WMEA Bulletin
October 4, 2017
Sent to all WMEA region presidents, past presidents, WMEA Executive Board, WMEA office staff, collegiate chapter presidents and, when applicable, NAfME Northwest Division board members.
Audition Deadlines!
Junior All-State Auditions Deadline are Thursday October 5
High School All-State Auditions Deadline Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Please be sure to “Sign Up” on the NAfME website (www.nafme.org) to establish your new log in with them, and review the Opus Event Teacher Tutorial on the WMEA website before you try to submit last-minute auditions. It will take a little time to get these set up.
Final 10 days to submit awards nominations
· Hall of Fame – deadline October 15. Link on WMEA home page or directly by clicking here http://wmea.org/FormEntry.aspx?ID=4.
· Administrator of the Year – deadline October 15. Link on WMEA home page or click here http://wmea.org/FormEntry.aspx?ID=6
Conference Registration https://register.opusevent.com
We encourage you to read through the directions thoroughly, posted on the Conference Information website page, before you try to register. There are new curve balls this year, but the instructions are very good!
Music Matters! If that is true, have you made your public statement with your own Music Matters license plate? Music Matters funded $125,000 worth of needs for 30 schools this year, plus they contribute funding to YME as the largest donor for the past 3 years. Don’t have a Music Matters plate?…Why not? http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/spmusic.html
2019 NAfME Northwest Division Conference
Session proposals for the 2019 Northwest Division Conference in Portland, Oregon, are being accepted now throughApril 16, 2018. (One day extension because April 15 is a Sunday.) Click here http://wmea.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=750
Attached you will find a flyer with information specific to National Performing Arts Activities Week, October 8-14. This week is a great week to acknowledge and celebrate your state’s and your schools’ performing arts programs. Within the flyer is information on how to recognize your programs, as well as a printable flyer to post around your schools. The NFHS has setup the hashtag #HSActivitiesMonth and @NFHS_Org to recognize your efforts on social media.
On the news of the day…
I often wonder if the crazies who choose to include an innocent community in their personal suicide had made music part of their life or if their schools were more aware about the true benefits of music, if they facilitated more social interaction (dance and attending performances) and more listening, if they (the crazies) might have made choices that lead them to have a reverence for life rather than a loathing of it and of themselves. I know music has been a positive effect on me as someone who started out very much going the wrong direction. My teachers especially in high school and college saw something in me contrary to the stupid, self-destructive teenager I had become that helped me make the turn. What we do as individuals, teachers, parents and as an association supports a better society. It is that important, so I am grateful to be associated with WMEA and all of you as we find our way as an organization. Remember Music Matters is more than a sales or fundraising campaign slogan. It is truth that you are practicing, imparting and mastering daily.
Scott Ketron, Executive Director
We have a new address!
Washington Music Educators Association
19105 36th Ave W Suite 213
Lynnwood WA 98036
Phone 425-712-9632 | 800-324-9632
Fax 425-776-1795
[email protected]
www.wmea.org
October 4, 2017
Sent to all WMEA region presidents, past presidents, WMEA Executive Board, WMEA office staff, collegiate chapter presidents and, when applicable, NAfME Northwest Division board members.
Audition Deadlines!
Junior All-State Auditions Deadline are Thursday October 5
High School All-State Auditions Deadline Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Please be sure to “Sign Up” on the NAfME website (www.nafme.org) to establish your new log in with them, and review the Opus Event Teacher Tutorial on the WMEA website before you try to submit last-minute auditions. It will take a little time to get these set up.
Final 10 days to submit awards nominations
· Hall of Fame – deadline October 15. Link on WMEA home page or directly by clicking here http://wmea.org/FormEntry.aspx?ID=4.
· Administrator of the Year – deadline October 15. Link on WMEA home page or click here http://wmea.org/FormEntry.aspx?ID=6
Conference Registration https://register.opusevent.com
We encourage you to read through the directions thoroughly, posted on the Conference Information website page, before you try to register. There are new curve balls this year, but the instructions are very good!
Music Matters! If that is true, have you made your public statement with your own Music Matters license plate? Music Matters funded $125,000 worth of needs for 30 schools this year, plus they contribute funding to YME as the largest donor for the past 3 years. Don’t have a Music Matters plate?…Why not? http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/spmusic.html
2019 NAfME Northwest Division Conference
Session proposals for the 2019 Northwest Division Conference in Portland, Oregon, are being accepted now throughApril 16, 2018. (One day extension because April 15 is a Sunday.) Click here http://wmea.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=750
Attached you will find a flyer with information specific to National Performing Arts Activities Week, October 8-14. This week is a great week to acknowledge and celebrate your state’s and your schools’ performing arts programs. Within the flyer is information on how to recognize your programs, as well as a printable flyer to post around your schools. The NFHS has setup the hashtag #HSActivitiesMonth and @NFHS_Org to recognize your efforts on social media.
On the news of the day…
I often wonder if the crazies who choose to include an innocent community in their personal suicide had made music part of their life or if their schools were more aware about the true benefits of music, if they facilitated more social interaction (dance and attending performances) and more listening, if they (the crazies) might have made choices that lead them to have a reverence for life rather than a loathing of it and of themselves. I know music has been a positive effect on me as someone who started out very much going the wrong direction. My teachers especially in high school and college saw something in me contrary to the stupid, self-destructive teenager I had become that helped me make the turn. What we do as individuals, teachers, parents and as an association supports a better society. It is that important, so I am grateful to be associated with WMEA and all of you as we find our way as an organization. Remember Music Matters is more than a sales or fundraising campaign slogan. It is truth that you are practicing, imparting and mastering daily.
Scott Ketron, Executive Director
We have a new address!
Washington Music Educators Association
19105 36th Ave W Suite 213
Lynnwood WA 98036
Phone 425-712-9632 | 800-324-9632
Fax 425-776-1795
[email protected]
www.wmea.org