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Spring Meeting!

Please join us on Monday, June 14th, 2027, 4:30 pm at Edgemont Junior High for our spring general membership meeting as we celebrate retirees, share career updates and elect officers for a few leadership positions. If you are unable to attend, but willing to serve on the board, please email VMEA President, Shawn Roller!

WMEA Update

An update from our region president:

Through tremendous efforts of state leadership, WMEA is out of debt far ahead of schedule!
Music Aid NW grants open. Application deadline October 15. Grants up to $6,000
Conference registration is open now for WMEA in Yakima, 2027
WMEA is launching a revamp of the website. All-State and Jr All-State forms are accurate, despite wrong year

All-State High School Honor Ensemble events are in Tacoma, May 20-23, 2026
Get nominations for region music educator of the year and friend of music to Shawn via email ASAP
- - - Emerging educator (years 1-5)
    - Advocacy, districts, collegiate, and regions who are doing outstanding work will also be recognized
Round Table ideas wanted for WMEA. Send to Megan Vinther and Beth Fortune
March 14&15 will be advocacy in Olympia
Jr. Vocal and Instrumental Jazz Region/super-Region pilot program.
- - - Valley’s super region is with Mountain, SW, and Lower Columbia, will be held in Tacoma.
    - Representative for Valley to the super region will be David Lambert.

Shawn Roller
VMEA Region President

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NAfME Update

With careful consideration, the National Executive Board (NEB) has formally adopted the 2024-2025 NAfME dues for active members at $104, a $2 increase over 2023-2024. We value the commitment to music education made by each member through their join or renew decision annually while recognizing the cost of providing support and service to our members that has continued to increase.

This $2 dues increase will help NAfME pursue many important initiatives in support of our unified membership, consistent with the 2022 NAfME Strategic Plan as well as A Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession. It will bolster valuable NAfME benefits and programming supporting NAfME members at every phase of their careers – collegiate, active, or retired. (Please see the updated Value and Benefits of NAfME Membership flyer for more information.) The NEB’s decision also reflects the “cost of doing business,” which continues to increase annually.

Valley Region Music Educator Directory Update

Please help us keep our Contact Page up-to-date! If your location/position/email has changed, please let us know.

Please scan, click, or tap the QR code to submit updated information via Google Forms.

Puyallup colleagues, your domain change has already been updated, so no response is necessary if that is the only issue. Locations and positions have been updated, but please check for accuracy here.

Valley Region Choral Project "Alone Together" Performance

The VMEA is pleased to present a collaboration with Erin Guinup, director of the Tacoma Refugee Choir. The Valley Region Choral Project included a commissioned piece composed with lyric input from students in our region, a virtual field trip in May, and a virtual performance that premiered on June 9th, 2021. "Alone Together" reflects the emotions that our students struggled with during the pandemic and expresses hope for the future.

"Alone Together" by Erin Guinup, performed by Valley Region Choir members
from Federal Way, Puyallup, and Sumner-Bonney Lake School Districts

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