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The Alabama Music Educators Association

Association President: Pat Stegall; maszta@hiway.net
Exective Director: Garry Taylor; amea@bellsouth.net
State Journal: the ALA BREVE
State Editor: Garry Taylor; amea@bellsouth.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $97; Retired members $42; Collegiate member $22

The Alaska Music Educators Association

Association President: David Glazier; dglazier@northstar.k12.ak.us
Secretary-Treasurer: Katie Bates; cbates@northstar.k12.ak.us
State Journal: the ALASKA MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Tobias Lambert; tlambert2468@yahoo.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $104; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22

The Arizona Music Educators Association

Association President: Ellen Kirkbride; e.l.kirkbride@maranausd.org
State Manager: David Waggoner; dvdwag@aol.com
State Journal: the ARIZONA MUSIC NEWS
State Editor: Robert Bayless; rbayless65@comcast.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $107; Retired members $49; Collegiate member $22

The Arkansas Music Educators Association

Association President: Judy Hopper; jhopper@arkmea.org
State Manager: Michael White; mwhite@arkmea.org
State Journal: the SEGUE
State Editor: Mary Zies; MZies@aol.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $86; Retired members $44; Collegiate member $22

CMEA: The California Association for Music Education

Association President: Jeffrey Jenkins; jbjenkins@cox.net
Executive Director: John Larrieu; CMEA@calmusiced.com
State Journal: CMEA Magazine
State Editor: Margaret Stevens; StevensMargaret@aol.com
Co-Editor, Art Director, Business Manager: Allen Petrinka; newsCMEA@aol.com
Link to CMEA Sections & Geographic Subdivisions: Bay Section (I); Capitol Section (II); Central Section (III); Central Coast Section (IV); North Coast Section (V); Northern Section (VI); Southern Section (VII); Southern Border Section (VIII)
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $123; Retired members $57; Collegiate member $28

The Colorado Music Educators Association

Association President: Cindy McCaskill; cindy.mccaskill@colostate.edu
State Manager: William Kohut; wmkohut@aol.com
State Journal: THE COLORADO MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Marjorie Camp; margiecamp@comcast.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $106; Retired members $53; Collegiate member $34

The Connecticut Music Educators Association

Association President: Barbara Skrebutenas; bskreb@sbcglobal.net
Executive Director: William Sittard; cmea@snet.net
State Journal: THE CMEA NEWS
State Editor: Jessica Shearer; jshearer@milforded.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $104; Retired members $52; Collegiate member $27

The Delaware Music Educators Association

Association President: Bob Emmons; DMEAmail@yahoo.com
State Manager: Donna Fesmire; dfesmire@colonial.k12.de.us
State Journal: THE DMEA NOTES
State Editor: Brian Drumbore; editor@delawaremea.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $86; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22

The District of Columbia Music Educators Association

Association President: Melvin Miles; drmelmiles@aol.com
State Manager: Iris McNeill-Tate; tateministries@aol.com
State Journal: THE D.C. MUSIC EDUCATOR
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $22

The European Music Educators Association

Association President: James Miller; tbonejim@aol.com
State Manager: Butch Wilcher; Butch_Wilcher@eu.dodea.edu
State Editor: Cheryl Donaldson; cheryl.donaldson@eu.dodea.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $109; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $27

The Florida Music Educators Association

Association President: Jeanne Reynolds; reynoldsj@pcsb.org
Executive Director: James Perry; jamesperry@flmusiced.org
State Journal: THE FLORIDA MUSIC DIRECTOR
State Editor: Michael Allen; mallen@mailer.fsu.edu
State Research Journal: Research Perspectives in Music Education
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $112; Retired members $57; Collegiate member $38

The Georgia Music Educators Association

Association President: Dr. Richard Bell; rbelld@earthlink.net
Executive Director: Cecil Wilder, Hudson 75 Business Park, 218 Willis Dr, Stockbridge, GA 30281-7272, cecil@gmea.org
State Journal: THE GEORGIA MUSIC NEWS
State Editor: Mary Leglar; mleglar@uga.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $57; Collegiate member $22

The Hawaii Music Educators Association

Association President: Teresa McCreary; tmccreary@hpu.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $89; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $27

The Idaho Music Educators Association

Association President: Camille Blackburn; blackbuc@d93.k12.id.us
State Manager: Karen Goodrich; goodrichka@music.myrf.net
State Journal: THE IDAHO MUSIC NOTES
State Editor: Ted Hadley; thadley@cableone.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $97; Retired members $50; Collegiate member $29

The Illinois Music Educators Association

Association President: Mike Pressler; mpressler@maine207.org
Executive Director: Randolph Kummer; illmea@sbcglobal.net
State Journal: THE ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: William Froom; imeapublications@gmail.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $97; Retired members $48.50; Collegiate member $28

The Indiana Music Educators Association

Association President: Lissa May; lamay@indiana.edu
Executive Manager: JoDee Marshall, School of Music, Ball State Univ., Muncie, IN 47306; manager@imeamusic.org
State Journal: THE INDIANA MUSICATOR
State Editor: Jeff Doebler; jeff.doebler@valpo.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $96; Retired members $48; Collegiate member $22

The Iowa Music Educators Association

Association President: John Aboud; jaboud@aogona.k12.ia.us
State Manager: vacant; www.imea.org
State Journal: THE IOWA MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Scott Rieker; scott.rieker@dmps.k12.ia.us
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $100; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $31

The Kansas Music Educators Association

Association President: Jean Ney; president@ksmea.org
Executive Director: John Taylor; taylorj@friends.com
State Journal: THE KANSAS MUSIC REVIEW
State Editor: Harold Popp; editor@ksmea.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $95; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22

The Kentucky Music Educators Association

Association President: Tanya Bromley; tanyabromley@insightbb.com
Executive Director: Dr. John Stroube; john@kmea.org
State Journal: THE BLUEGRASS MUSIC NEWS
State Editor: Ben Hawkins; bhawkins@transy.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $96; Retired members $59; Collegiate member $27

The Louisiana Music Educators Association

Association President: Carolyn Herrington; dhsband@beau.k12.la.us
State Manager: Bruce Lambert, PO Box 12046, Lake Charles, LA 70606
State Journal: THE LOUISIANA MUSICIAN
State Editor: Patrick Deaville, PO Box 6294, Lake Charles, LA 70612-2046; patrick.deaville@cpsb.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $96; Retired members $44; Collegiate member $26

The Maine Music Educators Association

Association President: Sam Moore-Young; yeomoore1954@yahoo.com
State Director: Faith Varney; esharpv@att.net
State Journal: THE BULLETIN
State Editor: Heidi Anderson; handersonme@gmail.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $26

The Maryland Music Educators Association

Association President: Chrystie Adams; president@mmea-maryland.org
Executive Director: Mary Ellen Cohn; exdirector@mmea-maryland.org
State Journal: THE MARYLAND MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Thomas Fugate; twfugae@comcast.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $99; Retired members $45; Collegiate member $22

The Massachusetts Music Educators Association

Association President: Michael LaCava; lacavam@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Executive Director: Marc Keroack; Marck3131@aol.com
State Journal: THE MASSACHUSETTS MUSIC NEWS
State Editor: Christine T. Borning; mmeaeditor@verizon.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $106; Retired members $51; Collegiate member $26

The Michigan Music Educators Association

Association President: Betty Anne Younker; younker@umich.edu
State Manager: Corynn Nordstrom; tcnordstrom@sbcglobal.net
State Journal: Michigan Music Educator
State Editor: Isabel Barbara O'Hagin; ohagi1ib@cmich.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $101; Retired members $50.50; Collegiate member $28

The Minnesota Music Educators Association

Association President: Wendy Barden; barbenw@district279.org
Executive Director: Mary Schaefle, 6680 Shingle Creek Parkway Suite 103, Brooklyn Park, MN 55430; schaefle@mmea.org
State Journal: INTERVAL
State Editor: Herbert Dick; hjdick8@frontiernet.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $106; Retired members $52; Collegiate member $28

The Mississippi Music Educators Association

Association President: Janet Kennedy; jkennedy@poplarville.k12.ms.us
State Journal: THE MISSISSIPPI MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Andrea Coleman; acoleman516@hotmail.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $92; Retired members $44; Collegiate member $25

The Missouri Music Educators Association

Association President: Paul Copenhaver; pcctpt@sbcglobal.net
Executive Secretary: Wynne Harrell, 3140K East Raynell, Springfield, MO 65804; wynne5252@yahoo.com
State Journal: THE MISSOURI SCHOOL MUSIC MAGAZINE
State Editor: Franklin Lewis; deelewis33@centurytel.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $87; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $27

The Montana Music Educators Association

Association President: Beth Mazanec; bmazanec@tdisp.com
State Manager: Jeff Skogley; jskogley@cascade.k12.mt.us
State Journal: THE CADENZA
State Editor: Dennis Granlie; dwgranlie@aol.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $95; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22

The Nebraska Music Educators Association

Association President: Rex Barker; rbarker@mpsomaha.org
Executive Director: Joyce Patch; jpatch@kdsi.net
State Manager: Bryan Johnson; nmea@g.com
State Journal: THE NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Joyce Patch; jpatch@kdsi.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $97; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $25

The Nevada Music Educators Association

Association President: Kim Drusedum; kbdrused@interact.ccsd.net
State Journal: NEVADA NOTES
State Editor: Darrell Crowther; dtcrowther@interact.ccsd.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $106; Retired members $43; Collegiate member $29

The New Hampshire Music Educators Association

Association President: Robert Harrington; president@nhmea.org
Executive Director: Jill Delault; statemanager@nhmea.org
State Journal: QUARTER NOTES
State Editor: Elaine Hashem; ehashem@mv.k12.nh.us
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $104; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $27

The New Jersey Music Educators Association

Association President: Robert Frampton; bframpton@njmea.org
Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Deborah Sfraga; debnjmea@aol.com
State Journal: TEMPO MAGAZINE
State Editor: Thomas Mosher; tmosher@njmea.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $103; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $26

The New Mexico Music Educators Association

Association President: Chuck Gerheart; cobreband@yahoo.com
Executive Director: Donald E. Gerheart; dgerheart@nmmea.com
State Journal: THE NEW MEXICO MUSICIAN
State Editor: Keith Jordan; newmexicomusician@comcast.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $104; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22

The New York State School Music Association

Association President: Susan L. Weber; president@nyssma.org
Executive Director: Steven E. Schopp; executive@nyssma.org
State Journal: THE SCHOOL MUSIC NEWS
School Music News Editor: Thomas Gellert; gellertt@harborfieldscsd.org
Web Editor: Terry Nigrelli; WebEditor@nyssma.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $111; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $28
Links to many County MEA websites and Zone information may be found at: http://www.nyssma.org/zonemaps.cfm
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The North Carolina Music Educators Association

Association President: Jerry Cribbs; jcribbs@ec.rr.com
Executive Director: Reta Phifer; phifer4music@mindspring.com
State Journal: THE NC MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Carla Copeland-Burns; carlacopelandburns@hotmail.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $101; Retired members $46; Collegiate member $29

The North Dakota Music Educators Association

Association President: Randy Hall; ranhall@beu.midco.net
State Manager: Denese Odegaard; denese@cableone.net
State Journal: THE NORTH DAKOTA MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Denese Odegaard; denese@cableone.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $99; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $28

The Ohio Music Education Association

Association President: James Dowdy; JiMuzik@columbus.rr.com
Executive Director: Roger Hall; hall8227@sssnet.com
State Journal: THE TRIAD
State Editor: Karen Smith; editor_of_triad@omea-ohio.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $107; Retired members $48; Collegiate member $30

The Oklahoma Music Educators Association

Association President: Wesley Singleton; wesingleton@lonegrove.k12.ok.us
Executive Secretary: Jerry Huffer; jhomea@cox.net
State Journal: OKLAHOMA MUSIC
State Editor: Charles Chapman; editor@oklamus.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $98; Retired members $44; Collegiate member $32

The Oregon Music Educators Association

Association President: Christopher Silva; christopher_silva@ddouglas.k12.or.us
Executive Manager: Mark Jones; admin@oregonmusic.org
State Journal: OREGON MUSIC
State Editor: Mark Jones; admin@oregonmusic.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $104; Retired members $45; Collegiate member $22

The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association

Association President: Francis Nesta; fnesta@windstream.net
Executive Director: Margaret Bauer; msbauer@pmea.net
State Journal: PMEA NEWS
State Editor: David Weiss; pmeanews@pmea.net
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $107; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $27

The Rhode Island Music Educators Association

Association President: Mark Colozzi; chsebandz@yahoo.com
Executive Director: Allen Tinkham; tinkhama@wpsadmin.org
State Editor: Scott Abrahamson; rimer@rimea.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $107; Retired members $47; Collegiate member $28

The South Carolina Music Educators Association

Association President: Ann Cheek; orffanAnn@aol.com
Executive Director: Patricia Foy; patti.foy@converse.edu
State Journal: THE SOUTH CAROLINA MUSICIAN
State Editor: Jacquelyn McNeill; jsmmcneill@aol.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $99; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $24

The South Dakota Music Educators Association

Association President: Jennifer Hawkinson; jenhawk@sio.midco.net
State Manager & Secretary/Treasurer: Glenyta Hanson; glenyta@sio.midco.net
State Journal: THE SOUTH DAKOTA MUSICIAN
State Editor: Boyd Perkins; boyd.perkins@northern.edu
State Editor: Jessica Perkins; jessica.perkins@aberdeen.k12.sd.us
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $93; Retired members $42; Collegiate member $23

The Tennessee Music Educators Association

Association President: Gary Wilkes; Garyw509@aol.com
Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Michael Combs, 3000 Ticonderoga Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920; mcombs@utk.edu
State Journal: THE TENNESSEE MUSICIAN
State Editor: Michael Combs; MCombs@utk.edu
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $101; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $24

The Texas Music Educators Conference

Association President: Robin Stein; rstein@txstate.edu
Executive Secretary: Barb Stevanson, 610 River Oaks Drive, Austin, TX 78748, bstevanson@austin.rr.com
State Journal: TMEC CONNECTION
State Editor: Renee Higgins; reneehiggs@satx.rr.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $98; Retired members $49; Collegiate member $24

The Utah Music Educators Association

Association President: Julie Christofferson; julie.christofferson@nebo.edu
Executive Secretary: Sharee Jorgensen; shareekj@burgoyne.com
State Journal: THE interFACE
State Editor: Robert D. Coleman; rcoleman50@comcast.net; Utah Music Educators Journal, 5084 South 150 East, Ogden, UT 84405, (801)479-5736
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $44; Collegiate member $24

The Vermont Music Educators Association

Association President: Gary Moreau; alwayssinging@adelphia.net
State Manager: Steffen Parker; statemanager@vmea.org
State Journal: THE VERMONT MUSIC EDUCATOR
State Editor: Denis Lambert; editorvt-menc@yahoo.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $30

The Virginia Music Educators Association

Association President: Michael Erlich; president@vmea.com
State Manager: Moe Turrentine; vmea@earthlink.net
State Journal: VMEA "NOTES"
State Editor: Dustin Wright; vmeanotes@gmail.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $102; Retired members $46; Collegiate member $30
The Virginia Department of Education web site: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/Instruction/Music/musicl.html

The Washington Music Educators Association

Association President: Mark Lane; president@wmea.org
Executive Director: Bruce Caldwell; manager@wmea.org
State Journal: VOICE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC EDUCATORS
State Editor: Jo Caldwell; editor@wmea.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $111; Retired members $55; Collegiate member $22

The West Virginia Music Educators Association

Association President: Larry Stickler; stickler@marshall.edu
Executive Secretary: Al Frey, 880 Sherwood Road, Charleston, WV 25314-1852; alfreymusic@aol.com
State Journal: NOTES A TEMPO
State Editor: David Bess dave.bess@mail.wvu.edu; Division of Music, WV University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6111
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $46; Collegiate member $24

The Wisconsin Music Educators Association

Association President: Jon Gilliland; jonbgilliland@gmail.com
Executive Director: Robert Kase; rkase@wsmamusic.org
State Journal: THE WISCONSIN SCHOOL MUSICIAN
State Editor: Kevin Thays; kthays@wsmamusic.org
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $94; Retired members $38; Collegiate member $27

The Wyoming Music Educators Association

Association President: Wendy Gray; wgray@ccsd.k12.wy.us
State Manager: Sandy Steele; sansteele@aol.com
State Journal: THE WINDSONG
State Editor: Gary Gasser; garygasser@msn.com
Yearly dues (MENC and State): Active members $95; Retired members $37; Collegiate member $22