OMEA CONFERENCE 2021: MUSIC IS KEY!

Kristi Stingle OMEA 2nd Vice-President

January 2020 saw the return of the OMEA Conference and AllState ensembles to Eugene, where we will also hold our 2021 conference! I would like to congratulate and thank Jeremy Zander, the executive board, and the entire conference planning team for organizing a wonderful conference, as well as Branden and Megan Hansen for their stellar leadership with the All-State program. We are very lucky and grateful to have been supported by a top-notch team of people who donated many hours to the conference and All-State experience in varying capacities. To our ensemble and equipment managers, transportation and housing coordinators, stage crews, AV and booth support at the Graduate, chaperones, college volunteers, and many others - thank you for giving your time and talents generously to OMEA 2020!

Shaping our 2021 Conference: Music is Key!

The OMEA Conference is your conference! Planning for OMEA 2021 is well underway, and we now need your help in shaping it by submitting session proposals via the OMEA website. We have incredible resources within our state. It’s the responsibility of each of us to consider sharing what we do well and are proud of, or to recommend someone that you feel would impact others as they did you. Please connect with your colleagues and area chairs to possibly team together, or to advocate for presenters and sessions. If you have ever thought about submitting a proposal or performance recording, now is the time! The strength of our conference comes from you - our attendees - and all of the music educators in Oregon. Session proposals are categorized in the areas of Elementary General Music, Choir, Orchestra, Band, Jazz, College, Special Interest, and more! Please connect with me at stinglek@loswego.k12.or.us if you have any questions or need support with this process.

Session proposals and Concert Hour Submissions are due June 15, 2020 via the OMEA website. When you have completed your submission in full, you should receive a confirmation email.

Keynote Speaker: Marissa Silverman

Marissa Silverman is Associate Professor of Music Education at the John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, NJ. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Silverman has published invited chapters in recent research handbooks, as well as journal articles in the International Journal of Music Education, the British Journal of Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, Music Education Research, the International Journal of Community Music, Visions of Research in Music Education, and The New York Times. Her research agenda focuses on dimensions of music education philosophy, general music, artistic interpretation, music teacher education, community music, and interdisciplinary curriculum development. Dr. Silverman is author of Gregory Haimovsky: A Pianist’s Odyssey to Freedom (University of Rochester Press, 2018) and co-author (with David Elliott) of the 2nd edition of Music Matters: A Philosophy of Music Education (Oxford University Press). She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education, Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis (Oxford University Press), and Community Music Today (Rowman & Littlefield). As a secondary school teacher, Dr. Silverman taught band, general music, and English literature at Long Island City High School (Queens, NY).

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