Kentucky Music Educators Association
Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) is the Kentucky state-level affiliate of The National Association for Music Education. KMEA consists of over 1,000 professional music educators at all levels from kindergarten to the university level.[1][2][3]
Programs[edit]
Choruses[edit]
Kentucky high school students are provided the opportunity to participate in the Kentucky All-State Choruses [SATB, SSAA, TTBB]. For elementary and middle school children, KMEA offers the Kentucky Children's Chorus for grades 5–6, and two Kentucky Junior High Choruses for grades 7–9: a treble chorus and a mixed chorus.
Bands and orchestras[edit]
Kentucky high school students also are provided the opportunity to participate in All-State Bands (Concert, Symphonic, Jazz), and the All-State Symphony Orchestra or the Commonwealth String Orchestra, for which the students are chosen from a rigorous audition on their instruments.
Marching band[edit]
See Kentucky State Marching Band Championships
Assessments[edit]
KMEA provides opportunities for students to receive ratings for their performances as soloists or in small ensembles at district-level sites throughout the Commonwealth in what are called Solo and Ensemble Assessments. Qualified evaluators rate student performances and offer suggestions for improvement of their playing skills. For a student to participate in such an event, their music teacher must be a Kentucky Music Educators Association member. Large Ensemble Assessment allow bands, orchestras, and choral groups to play for evaluation at district-level sites. Bands or choirs receiving Distinguished (I) ratings may participate in the State Concert Band or State Choral Assessments held later in the spring of each year.
References[edit]
- ^ Parker, Joseph D. (1991). "A History of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, 1907-1981" (PDF). Kentucky Music Educators Association. OCLC 48840636.
- ^ Smith, Jack W. (January 1991). "Book Review: A History of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, 1907–1981". The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education. 14 (1): 61–63. doi:10.1177/153660069301400106. S2CID 219961820.
- ^ Joseph, Lyndsay Blair (2012). The KMEA and Its String Program: Teaching Techniques of String Teachers (M.M. Ed. thesis). University of Louisville. doi:10.18297/etd/715. OCLC 812031216.