The 76th Annual Missouri Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop/Conference opens today at Tan-Tar-A Resort.

Many of MMEA’s state membership of over 3,000 music educators  will join together as advocates for music education in Missouri schools.

Kevin Griffin, St. Joseph School District Secondary Fine Arts Coordinator,  will be attending the Conference.   Griffin has been a music educator for 29 years in Missouri and told St. Joseph Post that he always looks forward to the MMEA Conference with great anticipation and excitement.

“It is a time to dialogue and re-connect with other professionals in the field of music education. MMEA has a rich tradition of quality conference clinics and concerts,” he said.  “Our state conference is one of the best music education conferences in the United States!  I always look forward to hearing quality performances by bands, choirs, and orchestras from throughout the state. This year, I am specifically interested in attending clinics offered at MMEA that will feature the new Common Core Standards and how they will impact our public school music education classes.”

Griffin is also completing a two year term as President of the Northwest District of MMEA.  “I will be leading a meeting of music educators from our area on Saturday.   We will be discussing and planning events for next school year related to our district and state.  These include MSHSAA Solo & Ensemble Contest and District & State Band/Choir auditions.”

 

 

 

 

The Missouri Music Educators Association is a federated association of the NAfME: The National Association for Music Education which includes nearly 80,000 Music Educators dedicated to providing a comprehensive, well-balanced, sequential, and quality education to every child in America.

Kevin Griffin of Truman Middle School in St. Joseph is Northwest District 1 president