National Association for Music Education

MENC: The National Association for Music Education, formerly called Music Educators National Conference (MENC), is an organization based out of Reston, Virginia which is focused on the advancement of music education, both as a profession and the assurance of music education as part of the core curriculum across the United States. They are also the creators of The National Anthem Project. MENC has more than 130,000 members including active and retired music teachers, college students studying to become teachers, high school music honor society members, suppliers of music education products and services, and community supporters of school music programs. MENC's mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.

MENC was founded in 1907 as the Music Supervisors National Conference.

Affiliates

MENC is broken into state level Music Educators Associations across the United States (including the District of Columbia), and 1 for Europe:
* [http://www.alabamamea.org/ Alabama Music Educators Association]
* [http://alaskamea.org/ Alaska Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.azmea.org/ Arizona Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.arkmea.org/ Arkansas Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.calmusiced.com/ CMEA: The California Association for Music Education]
* [http://www.cmeaonline.org/ Colorado Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.cmea.org/ Connecticut Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/de/dmea/ Delaware Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.wdcmea.org/ WDCMEA: The District of Columbia Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.emeaonline.org/ European Music Educators Association (EMEA)]
*Florida Music Educators Association ( [http://www.flmusiced.org/ FMEA] )
* [http://www.gmea.org/ Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA)]
* [http://www.hawaiimea.org/ Hawaii Music Educators Association (HMEA)]
* [http://www.idahomusiced.org/ Idaho Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.ilmea.org/ Illinois Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.imeamusic.org/ Indiana Music Educators Association]
* [http://iamea.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 Iowa Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.ksmea.org/ Kansas Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.kmea.org/ Kentucky Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.lmeamusic.org/ Louisiana Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.mainemmea.org/ Maine Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.mmea-maryland.org/default.php Maryland Music Educators Association]
* [http://mmeaonline.org/ Massachusetts Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.michiganmea.org/ Michigan Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.mmea.org/ Minnesota Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.msmea.org/ Mississippi Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.mmea.net/ Missouri Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.mtmusiced.org/ Montana Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.nmeanebraska.org Nebraska Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.nmeamusic.org/dnn3/ Nevada Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.nhmea.org/ New Hampshire Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.njmea.org/ New Jersey Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.nmmea.com/ New Mexico Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.nyssma.org/ New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA)]
* [http://www.ncmea.net/ North Carolina Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.ndmea.org North Dakota Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.omea-ohio.org/ Ohio Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.okmea.org/ Oklahoma Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.oregonmusic.org/ Oregon Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.pmea.net/ Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA)]
* [http://www.rimea.org/ Rhode Island Music Educators Association]
* [http://scmea.net/ South Carolina Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.sdmea.net/ South Dakota Music Educators Association]
* [http://tnmea.org/ Tennessee Music Educators Association]
* [http://music.utsa.edu:16080/tmec/ Texas Music Educators Conference (TEMC)]
* [http://umea.us/ Utah Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.vmea.org/ Vermont Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.vmea.com/ Virginia Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.wmea.org/ Washington Music Educators Association]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~wvmea/ West Virginia Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.wmea.com/ Wisconsin Music Educators Association]
* [http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/BRINKMAN/wmea.htm Wyoming Music Educators Association]

External links

* [http://www.menc.org/ MENC: The National Association for Music Education website]
* [http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&npoId=306503 MENC information and financial snapshot] provided by GuideStar