TMEA NEWS
Online Registration for TN All-State
All directors bringing students to 2010 TN All-State will be required to register their students online. The registration program is online and running and can be accessed from the
All-State page. There is also a powerpoint presentation to explain and demonstrate the procedure. Please contact your regional All-State Chair or the
webmaster for more information.
New Leadership in TMEA
Attention members! There are many ways to serve the music education profession but taking on a major leadership position in our state association is one of the most important commitments a TMEA member can make. To lead and serve over 1,500 Tennessee music educators is a major responsibility. Those who have served as officers, board members, state chairs or other positions of responsibility in TMEA can feel the immense personal satisfaction from having invested their time, effort, and expertise to support the mission and goals of TMEA. Please take time to consider the positions described below and don’t hesitate to step forward if you feel you are able to make your contribution as a leader in the association, or if you know someone that you want to recommend.
The TMEA Board of Directors has announced the opening of a new position –
Associate Manager of the TMEA State Music Conference. The person appointed to that position will shadow our current Conference Manager during the 2010 State Music Conference to become familiar with all that is involved with managing our state conference. It is planned that the Associate Manager for 2010 will be considered for the position of Conference Manager. TMEA members who are interested in that position should contact TMEA President Gary Wilkes.
At the end of this fiscal year, June 30th, our five State Chairs will rotate off of the Board and new leaders will assume those positions. While that may seem like a long time off, President-Elect Ron Rogers plans to identify the Chair-elects as soon as possible so that they may shadow the current State Chairs during the remainder of their terms. Any member who might be interested in serving or who would want to recommend someone to serve in any of these position (see listing of those positions on page 2), should contact TMEA President-Elect Ron Rogers.
This year, TMEA will identify two candidates for the position of TMEA President-Elect for the 2010-2012 term. The election for that position will occur just after our state conference by electronic voting. After having served for two years, the President-Elect will take over as President of the Association for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2012. Any member may recommend a nominee as long as the person being nominated has agreed to the nomination. Nominations should be sent to TMEA Past-President and Chair of the DaCapo Committee – Ron Meers.
State Instrumental Concert Festival Evaluation Forms
The State Band Chair has posted three concert festival evaluation forms for you to evaluate on the State Concert Festival page. Please look these over and send your comments to Jim Burton. One of the forms will be presented to the band caucus at the Summer TMEA Council meeting.
Click here to go to the State Festival page.
New Horizons Tour & Travel agrees to seven year commission project
The Tennessee Music Education Association has entered into a seven year agreement with New Horizons Tour & Travel, Inc., continuing a similar relationship with New Horizons from previous years. The agreement provides the funding to support the commissioning of a new musical work each year for the next seven for each of the Tennessee All-State ensembles and the Treble Honor Chorus. Tentatively, it is planned to begin the cycle with a new work for the Treble Honor Chorus to be performed at this spring’s State Music Conference.
New Horizons, one of the country’s premier music group travel companies, is excited to participate in this project once again. New Horizons provides domestic and international music performance tours for students from all 50 states. This project ties directly to New Horizons’ vision of providing amazing musical experiences for students.
For more information about New Horizons Tour & Travel, Inc. see their web site at
www.nhtt.com.
School Support Organization Manual
Effective July 1, 2008, all school booster organizations must conform
to this manual. Read
it now.
State High School Transition Policy
Please take the time to read this important document approved by
the State Board of Education on Jan. 25, 2008.
Click here to read.