PMEA

08/19/2026

08/18/2026

Join us on September 10 for Ready. Set. Go!, a Music IS Education webinar focused on helping music educators and advocates gear up for a successful new school year. Denese Odegaard, from ASTA’s Advocacy Committee and a former NAfME president, will share practical, classroom-centered strategies to support music education in your school and community. She’ll be joined by Mary Dell’Erba, assistant director at the Arts Education Partnership, who will share insights from AEP’s new report, Arts Education, Durable Skills and Workforce Success, and explore how music education builds the durable skills students need for life and work.

Register at www.musiciseducation.org

08/14/2026

🎺 A newly proposed tariff on brass-wind instruments and accessories could make it even harder for music programs and families to afford the instruments students need.

Now is the time for music educators and advocates to make our voices heard! Submit a public comment by August 27 and reach out directly to your members of Congress to oppose the proposed tariff.

Learn what’s at stake and exactly how to take action: bit.ly/brass-wind-tariff-blog

NAMM League of American Orchestras

08/11/2026

PMEA Monitoring Proposed Section 232 Tariffs on Brass Instruments: https://advocacy.pmea.net/pmea-monitoring-proposed-section-232-tariffs-on-brass-instruments/

08/06/2026

Proud to support the Musikfest Music Industry Conference earlier this week! 🎶 PMEA provided in-kind support to help bring educators, artists, and industry leaders together in Bethlehem. Our Director of Public and Government Affairs, Mark Despotakis, presented a session on careers in the music industry and showing students and educators the many pathways music can lead to.

07/31/2026

Happy Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day! Celebrate the sounds you don’t hear every day by sharing your favorite uncommon instrument in the comments. 🎶 What instrument gets your vote?

07/24/2026

Ready to showcase the work your music program is doing? 🎶

Make your Advocacy in Action Award application the best it can be with our step-by-step guide!

🔗 advocacy.musicforall.org/apply

📆 Applications close Monday, August 17 at 11:59 PM EST

07/22/2026

We just posted a new Take Note podcast and we're talking with PMEA leaders to provide an update on what's happening currently and for the future of PMEA.

You can find Take Note in any podcast app or at www.PMEA.net/takenote

07/22/2026

As part of this year's PMEA Leadership Summit, attendees were asked to bring items to donate to The Lion's Pantry, a student-run, non-profit organization and official food pantry at Penn State University.

PMEA Immediate Past President, Brett Keith, is seen here dropping off the many items generously donated by PMEA members.

07/17/2026

Tune in to the latest episode of PMEA Take Note as we talk with Joe Sensor and Kristina Andrei about their experience performing with this summer’s Phantom Regiment Alumni Corps. They share reflections on their time with Phantom Regiment, why they chose to return for this unique opportunity, and the lessons they’re bringing back to their students.

Listen on your favorite podcast app or at www.pmea.net/takenote