TMEA: Tennessee Music Education Association

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    • History
    • Mission & Vision
    • Board/Council
    • State Regions >
      • Middle TN
      • West TN
      • East TN
    • Election
    • Awards & Recognition >
      • Awards Criteria
    • Documents
  • Membership
    • Full Membership
    • Friends of TMEA
  • Conference
    • SMTE/Research
    • All-State
    • Treble Honor Choir
    • Future Conferences
    • Conference & Allstate Programs
  • Resources
    • Booster Registration
    • Student Travel Grant
    • Calendar
    • CNAfME
    • eNewsletter
    • Job Board
    • Keeping the Beat Web Seminars
    • Tennessee Musician Magazine
  • Blogs
    • Band
    • CNAfME Blog
    • General Music
    • Orchestra
    • State Concert Festival
    • Tri-M
  • Advocacy
    • TN Hill Day
    • Advocacy News
    • Current Legislative News
    • Music Education Stories
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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
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