September 5, 2008
Dear Nevada Music Educators,
- Hello and welcome back to another exciting school year filled with performances, rehearsals and most of all, beautiful and meaningful music making. This is my opportunity to thank all of you who have chosen to be members of our professional organization, and to extend an invitation to those of you who haven’t yet given us a try. I consider my membership a very important and powerful investment in both myself as a professional and in my professional organization. I challenge all of you to get involved in our state organization. I know we are all very busy, but it is important that we all share the load of NMEA. Please consider your area of expertise and let me know where you can help.
- I am very proud of the direction in which NMEA is moving. The leadership of NMEA has worked very hard over the last year on improving communication with our members. It is so wonderful to work with our zone representatives on the many aspects of our organization. They are bringing positive, constructive comments and concerns to the table and one by one we are trying to address each one of them. Thanks to Paul Rich, our website has been overhauled and will be a great source of information on all of the aspects of NMEA. Make sure you log on and check it out – www.nmeamusic.org. My goal is to make sure that every music educator in the State of Nevada has as much access as possible to everything they need as a member of NMEA.
- We are very excited to announce that our National MENC President, Barbara Geer, will be in attendance at our 2009 All-State Conference. She will be presenting several sessions as well as observing our performing ensembles and listening to the concerns of our state as they relate to MENC. I can’t wait for her to meet the wonderful music educators and music students in our state.
- I encourage each of you to continue to support NMEA as we work hard to move our organization forward and work to make it not just an organization that runs an incredible All-State Conference and Concert, but also an organization that works hard to make sure ALL students receive an outstanding music education in our state. Encourage music educators in your zones who are not members of NMEA to join and get involved!
- Thanks to all of you for your support and a sincere thank you to all of the NMEA board members, zone representatives, chairs and volunteers who help make this organization successful. I look forward to working with all of you in the upcoming school year.
Sincerely,
