Florida Music Education Association

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Florida Music Education Association
AbbreviationFMEA
Formation1944;79 years ago (1944)
Type 501(c)(3) organization
EIN   590791022
Legal statusActive
PurposeMusic education in Florida
Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida
President
Shelby Chipman, PhD
Executive Director
Kathleen D. Sanz
Affiliations NAfME
Website fmea.org
Formerly called
Florida Music Educators Association

The Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) is a non-profit umbrella association of music education groups in Florida that sets standards for the state in music education, provides continuing education and training opportunities to music educators in the state. FMEA is a federated state unit of the National Association for Music Education. FMEA was founded in 1944 during a three way clinic between the Florida Vocal Association, the Florida Orchestra Association, and the Florida Bandmasters Association. [1]

Contents

With the University of Florida, FMEA publishes Research Perspectives in Music Education, its official research journal. [2]

Annual Professional Development Conference

The FMEA hosts an annual conference at the Tampa Convention Center each January that includes continuing education seminars, a trade show, organizational meetings, and rehearsals and performances of the Florida All-State bands, choruses, and orchestras.

Trade Show

The annual trade show at the FMEA Tampa meeting is one of the largest in the state, bringing music publishing, equipment manufacturers, software companies, group travel companies, fundraising organizations, and major college and university recruiting programs to their members, the members of the organizations of FMEA, and the students attending the event for performances.

All-State & Honors Ensembles

Each year the FMEA is the host organization that sponsors the Florida All-State bands, orchestras, and choirs. Audition music is selected and sent to schools all over the state. Students prepare and then audition, usually at the beginning of the academic school year in their county, by making a blind-audition recording. The recordings are distributed to expert faculty who review the recordings and score them. The top students in the state are then selected to perform at the FMEA's annual convention in Tampa.

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References

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  2. Mark, Michael L. (2014). Contemporary Music Education. Patrice Madura (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. p. 194. ISBN   978-1-133-95630-3. OCLC   830538332.