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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.

Remember to Renew Your NAfME membership at the end of June. Memberships expire on June 30 and must be renewed annually. Please make sure to select the Active Alabama box or the Retired Alabama box when renewing.

Here we go again! Staring at multiple news reports and weather apps, trying to determine if the 2026 AMEA Professional Development Conference is going to be iced over as it has threatened to do consecutively for multiple years.

As I reflect on our 2026 AMEA Conference, I am extremely proud of our state association and the effort that goes into making it the best it can be. Many hands work together for many hours to ensure that the music educators in

My role as AVA President-Elect and now President has afforded me the opportunity to learn about and observe choral students and programs across the state.

Another successful AMEA conference is in the books for our association and the AOA. We had a great group of string educators come together for a weekend of good food, conversation, and learning.

Brooke Gray and The Oak Mountain Melodies kicked things off for us with a wonderful concert bright and early Thursday morning. Dr. Scott Sexton led us through so many genius ideas about using solfege, teaching musical literacy, and incorporating historical events like the