Manitoba Music Educators' Association
M M E A
L'Association manitobaine des éducateurs de musique
A unified voice for music education
The purpose of the Manitoba Music Educators' Association (MMEA) is to support and promote music education and provide a unified voice for music education in our communities.
We believe that the ultimate goal of music education is to foster independent and creative musicians equipped for lifelong engagement with music and music-making.
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Relationship + Community
We believe music education helps students create meaningful relationships with others. Music education has the potential to build a sense of community within a school as well as create connections in the wider community
Collaboration
We believe that collaborations among music educators and between educators, parents, music industry, educational leaders and other stakeholders are fundamental to the future advancement of music education initiatives.
Leadership
We believe our organization is most influential and effective when music educators speak with a united voice. We value cooperation with school divisions, provincial and national professional organizations and governments.
We believe that music education should be taught by professionally trained music educators with proficient knowledge and skills in the areas of music performance, pedagogy and musicianship. We value, encourage, and promote ongoing professional development.
We believe that students are best served through research based practices that support Music Educators' instructional decision-making, as well as historical and philosophical research that provides perspective in designing curriculum to meet the needs of students and communities.
We believe that the best advocacy for music education is strong music programs. We believe it is the responsibility of the MMEA to individually and collectively take all practical and appropriate action steps to promote the mission and values of the organization.
We value music as a unique discipline requiring specific knowledge and skills, the development of which is nurtured by pedagogically sound musical experiences.
We believe that every student has the right to a high quality music education that engages students of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and experiences in music making.
We believe that active engagement in music making through singing, playing, listening, conducting, composing, arranging and improvising is central to music learning and the development of musicianship.
News & Events
MMEA NEWSLETTERS
Latest: February 2024
AMAM Confernece 2024
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TEMPO 2024
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MMEA Town Hall
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7 pm, via Zoom
The newly formed Manitoba Kodaly Society is putting on a Town Hall to let us know who they are and how they will support teachers and kids through the Kodaly method.
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O Canada
The MMEA is excited to provide all music educators in Manitoba with three versions of O Canada (English, French and Bilingual) for use in their schools. If you want to use the recordings outside of your school, you must contact MMEA for permission.
Thank you to Garden City Collegiate Choral Director and Winnipeg Jets anthem singer Stacey Nattrass Brown for giving her time and talents to make this recording happen.
Also, thank you to Les Chalmers at River East Collegiate for his time and talents in recording and producing the recordings.
Scan the QR code on the left or click on the Button below to access a shared Google Drive folder.
From there feel free to download/burn to CD as you wish!
Sincerely,
MMEA Board
