The First Marcia McEntyre Zoffuto Memorial Music Scholarship Awarded
The Foundation for Music Education is pleased to announce that Alex Bowen is the the first recipient of the first Marcia McEntyre Zoffuto Memorial Music Scholarship. Alex is a junior music education...
View ArticleMERN (Texas Music Education Mentoring Network) Enters 2nd Year
The Foundation for Music Education enters the second year of powering MERN. MERN is the Music Education Resource Network which is a pro-bono mentoring network of TMEA members (advisors) helping new...
View ArticleTBA Bandmasters Review article on Marching Band by Ferd Vollmar
As all of my high school band director friends are in the final days of marching band preparation this fall, I wanted to brag on the great article written by Ferd Vollmar in the September TBA issue of...
View ArticleThe Study and Performance of Music Positively Changes the Brain
This is a great short article via the Phi Beta Mu Newsletter citing research posted by The DANA Foundation. Music educators often lust after a priority position among school programs. The surest way...
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Cavalcade Showcase of Music Announced
“This is the closest sound I have ever heard to Carnegie Hall.” Isaac Stern, Violinist, applauding the acoustics of the Pikes Peak Center following his 1983 performance. We are proud to announce that...
View Article2nd Annual Marcia McEntyre Zoffuto Memorial Scholarship
Travis Marks is a senior at West Texas A&M University pursuing his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. He was born and raised in Midland, Texas and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in...
View ArticleTop Twenty Reasons A Child Should Study Music by Debora Torres Patel
Music is like math and Spanish or Latin: It’s a foreign language, one that can help develop learning, motor and comprehension skills. Learning music or playing an instrument opens doors to new...
View ArticleGeneral Information on Successful Mentoring by MERN
General Information on Mentoring Statistics: • “Teachers new to the profession are more likely to leave than their more experienced counterparts.” – Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? By Richard...
View ArticleJoplin Music Project Final Update
Good Day, I wanted to take a moment to update all of our interested sponsors and giving partners on the status of gifts that The Foundation for Music Education generated and forwarded to the Joplin...
View ArticleJoplin Music Relief Project
I wanted to thank the many contributors to the Joplin Music Relief Project and list them below! Abilene Christian Schools – Abilene, TX Action Trophies & Awards, Bart Bailey – Carrollton, TX...
View Article2018 Mark of Excellence Results and Adjudicators
2018 Results National Wind Band Honors ResultsNational Orchestra Honors ResultsNational Choral Honors ResultsNational Jazz Honors ResultsNational Percussion Honors Results 2018 Mark of Excellence...
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