocacy.pmea.net/title-iv-toolkit/

Happy New Year! Begin 2021 with some professional development from PMEA and learn about Teacher Ethics. January 12th - 7 pm. Visit pmea.net/webinars to sign up!... Co-Presented by Paul Fox, Chair of the PMEA Council for Teacher Training, Recruitment and Retention, and Thomas Bailey, attorney-at-law and retired social studies teacher from the Hempfield Area School District. Besides a general overview of the subject, additional areas for discussion may include the state’s teacher misconduct statistics, the concepts of morality vs. ethics, habits of a professional, sample codes of conduct, PDE educator discipline system and due process, the PA Educator Discipline Act, and case studies based upon actual fact scenarios.

If you missed the PMEA 2020 Awards Ceremony - don't worry because you can watch it on-demand at pmea.net! https://www.pmea.net/n/watch-the-pmea-2020-awards-ceremony/

Do you know a rock star, jazz musician, show celebrity, ballerina, professional conductor, poet laureate, or virtuoso soloist? PMEA is looking for masters and maestros to present sessions for PA virtual or in-person music classrooms. Spearheaded by PMEA State Immediate Past President Tina Bennett, the plan would be to compile a digital library of introductory, one-hour, pro-bona video workshops of professionals in the Performing Arts arena opera singers, Broadway dancer...s, Hollywood or television actors or producers, symphony musicians, theater craft technicians, make-up, lighting, costume, or scenery designers, popular artists, music professors, musicologists, lyricists, composers, etc. as our members plan supplemental remote and hybrid learning experiences for their students during the challenging 2020-2021. How about anyone who enjoyed exposure (or found fame?) in the music or movie industry who were former graduates from your school? If so, please have them complete the PMEA Beyond the Classroom form - https://forms.zoho.com//f/PMEAMusicianConnectionForm/share