COLLEGIATES! Interested in getting more involved with CMEA? APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the 2024-25 CMEA Collegiate Board of Directors Representative. You can find out more about this role and a link to apply in this document here. The application CLOSES ON MAY 3RD!… Continue reading
The Connecticut Arts Administrators Association, Inc. is pleased to offer its time-honored Summer Arts Institute with expanded opportunities. Open to all arts educators, administrators/supervisors, curriculum specialists, teaching artists and representatives from arts organizations, the summer institute provides highly qualified instructors, mentoring, models, and guidance in Standards-Based curriculum design, assessment, and instructional practice. Special sessions will focus on integrating … Continue reading
THANK YOU to everyone who attended, performed, and participated in our 77th annual In-Service Conference April 4-6th! We want YOUR FEEDBACK! Click here to give us your thoughts and to potentially get involved in planning for the next conference! Questions? Email the CMEA PD Chair at prof-dev@cmea.org… Continue reading
Check out our Year at a Glance for dates and pricing for all PD events for the 2023-24 school year! Check back in the spring for 2024-25 dates and pricing so you can better plan and advocate!… Continue reading
CMEA has recently formed a new STEAM committee to provide teachers with resources and lessons to use to teach and advocate for the music and math/science connection in their school and district. Check out the STEAM tab under Professional Resources. Interested in getting involved? Email the CMEA Professional Development Chair at prof-dev@cmea.org… Continue reading
Are you new to CMEA? Or maybe you have never taken students to audition for Regionals and/or All-State? Read through this welcome letter, outlining everything you need to know! Still have questions? Reach out to the Student Affairs Commission Chair at student-affairs@cmea.org… Continue reading
Do you have a job opening in your school or district? Let us know so we can include them on our Job Board! Email a brief description and application links to us at info@cmea.org… Continue reading
WHY SHOULD I LOG IN? Here are some items that are visible only when logged in: Contact emails for the Executive Board, Student Affairs Commission, festival committees, HS repertoire committee and other program chairs. Teacher Festival Guidelines and Policies Handbook. There is an abbreviated student version of festival policies posted publicly that only contains what … Continue reading
About 35-40,000 years ago, humans began carving flutes out of bone. Could it have been a means of communication or were the flutes simply used to entertain? Most likely we’ll never know the answer but, curiously, humans were also painting the walls of caves. Why would these early visual and auditory expressions be part of … Continue reading
