Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) records
Collection
0153-SCPA
Founded in 1941, the Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) is the professional association for the school music teachers of Maryland. Its mission is to give Maryland’s music teachers opportunities for professional development, encourage excellence in both teachers and students, and to be an advocate for music education within Maryland schools. The MMEA Archives covers the period from 1904 to 2008 with the bulk of the materials falling between 1970 and 1990. The collection consists of board meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, financial materials, materials of officers including presidents of the organization, membership materials, documents relating to events sponsored by the organization, the quarterly publication The Maryland Music Educator, as well as audio and visual materials relating to All-State groups selected by the organization. Included materials document the relationship between MMEA and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), as well as other similar organizations.
There are no restricted files in this collection.
Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Please contact SCPA's curator to make an appointment: Email: scpa@umd.edu, Tel: 301.405.9220.
40.25 Linear Feet
The Maryland Music Educators Association Collection covers the period from 1904 to 2008 with the bulk of the materials falling between 1970 and 1990. The collection consists of board meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, financial materials, materials of officers including presidents of the organization, membership materials, documents relating to events sponsored by the organization, the quarterly publication The Maryland Music Educator, as well as audio and visual materials relating to All-State groups selected by the organization. Included materials document the relationship between MMEA and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), as well as other similar organizations.
Founded in 1941 and incorporated in 1961, the Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) is the professional association for the school music teachers of Maryland. Its mission is to give Maryland's music teachers opportunities for professional development, encourage excellence in both teachers and students, and to be an advocate for music education within Maryland schools. MMEA sponsors a variety of activities that provides musical enrichment for both students and teachers of music. The organization sponsors eight annual All-State performance groups (Senior Band, Senior Mixed Chorus, Senior Women's Chorus, Senior Jazz Band, Senior Orchestra, Junior Band, Junior Chorus and Junior Orchestra) which are chosen from all over the state as well as solo and ensemble events.
MMEA is a state-wide, non-profit educational organization dedicated to the advancement of music education in Maryland as well as the advancement the musical growth of Maryland's teachers and students. It serves as the federated Maryland state unit of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). It also serves as the music department of the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA) MMEA currently counts 1,100 Maryland music teachers from every part of the state as members. These teachers teach in every type of school at every grade level. Members have the option of joining one of the many sub organizations connected with the MMEA such as the Maryland Orchestra Directors Association (MODA), the Maryland Choral Directors Association (MCDA), or the Maryland Band Directors Association (MBDA).
This collection is organized into sixteen series and eighteen subseries.
Current and future accessions will be made through the NAFME Historical Center.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library