PMEA

04/15/2025

The Future Music Educators Honors Symposium is part of the PMEA Annual Conference and is for high school seniors who have been accepted at a college or university to major in music education.

Pictured here are the high school seniors that attended the 2025 Honors Symposium. After attending the conference, they are all even more set on music education being their career and learning as much as they can!

We can't wait to see them teaching in music classrooms in just a few years!

If you're an alumni of the program, make sure you've joined the FMEHS Facebook group: https://www.pmea.net/future-music-educators-honors-symposium/

04/14/2025

During the 2025 PMEA Conference, we talked with the 2025 PMEA Outstanding Superintendents - Dr. Philip Domencic from the Cornwall-Lebanon School District and Dr. MaryJo Yannacone from the School District of Springfield Township. Learn about their districts, their support for music education, and advice for music teachers and superintendents on how to support music education in any school on a new Take Note podcast that was just released.

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.

04/04/2025

We just released a new Take Note podcast and we're talking with Dr. Missy Strong. She is one of the keynote speakers at the 2025 PMEA Conference. Missy talks with us about what to expect from her sessions at the conference and how you can incorporate movement into your music classroom.

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.

04/02/2025

Join us for Arts Education Advocacy Day on May 7th. This day provides opportunities to meet with your legislators, celebrate arts education, and have students network with students from across Pennsylvania.

Learn more and sign up to attend at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIUMdIS_lbGK_76MCxVq1fDFyTZx_2c_IIAHesK3t3d0hSzQ/viewform

04/01/2025

Today is the last day to pre-register for the PMEA Conference. (Can you believe it's next week?) You can register on-site - but why not get it out of the way today?!?!

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

03/31/2025

Today we released a new Take Note podcast where we conclude our series talking with conductors of the PMEA All-State ensembles. In this edition, we're talking with Dr. Jason Noble, All-State Concert Band conductor and Dr. Rollo Dilworth, All-State Chorus Conductor.

You can find Take Note in all of the podcast apps or at www.PMEA.net/takenote

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

03/28/2025

Here's a look at some of our favorite moments from PMEA's Music Education Advocacy Day this week. Thanks to everyone the helped to advocate for music education!

If you haven't already emailed your representatives about PMEA's policy asks, you still can right here -> https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/112930/

03/26/2025

Yesterday, PMEA members were in the state capitol in Harrisburg to meet with policymakers about issues important to music education.

As part of the day, PMEA held a press conference to celebrate music education. Here's the video of that whole press conference.

PA Music Educators Association news conference on music education in our schools.All the great public affairs event coverage and interviews you watch on PCN ...

03/25/2025

Today is PMEA's Music Education Advocacy Day!

PMEA members are in Harrisburg meeting with representatives about the importance of music education and specific funding issues related to music education.

We invite you to join them virtually by sending a message to your Pennsylvania representatives. (You'd don't have to be a PMEA member to help - any and all music education advocates are welcome!)

It takes just a minute to fill out this form and send a message to your representatives. (Really it's just a minute, we have it pre-written for you!)

Please join our advocacy efforts today!

https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/112930/

03/20/2025

03/19/2025

In this session at the PMEA Conference (less than a month away!), learn useful tips for collaborating with the directing team, hiring personnel, setting up your orchestra, preparing the score, rehearsing your musicians, and getting through tech week. Finally, get hands on with conducting techniques specific to the stage, helping you to coordinate your musicians and your stage performers with confidence, clarity, consistency and control.

Learn about all of the sessions and make sure you're registered to attend at https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

03/17/2025

We just released a new Take Note podcast and we're continuing our series talking with conductors of the 2025 PMEA All-State ensembles. Today we talk with Michael Hall, All-State Orchestra Conductor and Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, All-State Wind Ensemble Conductor.

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.

03/12/2025

If you're attending the PMEA Conference (and we sure hope you are!), check out this session for a hands-on demonstration of warm-ups and fundamental exercises for Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone and how it will upgrade the sound of your ensembles. Topics covered will include tone development, intonation, articulation, technique development and balance. Reed selection and care will also be discussed along with mouthpiece and ligature choices.

Learn all about the PMEA Conference at https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

03/10/2025

In this session at the PMEA Conference, participants will engage in an active reflection process surrounding trauma-informed pedagogies. Following a brief overview of trauma sequelae and trauma-informed approaches, participants will dive deeply into the ways teachers might leverage attunement, peace-building practices, and mutual relationships to reframe their approaches to supporting trauma survivors.

Learn more about all of the session at the PMEA Conference and register to attend at https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

03/07/2025

We hope you're planning on attending the PMEA Conference - that's just about a month away!

In one of the sessions at the conference, discover the transformative power of Mariachi music as an educational tool, celebrating cultural diversity and improving music skills in a fun and upbeat environment. Join us in empowering, guiding, and supporting starting music educators to incorporate Mariachi into their classrooms, sparking joy and fostering inclusivity and representation.

Find out all about the conference and get registered at https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

03/05/2025

Participate in PMEA's Advocacy Day this month!

If you're a student, college student, music educator, parent, or concerned citizen - we want you to join us. You don't have to be a PMEA member to participate.

Find all of the information to participate here and let us know you're coming:

https://advocacy.pmea.net/march-25-2025-pmea-advocacy-day-information/

02/28/2025

Have you ever encountered a cellist in your orchestra who is struggling or "just doesn't look right?" This session from Elizabeth Lavender at the PMEA Conference will provide insights, along with strategies which can easily by implemented in lessons, to help teachers diagnose and correct the technical issues most commonly found in young cellists.

Learn about all of the sessions and events at the PMEA Conference and get registered to attend at https://www.pmea.net/pmea-annual-in-service-conference/

02/20/2025

A new Take Note podcast was just posted and we're talking with Dr. Kathy Melago, Professor of Music Education at Slippery Rock University, and Slippery Rock University Music Education majors Rose Obergefell and Nate Presutti about their field experience trip to New Mexico. Learn about what the trip is and how it expands their horizons for a career in music education.

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

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