CMEA Collegiate Council - CASMEC Update

by Daniel Crispino, Caitlin Cooper, & Victoria Guerrero

CMEA Collegiate Council

CSAMEC Update - Thank You!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our collegiate sessions during CASMEC! It was awesome to have everyone together and get to hear as well as learn from our presidents. We had a wonderful time getting to know everyone and learning how we can support you as collegiate students!

Who Are We?

The CMEA Collegiate Council is a body of collegiate music education students from across the state of California. Members of the council are prominent leaders in their respective school NAfME chapters and CMEA sections. In addition to creating more collegiate opportunities and resources at the annual CASMEC Conference in February, the Council represents collegiate interests at the state and national advocacy events and fosters a dialogue between music education students throughout California.

Collegiate Council Interest Form:

If you are interested in being on the collegiate council for the 2023-2024 school year please, fill out this form. Even if you are on the verge of whether or not to join, fill it out and we can provide more information about it. We would love to have more representation across the state and more colleagues to work with so that we can build stronger collegiate support. It’s a great experience to learn about advocacy, build connections with other music educators around the state, professional development, and so much more.

California Alliance for Jazz Collegiate Chapter

The new California Alliance for Jazz Collegiate Chapter exists to connect collegiate students with jazz professionals in their area to serve as mentors. As a member of CAJ, students also have access to jazz pedagogy resources (including free tuition to the Summer Jazz Institute for Educators). Please visit cajazz.org for more information!

Join the California Alliance for Jazz (it’s free for NAfME/ CMEA Collegiate members!).

1. Make sure your NAfME/ CMEA membership is up to date.

2. Go to cajazz.org

3. Scroll to the “Join Us” section on the homepage.

4. Click “Sign Up” under “Hall of Fame & Honorees.”

The CAJ Collegiate Chapter is looking for a representative from each college/university. Please fill out this Google Form to nominate yourself or someone from your chapter to be your school’s official CAJ Collegiate Representative.

Responsibilities of CAJ Collegiate Representatives are:

1. Join CAJ.

2. Share CAJ events with the music education, jazz studies, and any other interested music students at your school.

3. Let CAJ know if you want help setting up a jazz clinic at your school with a nearby active or retired CAJ member.

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