WHAT'S BRAND NEW: 

We are proud to announce that the new SCMEA Forum is now open for business! This free service allows music educators across the state to share ideas and concerns in a private, supportive environment. All SCMEA members should have received an email invitation to the new forums. If you have any questions please email the forum manager. To access the forum, click on the Forum link on the left.

Support music education in our state. Read about the 100% Club!

Awards, Awards, Awards!

Click on over to the Awards Page to view the winners of the 2010 SCMEA awards and to download forms to nominate colleagues for the 2011 awards.

Spend a week in Washington DC: Music Education Week!

Sponsored by MENC, attend this special conference from July 24-29, 2010. For more information, download this PDF (550 K).

Music Education Week is an annual event created by MENC at the direction of the MENC National Executive Board. It is built around a new format, different from that of past national biennial conferences. This format is designed to provide members with opportunities for music education advocacy, intensive professional development, and performances in a destination location on an annual basis, and during the summer instead of the school year.

Neuroscientist: Think twice about cutting music in schools

At a press briefing on February 21, 2010, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist argued that music training has profound effects that shape the sensory system and should be a mainstay of K-12 education. Read about it: http://www.physorg.com/news185942640.html

Read an amazing article about Learning, Arts and the Brain. Visit the Advocacy page.

Congratulations to Patti Foy for becoming the newest member of the SCMEA Hall of Fame. Take a stroll down memory lane to see who else is a member of this select group. Also note the listing of Past Presidents of this organization.

President's Note. Read an engaging and inspiring message from the SCMEA president, Glenn C. Price

Write to your South Carolina congressmen and congresswomen in support of music education. Download a list of contact information from the Awards page.

Dr. Christopher Selby has been elected President-Elect for SCMEA.

New calendar online. Go to the Events page to download the 2009-10 calendar.

The South Carolina Music Educators Association is a federated state association of the Music Educators National Conference. The South Carolina Music Educators Association does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, handicap, religion or national origin in the dealings with students, the general public, education programs or activities..