Within the next couple of years KMEA will be participating in a review and revision of the Kansas State Music Standards. A presentation on this topic was given at the 2008 In-Service Workshop by Drs. Catherine Hunt and Elaine Bernstorf. KMEA is now asking Kansas Music Educators to give anonymous feedback about their use of the Standards. The information gleaned will be used to give guidance and direction to the team assembled by the Kansas State Board of Education through KMEA. Many thanks to Dr. Hunt and Dr. Bernstorf for their diligent work on this project! To complete the survey, point your web browser to www.ksmea.org/surveys. We will leave the survey open until June 1st. Your input is very important.

We need your group at KMEA next February! Get your performance application for your group put together and to Mike Quilling by the May 23 deadline. You, as music teachers, often tell your kids to “always try” or to “give it your best shot.” It is time to practice what you preach. Put together three selections from your 2007-2008 school year anthology of recordings. Verify their authenticity with programs or a letter from your administrator. Send them to Mike Quilling, KMEA President-Elect. Ask anyone who has ever taken a group to KMEA: It is entirely worth the effort.

Podcast recordings, PowerPoint presentations, and clinic handouts from various 2008 ISW clinic sessions are available to our members. Approximately 55 hours of content has been posted. Thank you again to all the clinicians who graciously agreed to be a part of this project. Clinicians, we will still accept clinic handouts/presentations for inclusion on this site if they are sent to webmaster at ksmea.org. We can accept files in the following formats: doc, txt, pdf, ppt, wmv/mpg. If you have materials in other formats, please contact the KMEA webmaster.

U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt visited the In-Service Workshop on Friday. He toured a variety of workshop activities and briefly attended the rehearsal of the State Festival Middle Level Choir.
"It was a pleasure attending the KMEA In-Service Workshop," said Tiahrt. "Music is such an integral part of our educational system here in Kansas, and KMEA continues to supplement that by providing quality resources and training to those in the music education fields. In addition, KMEA is a great showcase for the musical talents we have in Kansas."
ISW Photo Gallery

To order group photos from the 2008 In-Service Workshop, go to the Jolesh Photography website. Ordering deadline is May 13, 2008.