TMEA History

 Click here to read the PDF A Brief History of the Tennessee Music Education Association, written by T. Earl Hinton in 1998.

TMEA 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.

2016-2018
​Jonathan Vest

2014-2016
Jeffrey T. Phillips

2012-2014
Dian Eddleman

2010-2012
Ron Rogers

2008-2010
Gary Wilkes

2006-2008
Ron Meers

2004-2006
Jeff Brewer

2002-2004
Stephen Coleman

2000-2002
Madeline Bridges

1998-2000
James F. "Pete" Evans

1996-1998
Bob Lee

1994-1996
Mary Ann J. Moses

1992-1994
Patricia Brown

1990-1992
Jo Ann Hood

1988-1990
Ray Bell

1986-1988
Charles H. Ball

1984-1986
Solie Fott

1982-1984
Nancy Ferguson

1980-1982
Joe Giles

1978-1980
T. Earl Hinton

1976-1978
Larry Volman

1974-1976
WJ Julian

1972-1974
Jay M. Craven

1970-1972
John Bright

1968-1970
L. Howard Nicar

1966-1968
Lawrence P. Cooney

1964-1966
Thomas W. Cowan

1962-1964
Odell Willis

1960-1962
Howard F. Brown

1958-1960
Marie Hutchinson

1956-1958
Charles Gary

1954-1956
Carolyn B. Travers

1951-1954
N. Taylor Hagen

1947-1951
Edward H. Hamilton

1946-1947
Wilson Mount

1945-1946
Maurice Haste