Marshall Collegiate National Association for Music Education

HAPPY FALL SEMESTER!

We are so excited to welcome our new music education majors this fall! We can’t wait to see them thrive and create. We hope you all have the best first semester! 🎶💚🤘🏻

Here are some great resources for future music educators presented by the National Band Association.

The NBA state chairs from the Eastern Division will host a series of workshops designed to help college students prepare for their first years in the profession. These virtual presentations will run on Sundays in May with the hope of providing information that will help college students transition into successful careers in the profession.

All of the workshops can be accessed at the following link: https://wcupa.zoom.us/j/92441606318?pwd=TnhnOEpzRHNZYzZ5WXlKcUZQWUZiUT09

We want to extend a huge CONGRATULATIONS to this year's cNAfME Officer Team at Marshall University!

We are so proud of the leaders that each of you are becoming, and we cannot wait to see what you do with this organization in the next year!

"For WVMEA, the ongoing trials of 2020 have caused us to make decisions for 2021. Despite our desires, we have decided that the 2021 In-Service meeting will be a virtual experience. Rather than lament the lost opportunities to gather and celebrate music education, we must embrace the most significant change in 75 years of WVMEA In-Service Meetings. To make sure that the 2021 In-Service is successful and an event worthy of our membership, we are starting now on creating a new experience. Like those pioneers who hosted our first in-service, we will be working from scratch. That means some very familiar items will be adapted and other familiar items will be replaced with items that work better in a virtual world.

Some of you have spent several moments looking at the last paragraph and thinking, 'that stinks' or 'no way will this be as good as 2020.' At this point I am asking you to re-frame those thoughts into, 'ok, this will be different' and 'huh, I wonder what options this opens.' Some early positives with a virtual experience could be 1) our ability to Open Doors for more members and students by eliminating travel costs and 2) allowing members to attend a higher number of sessions based on the platform we choose. I am not suggesting that anything can replace the fellowship of a traditional In-Service, but lessons learned from hosting this conference will help us improve future in-person experiences in ways that we would never have imagined."

Keith Jackson,
WVMEA President

(Note: Please keep an eye on our social media or website. We will be releasing more details and information about the 2021 In-Service "Virtual" Conference as it becomes available.)

Some very useful information here as we prepare to welcome students back in the fall.

Return-To-Campus comprehensive guide The Return-to-Campus plan addresses all aspects of returning to on-site instruction during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, from academics and residence halls to students and employees, as well as testing protocols and health concerns.

Congratulations to our MUED graduates!! We wish you all the best going forward and can’t wait to see how you positively impact the future of music education!!

Zach Butler
Emma Dilley
*Cierra Doss
Sarah Keiper
Matt Lyon
*Steven Schumann
Melissa Barlip

*Returning in the fall the complete their performance degrees

Congratulations to the School of Music Class of 2020! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see what amazing things you do!

Congratulations to our MUED graduates!! We wish you the best of luck and are so proud of you!!

🚨 ATTENTION ALL MUSIC EDUCATION MAJORS AND THOSE THAT LOVE JAZZ 🚨

cNAfME meeting today with Marshall University Jazz Professor Jeff Wolfe! Come learn about jazz education and how you can use it in your future career!

⏰: 3pm
📍: Studio 143 in Smith Music Hall
🎶: Jazz Education

Thank you Thunder Snaps Photography for taking pictures of our Trunk or Treat and Halloween Costume Party! The pictures turned out great!

If you have not had a chance to check their page out, please go take a look at their pictures and keep up with the happenings at Marshall University!

🎊🎊 We have TWO important events going on TONIGHT! 🎊🎊

From 6:30pm-8pm, join us in the parking lot across from Smith Music Hall for a Trunk or Treat! There will be lots of candy and lots of fun! Please tell all of your friends!

From 8:30pm-??, we will be having a Halloween Costume Party for all Music Majors and Minors. There will be pizza, chips, drinks, and amazing music.

Please join us tonight for these events!

Thank You and Go Herd!

Thanks to Tara Stout for making the trip from Illinois to talk with our future music educators about the importance of Teacher Unions!

Attention MUED Students:
Our final seminar of the year is this Friday, April 6 at 8:00 am.
See you then!