Executive Director Florida Music Education Association Kathleen D. Sanz, PhD
Hinckley Center for Fine Arts Education
402 Office Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 878-6844 or (800) 301-3632 (kdsanz@fmea.org)
Editor-in-Chief
D. Gregory Springer, PhD Florida State University College of Music 122 N. Copeland Street Tallahassee, FL 32306 (850) 644-2925 (office) (dgspringer@fsu.edu)
Editorial Committee Terice Allen (850) 245-8700, Tallahassee (tallen1962@hotmail.com) Judy Arthur, PhD Florida State University, KMU 222 (850) 644-3005 (jrarthur@fsu.edu) William Bauer, PhD University of Florida, Gainesville (352) 273-3182; (wbauer@ufl.edu) Alice-Ann Darrow, PhD College of Music, FSU, Tallahassee (850) 645-1438; (aadarrow@fsu.edu) Jeanne Reynolds (jeannewrey@gmail.com)
Contents November 2021
Volume 75 • Number 4
F E AT U R E S
Candidates for FBA President-Elect. . . . . . . . .
8-9
Building Students’ Confidence Through Role Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Prelude to the 2022 FMEA Professional Development Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23
John K. Southall, PhD Indian River State College, Fort Pierce (772) 462-7810; (johnsouthall@fmea.org)
Advertising Sales
Valeria Anderson (val@fmea.org) 402 Office Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 878-6844
Official FMEA and FMD Photographers
Bob O’Lary Debby Stubing
Art Director & Production Manager Lori Danello Roberts LDR Design Inc. (lori@flmusiced.org)
Circulation & Copy Manager
Valeria Anderson, (800) 301-3632
Copy Editor
Susan Trainor
D E PA R T M E N T S President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Component News.. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Advertiser Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2021-22 FMEA Donors. . . . . . . 32-33
From the Editor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Research Puzzles. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Advocacy Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Committee Reports. . . . . . . . . .
36
Academic Partners . . . . . . . . . . 24
Executive Director’s Notes. . . . . .
38
Corporate Partners. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Officers and Directors.. . . . . . . .
39
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