Abbreviation | FMEA |
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Formation | 1944 |
Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
EIN 590791022 | |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Music education in Florida |
Headquarters | Tallahassee, Florida |
President | Jason Locker |
Executive Director | Kathleen D. Sanz |
Affiliations | NAfME |
Website | fmea |
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]
With the University of Florida, FMEA publishes Research Perspectives in Music Education, its official research journal. [2]
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.
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.
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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