Advice from the Experts: Festival Preparation
“Wouldn’t it be interesting if all teachers had to take each of their classes to a festival for their subject and have judges adjudicate the […]
“Wouldn’t it be interesting if all teachers had to take each of their classes to a festival for their subject and have judges adjudicate the […]
KMEA is excited to introduce our conductor for the 1234A All State Band, W. Dale Warren, Senior Wind Band Conductor and Professor of Music in […]
It is finally here! Festival time! This is my favorite time of year and I hope you are looking forward to it as well. I […]
Happy New Year from your Special Needs Co-Chairs!!!! As we look ahead to wrapping up the second half of the school year we are excited […]
The use of movement in the choral rehearsal has yielded enthusiastic support from conductors, producing numerous studies, presentations, and articles demonstrating movement’s effectiveness as a […]
Technology! It can be both a blessing and a curse for music teachers. Since the Tanglewood Symposium in 1967, MENC (and later NAfME) has listed […]
Greetings jazz educators! I’m Gary Leopold, KMEA All-State Jazz Chair and I want to give you some basic information about the upcoming All-State Jazz Band […]
This year’s 56A All-State Band guest conductor is Dr. Emily Threinen. Threinen is currently the Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota School of […]
Kansas Bandmasters Association just completed their third year of the KBA Marching Festival and it was the largest festival we have hosted. A total of 22 […]
When working with students, it is easy for teachers to feel accomplished because they reached the end of their lesson plan for the day. […]