2023 TMEA Conference

PRESIDENT’S
WELCOME
On behalf of the TMEA Board of Directors and
Conference Planning Committee, welcome to
the 64th Annual Tennessee Music Education
Association Conference. We are excited to
welcome music educators, music merchants,
and student performers from across this great
state for four incredible days of learning,
sharing, and music making. All of this would not
be possible without the generous support of
our conference sponsors. Thank you for your
contributions to our organization and for your commitment to supporting
music in our schools so that all students have access to our programs.
I always view our annual conference as a homecoming where friends and
colleagues can come together to catch up, learn together, and develop
new relationships. This comradery is essential to building a community of
professionals where we feel strengthened and where iron sharpens iron.
As you will see in this program, our Conference Planning Committee has
tirelessly worked to provide opportunities to learn from highly knowledgeable
and experienced presenters on essential topics targeted at improving and
enhancing our quality of instruction. Our invited performance ensembles
represent some of the finest music programs from diverse settings across the
state. We have also assembled some of the most renowned conductors to
work with our accomplished All-State student musicians, and you will have the
opportunity to observe them practicing their craft in rehearsals as well as at
the culminating concerts Friday evening and Saturday morning. Throughout
the conference, we also invite you to spend time conversing with our vendors
and exploring their programs and products in the exhibit hall.
We hope you will find renewal and inspiration during this conference while
enjoying the beauty of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
It is our hope that you will return home inspired to implement new ideas and
concepts you have been exposed to at this conference which will motivate
you with the renewed energy and passion needed to successfully finish the
academic year. Tennessee is blessed to have such highly qualified music
teachers, talented students, and strong advocates and supporters of music.
Thank you for your commitment to music education and your devotion to
lifelong learning. We hope you enjoy the conference.
Ryan Fisher, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, University of Memphis College of Communication and Fine Arts
39th President, Tennessee Music Education Association