At the December 13th Tuscarawas Valley High School band concert OMEA Immediate Past President Michael Crist announced that Superintendent of Schools, Mark Murphy, would be awarded the 2019 OMEA Outstanding Administrator Award. Mark was nominated by Merri Genslely, Director of Bands, … Continue reading Outstanding Awards at the 2019 OMEA PDC

Dear OMEA Retired Members: Over the years, the importance of the “gathering” of OMEA retired teachers has remained one of the cornerstones of the annual professional development conference. We expect this year to be no different and I encourage you … Continue reading PDC Details & Deadlines for OMEA Retired Members

Dear OCMEA Members: Now available online is the OMEA Guidebook. Check out the many great sessions for college students and young music educators! WEBSITE BASED SCHEDULE DOWNLOAD THE APP & GUIDE CONFERENCE HOUSING PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES JANUARY 18! REGISTER NOW AT … Continue reading OCMEA Activities at the Conference

Dear OMEA Members, On behalf of the Trustees and Staff of OMEA – Happy New Year! As the conference quickly approaches, there is important information and a few deadlines that I want to bring to your attention. If you need to … Continue reading Important Conference Information!!

Dear OMEA Members, This is an extremely busy time for music educators! I want to thank you for taking time away from all of your responsibilities to read these short but important messages. Registration for High School S&E events is now … Continue reading Important PDC Reminders from Roger Hall and Using the NEW OMEA Website – Installment #3

Now that you have successfully renewed your membership, you can get started registering your students for events. The new website lists your member profile WORK addresses as choices when registering performers. Those addresses must be added BEFORE you begin registering … Continue reading Preparing for Adjudicated Events Using the New OMEA Website! Installment #2

Most people reason that a good career requires sharp mental skills. People who can process information, focus, and multi-task have great advantages. Now there is new research that identifies musicians as having more of these traits than others. Click HERE … Continue reading Selected Reading from Jim Dowdy, OMEA Music Education Advocacy Chair

AE season will be here before we know it and being prepared is something you can do right now to avoid missing deadlines. As you know, deadlines will not be extended so it is important to plan ahead. Membership is … Continue reading Preparing for Adjudicated Events Using the New OMEA Website! Installment #1

CONGRATULATIONS to our OHIO student musicians selected for the 2018 NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles! CONGRATULATIONS to our 28 OHIO Student Musicians and their Directors who have been selected to perform in the National Association for Music Education’s  All-National Honor Ensembles!   … Continue reading OHIO Student Musicians Selected for the 2018 NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles

CONGRATULATIONS to OMEA member Brandon Gordon, Bryan High School Orchestra Director, who has been selected as one of the sixteen pilot teachers to participate in the National Association for Music Education’s professional development program, titled Experiential Ensembles.  Over fifty music educators … Continue reading Brandon Gordon selected to participate in NAfME’s Experiential Ensembles