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2008-2009 MMEA Calendar for Teachers and Students
October 3 Deadline for Receipt of All State Junior Group Applications
October 10 Deadline for Receipt of All State Senior Group Applications
October 17 October In-Service Day
October 24 Deadline for Receipt of All State Jazz Video Taped Auditions
November 15 Auditions for All State Junior Groups
November 22 Auditions for All State Senior Groups
January 22-24 Maryland All State Jazz Band, Towson University
January 23-24 Maryland State Jazz Conference, Towson University
February 26-28 All State Junior Band, Baltimore
February 27-28 Annual In-Service Conference, Baltimore
February 27-March 1 All State Senior Band, Choruses and Orchestra, Baltimore
March 5-7 All State Junior Chorus and Orchestra, Frederick
March 12-15 Eastern Division Conference and All Eastern Ensembles
April 27 State High School Orchestra Festival
April 28 (split) State High School Orchestra Festival (AM)
State High School Band Festival (PM)
April 29 State High School Band Festival
Apr. 30-May 1 State High School Choral Festival
May 4 State Middle School Orchestra Festival
May 5 (split) State Middle School Orchestra Festival (AM)
State Middle School Band Festival (PM)
May 6 State Middle School Band Festival
May 7 and 8 State Middle School Choral Festival
May 9 State String and Vocal Solo and Ensemble Festivals
May 16 State Wind and Percussion Solo and Ensemble Festival
Student Eligibility for MMEA State-Wide Activities
Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) is a professional association of music educators who teach in Maryland public and private schools and colleges. Its purpose is the advancement of music education in Maryland. It does this by supporting and enhancing school music curricula. Its first two corporate purposes deal with teacher in-service.
MMEA also sponsors state-wide student activities which are grade and class (band, chorus, orchestra) specific. The activities adhere to guidelines established by Music Educators National Conference, the National Association for Music Education, of which MMEA is a state affiliate. Prior to 1980, only students of MMEA members were allowed to participate in any state-wide activities. Currently, by agreement with the Public School Superintendents Association of Maryland (PSSAM ), students of MMEA members and non-members are eligible to participate in state-wide activities according to the following policies:
1. Only students enrolled in band, chorus or orchestra classes in Maryland public and private schools in the appropriate grade designation may audition for and participate in state-wide activities.
2. Only the music teacher who teaches the specific band, chorus, or orchestra class may initiate the application process for his or her students to audition for or participate in state-wide activities.
3. All applications must be signed by the school principal, attesting to the eligibility of the listed students as members of the specific classes.
4. Students in high schools in which alternate scheduling models are in operation are eligible to participate in state-wide activities only in the years in which they receive full credit for those classes.
5. Regardless of their musical ability, students who choose not to participate in their school band, chorus, or orchestra class for any reason are not eligible to participate in MMEA state-wide activities in the years in which they are not part of their school ensembles.
