Florida Music Education Association

The Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) is a non-profit umbrella association of music education groups in the State of Florida that sets standards for the state in music education, provides continuing education and training opportunities to music educators in the state, provides a job bank for music educators, promotes the interests of music education with state and federal legislators, and showcases the top talents in high school and college jazz, concert band, classical, and choral performance in their annual FMEA All-State honor bands and orchestras at their annual meeting in Tampa in January of each year. FMEA is a federated state unit of the National Association for Music Education.[1]

For other uses of "FMEA", see FMEA (disambiguation).
Florida Music Education Association
AbbreviationFMEA
Formation1944 (1944)
Type501(c)(3) organization
59-0791022
Legal statusActive
PurposeMusic education in Florida
HeadquartersTallahassee, Florida
Coordinates30.446880°N 84.259880°W / 30.446880; -84.259880
President
Shelby Chipman, PhD
Executive Director
Kathleen D. Sanz
AffiliationsNAfME
Websitefmea.org
Formerly called
Florida Music Educators Association

Board of directors

Board members of the FMEA include:[2]

  • A president
  • A president-elect
  • A past president
  • The Executive Director
  • Committee Chairs
  • Component Association Presidents
  • A member-at-large
  • Ex-Officio Members

Umbrella Organization

The FMEA Board of Directors also includes the presidents of the major music education organizations in the state, including:

  • Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA)[3]
  • Florida Collegiate Music Educators Association (FCMEA) [4]
  • Florida Orchestra Association[5]
  • Florida Elementary Music Educators Association (FEMEA)[6]
  • Florida Vocal Association (FVA) [7]
  • Florida Music Supervision Association (FMSA) [8]
  • National Association for Music Education Collegiate (Florida NAfME Collegiate) [9]

Mission

The mission of the Florida Music Education Association is to promote quality, comprehensive music education in all Florida schools.

White Papers

The FMEA puts out multi-year strategic planning and review white papers to help their members educate millions of children from elementary school to post-graduate work, and to continue to promote the importance of music education in the schools in Florida.

Music Demonstration Schools

The FMEA works with the Florida Department of Education to showcase schools who do exemplary work in educating students in music.[10]

Summer Institute

The organization hosts an annual summer institute at the University of South Florida, for continuing education of Florida music educators.

Annual Professional Development Conference

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.

Trade Show

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.

All-State & Honors Ensembles

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.

  • Florida All-State Bands - Students from concert bands around the state are selected to perform in this ensemble of 90-110 players of brass, woodwind, and percussive instruments. The Middle School band consists of 7th & 8th graders, the Concert Band consists of 9th and 10th graders, and the Symphonic Band consists of 11th & 12th graders.
  • Florida All-State Orchestras - Students who play stringed instruments and classical brass and woodwind instruments from around the state are selected to perform in this ensemble of 60-70 students. The Middle School Orchestra consists of 7th & 8th graders, the Concert Orchestra consists of 9th and 10th graders, and the Symphonic Orchestra consists of 11th & 12th graders.
  • Florida All-State Jazz Bands - 17-18 jazz students from around the State of Florida are selected to play in a big band. The Middle School Jazz Band consists of 7th & 8th graders, and the High School Jazz Band consists of 9th & 10th graders.
  • Florida All-State Choruses - Each chorus consists of students from school choral programs from throughout the state of Florida. The various choirs include Middle School Treble Chorus, Middle School Mixed Chorus SATB, High School Mixed Chorus SATB, High School TTBB Chorus, High School SSAA Chorus, and a High School Reading Chorus.
  • Florida All-State Guitar Ensemble - 40-45 guitar students from around the State of Florida are selected to perform a variety of classical guitar repertoire.
  • Florida Popular Music Collective - a small group of around 9 to 11 students who perform popular music, mostly original music created by the students. It is run using a learner-centered pedagogical approach where the students have significant autonomy over the choice of literature performed.[11]
  • Honors Bands and Orchestras - Honors Bands and Orchestras consist of students from concert bands and orchestras around the state. They differ from the All-State ensembles in that the students are nominated by their directors instead of performing an audition.

Sponsors

The FMEA is subsidized by member dues and by sponsorship from Corporate and Academic Partners, Conference Exhibitors, and Advertisers in their publication, the Florida Music Director.

References
  1. "Federated State Associations - NAfME". NAfME official website. NAfME. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. FMEA Board of Directors retrieved March 22, 2022
  3. Florida Bandmasters Association website
  4. FCMEA Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine website
  5. Florida Orchestra Association website
  6. FEMEA website
  7. FVA website
  8. "Florida Music Education Associations".
  9. NAfME Collegiate website
  10. Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine page of the FMEA Website
  11. "FMEA Popular Music Collective". fmea.org. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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