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Elementary<br />
Joseph Girgenti, Chair<br />
uncp.edu/music • music@uncp.edu • 910.521.6230<br />
Happy summer, everyone! I am reminded of these lyrics<br />
from George Gershwin’s “<strong>Summer</strong>time” – “One of these<br />
mornings, you gonna rise up<br />
singin’. Yes, you’ll spread your wings,<br />
and you’ll take to the sky.” Now that the<br />
school year is over, it’s time to recharge<br />
and rejuvenate, so we can take to the<br />
sky as the new school year rolls in.<br />
Your Elementary board has<br />
been busy the last few months with<br />
our Mini-Conference in April, fall<br />
conference planning, constitution and<br />
bylaws revision, and Teacher of the<br />
Year nomination and selection.<br />
Mini-Conference was a huge<br />
success! We had almost 50 virtual<br />
and in-person participants, and our<br />
presenters were fabulous. If you did not<br />
attend this year, we plan on holding<br />
this event annually across various<br />
locations throughout the state to serve<br />
as many music educators as possible.<br />
The date and location for 2024 will be<br />
determined in the coming months and<br />
announced in January.<br />
As for the <strong>2023</strong> NCMEA<br />
Professional Development Conference,<br />
Inspire Harmony, session proposals<br />
have been reviewed, a preliminary<br />
schedule has been created, and we are<br />
gearing up for an exciting conference.<br />
All summer, we will be posting clinician<br />
highlights and showcase the wonderful<br />
things they will be presenting.<br />
Student performances are also back<br />
this year! We had several fantastic<br />
applicants and the board chose four<br />
groups to participate: Union and<br />
Marshville Elementary Schools, <strong>North</strong>ern<br />
Elementary School, Wesleyan Christian Academy, and Balls Creek<br />
Elementary School.<br />
Everyone got into the act at the Spring Mini-Conference<br />
We are so close to sharing the much-needed updates and<br />
revisions to our governing documents. The last update was in 2012.<br />
Be on the lookout for the updated<br />
documents in the fall so you can make<br />
an informed decision when voting<br />
takes place at the conference.<br />
I am pleased to report we had<br />
over 20 educators nominated for<br />
our Elementary Teacher of the<br />
Year Award. The decision will be<br />
announced at the Elementary Honors<br />
Chorus Concert on November 5.<br />
Honors Chorus audition<br />
information has been posted to<br />
the NCMEA website. The audition<br />
piece for <strong>2023</strong> is the Henry Leck<br />
arrangement of Vivaldi’s “Et<br />
Exultavit.” More on the timeline and<br />
clinic can be found on the Elementary<br />
Honors Chorus FAQs tab.<br />
Do you receive our quarterly<br />
newsletter, Elementary <strong>Music</strong> Matters?<br />
Our most recent issue included<br />
district updates, summer learning<br />
opportunities, grants, and so much<br />
more. If you have not been receiving<br />
our newsletters, please contact myself<br />
or your district representative. You<br />
can find our most recent newsletter<br />
here.<br />
As we continue to build our<br />
network across the state, we are still<br />
looking for teachers to volunteer as<br />
county contacts. County contacts<br />
are some of our biggest assets,<br />
communicating with the teachers<br />
in your area and our board. If<br />
communication is one of your<br />
strengths, we want you for these positions!<br />
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions,<br />
comments, or concerns at elementary_section@ncmea.net.<br />
UNCP is one of the most affordable universities in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong>. With NC Promise, undergraduate tuition<br />
at UNCP is $500 per semester for in-state students and<br />
$2,500 per semester for out-of-state students.<br />
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