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Every year, around mid- to late-July, I always tend to convince myself that this will be the year everything is finally perfectly organized. A fresh new planner ready to be color-coded, a newly organized drawer (…or 5), updated bulletin boards, instruments repaired, and everything in its proper place.
Welcome to the 2026-2027 academic year! I am happy to serve as President of the Higher Education Division of the Alabama Music Educators Association alongside Vice-President/President-Elect Dr. Brandon Slocumb…
The journey to becoming a music educator is shaped by far more than coursework and rehearsals. It is built through experiences that challenge us, inspire us, and prepare us to become stronger teachers, leaders, performers, and advocates.
Early in the spring of 2022, I was added to a group chat via text. The topic of the chat was possible candidates to serve as the next president-elect of AMEA. Thoughtfully, I suggested several folks’ names and was told by the other texters, “Yes…”
The 2026 Alabama All-State Band Festival in Mobile served as a powerful testament to the state’s thriving music education community.
As the pace of the school year gives way to the free rhythm of summer, it presents a much-needed time for rest and a valuable opportunity for intentional professional growth.
The final chapter of the 2025-2026 school year has concluded for the Alabama Orchestra Association! Over the past few months, we have provided music opportunities for hundreds of students across the state.
As another school year comes to a close, many of us land in a familiar place: somewhere between proud, exhausted, and already thinking, “Next year, I’m going to…”
Music is such a wonderful and enjoyable activity in which to be involved, but music is much more substantive than this. What we receive from being a part of a music ensemble is so much more than what it requires of us in time and effort.
One goal for this year’s state cNAfME board is to connect with as many college and university chapters as we can, and to feature all of the great work that they are doing in advocacy of music education.
