TBME (Texas Black Music Educators)

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So excited to see one of our very own doing it Big for their first at TMEA

🚨 TMEA 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

It’s official. We’re taking 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 🎶 LIVE at TMEA 2026! 🎙️

Join Justin and Eric alongside our incredible confirmed guests
✨ Shirron Hawkins
✨ Sarah Lopes
✨ Samara Martinez

for a real, honest, and energizing conversation about how we connect with students by honoring the music they already love—and what that looks like in real classrooms, real programs, and real lives.

This will be interactive, reflective, and rooted in practice. Come ready to listen, laugh, and leave with ideas you can use immediately.

📍 TMEA 2026 | San Antonio
🗓 Friday, 9:30–10:30 AM
🎧 CC LDR – River Level (Grotto)

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The TBME leaders had a wonderful chat in our Meet the Clinicians Series. We hope y'all join these awesome educators at TMEA
Keavon Runnels
Sybil James
Kuan Mitchell
Evan Fontenot

Thank you for all you have done for the jazz community!!

Wynton Marsalis, founder and first artistic director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, will be stepping down after nearly 40 years in the role.

The Board of Directors at the center announced Thursday that Marsalis will transition from his current role as artistic and administrative leader over the next two years.

Marsalis is one of the most influential figures in the industry. As one of the most recognizable faces at Lincoln Center, he helped move jazz into the prestigious cultural institution.

"When we established Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1987, our goal was to build an enduring jazz institution that would both entertain and educate by exposing multi-generational audiences to an often-overlooked aspect of American culture, and I am proud of the tremendous progress we've made," Marsalis said in a statement.

Read more here >> https://cbsloc.al/4qZpyxm

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Elementary Music Educators plan your summer NOW with one of these awesome programs.

Alvin ISD Orff Institute
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Fort Bend ISD Kodaly Institute
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It's Annual Meeting Time at TMEA

Reach out to Mr. Carl Dickey for more information on how to sign up.

Have you ordered your shirt yet TBME? You have until September 20th.

TBME 2526 Group Order Form - Sign Up Today! I'm organizing our Custom Ink order. You will need to pay here in custom ink for the shirt to be individually mailed to you. Thanks!