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History & TnMEA Past-Presidents
Each year, usually at the state convention, all living TMEA past presidents who are active members of the association convene as a group called the Da Capo Committee. Their responsibilities include procurement of nominees for the office of TMEA President-Elect and for selecting recipients of the TMEA Awards.
Click Here to read A Brief History of the Tennessee Music Education Association
written by T. Earl Hinton in 1998.
WJ Julian
1974-1976
Jay M. Craven
1972-1974
John Bright
1970-1972
L. Howard Nicar
1968-1970
Lawrence P. Cooney
1966-1968
Thomas W. Cowan
1964-1966
Odell Willis
1962-1964
Howard F. Brown
1960-1962
Marie Hutchinson
1958-1960
Charles Gary
1956-1958
Carolyn B. Travers
1954-1956
N. Taylor Hagen
1951-1954
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