BC Music Educators' Association

The trumpet can play quite a range of notes but it can be difficult to expand your range. In this video, Sgt Alastair Chaplin will give us some practice tips on... how expand your range and play beyond C-G! La trompette possède un vaste registre de notes, mais il peut être difficile d’apprendre à l’étendre. Dans cette vidéo, le Sgt Alastair Chaplin vous donnera quelques conseils pratiques sur comment étendre votre registre et jouer d’autres notes que do à sol!

Mozart the Magic flute - for Oboe and Chickens Sextette......

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us at the VAMC! The second of our 2020 Christmas video trio is the dearest to our hearts. After a year that saw o...ur spring concert cancelled and all in-person rehearsals halted, we managed to come through with a digital effort that represents our undying love for music-making. We look forward to when we can get back to singing together soon! During a year which has been very tough on our choir financially, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our choir to help us get through a darker time. Our revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales which have not been able to happen over the past several months, so we rely on kind donations such as yours to keep Canada's longest-running male choir active. If you would like to help out, you can find more information on our website at https://vamc.ca/support/ Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

As a way of saying Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all, our very own Tiger Flight Band has put together a Christmas Concert! Credits (in order of appeara...nce): Flutes - A Cruel Angel's Thesis Section Lead: Jocelyn Lin Clarinets - We Wish You A Merry Christmas Section Lead: Emily Tsai Saxophones - Joy to the World Section Leads: Matthew Li, Jeremy Zhang Trumpets - Silent Night Section Lead: Lyndon Li Low Brass / Tuba - Frosty the Snowman Section Leads: Destiny Lang, Jason Xia Percussion Section Lead: Leo Li Command Team - All I Want for Christmas is You Drum Major: Alison Xia Music Training Coordinator: Leo Wu Director of Music: Bobby Han

Choral musicians, here's a reminder of a free session this Saturday! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10103161277128306&set=gm.3598383510228103

CMEA/Acme Election Nominations Now Open Dear Colleagues and Fellow CMEA/Acme Members, Membership in your national association includes the opportunity to contri...bute to the leadership and growth of our organization. It is time, once again, to encourage members across the country to consider standing for nomination in the upcoming election. For more information about the vacant positions and Directorships, please read the information below. To make a nomination, a printable copy of our nomination form is available on our website: www.cmea.ca or by contacting Helen Coker, Past-President at [email protected]. The upcoming vacancies on the board include: Vice President * (Term: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2023) Secretary (Term: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2023) Director of Member Engagement (Term: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2025) Director of Communications (Term: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2025) Director of Higher Learning (Term: 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2025) *Under CMEA Policy, candidates for Vice President must be from within the membership of the Full Board. The timeline for the election process is as follows: November 15, 2020 Nominations Open December 15, 2020 Nominations Close February 2021 Candidate profiles published and circulated April 1, 2021 Voting Opens April 30, 2021 Voting Closes May 2021 Announcement of election results July 1, 2021 Successful candidates assume office

Have you seen the new edition of the BC Music Educator? If you are on the listserv, the link for the newest copy has been sent off to you!

Our condolences to Dennis Tupman.

Valued BCMEA Board Member, Missy Haynes offering a territorial acknowledgement and Welcome at #PSADAY 2020! Thank you for your involvement, engagement, and dedication to Indigenous Learning in BC!

*Edited* Please check your inbox for the Conference Access Email. There you will find your personal conference site, zoom links, schedule, etc. If you didn't ...receive it, please check the spam folder of your email. Still haven't got it? Let us know asap! http://www.bcmeaconference.com/contact.html See more

This email was recently sent from the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring. Dear music director or educators, As Executive Director of the Raffi Foundation, I am writing to introduce you to an important new social justice songBlack Lives Matter To Me"by beloved children’s singer Raffi. ... Raffi says, We have an historic opportunity to heal the wounds of racism and injustice. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, I wrote this as a song that people everywhere might sing, citing Martin Luther King’s stirring words, 'let freedom ring.’ Professor and author Rekha Rajan, internationally renowned music educator and arts advocate says, For decades, Raffi’s songs have helped children understand the world around them. With his newest song, Black Lives Matter to Me, Raffi translates one of the most important movements in our history into an accessible, meaningful song for listeners of any age. The song is available for streaming and as a free download on the Raffi Foundation website https://raffifoundation.org/news/black-lives-matter-to-me/ For choir directors, a piano arrangement can also be downloaded for free. I hope you will share the song widely with music educators throughout your province. As schools across Canada have returned, we hope that this song may serve as a tool to spark dialogue and conversation around this important topic. And, imagine how amazing it would be if your class or choir recorded your version of the song and posted it on social media (please tag us so that we can find it as well). Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions. Best wishes, Dana Ypma | Executive Director, Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring PO Box 737 Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2W3 T: 250-931-3190 Email: [email protected] Website: raffifoundation.org

And now, a word from the BCMEA President... https://soapbox.wistia.com/videos/Uqk7aHrhyp

Thank you for those who RSVPed to the Town Hall "Checking In One Month In!". A link has been emailed out, see you at 3pm!

#MusicEducation can be done safely!

As the celebration of our 80th anniversary continues, the Pacific Blue Big Band debuts a new composition by its leader, PO 2 Barrie Sorensen. Written during the... Covid-19 pandemic, the piece comes from general feelings and moods felt by reflecting on fond memories from earlier in life, including life in the band before quarantine. Reminiscence features PO 2 Miguel Valdes de la Hoz on flugelhorn and PO 2 Roy Styffe on tenor saxophone. --- La célébration de notre anniversaire se poursuit avec une nouvelle composition musicale écrite par le M2 Barrie Sorensen, le leader du Pacific Blue Big Band. Écrite pendant la pandémie de Covid-19, la pièce s’inspire des sentiments ressentis en se remémorant les bons souvenirs passés, en autres, avec la Musique Naden avant la quarantaine. Les solistes comprennent le M2 Miguel Valdes de la Hoz au bugle et le M2 Roy Styffe au saxophone ténor.

TOWN HALL - CHECK-IN As we complete our first month of teaching, we will host another Town Hall on Sunday Oct 4 at 3pm. Please fill out the following form if you would like to participate. https://forms.gle/QzEk6Eu4B7bCwkhM6

HONOUR ENSEMBLES ANNOUCEMENT After a long and very difficult decision process we have come to the conclusion that it will not be possible to hold our annual BCMEA Honour Ensembles in the 2020-2021 school year. The Honour Ensembles team sincerely hoped to make this opportunity available for students this school year, but the BC Ministry of Education’s Provincial COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines for K-12 Settings states "In-person inter-school events (including competitions,... tournaments and festivals) should not occur at this time and, therefore, the program cannot go forward for the foreseeable future. We sincerely appreciate the support we receive each and every year from the students and teachers across the province and we look forward to the time that this program can be offered again with its opportunities for student and teacher learning and collaboration. Please stay safe and healthy, Janet Wade, Carrie Taylor, Katy Kerr, Imran Amarshi, Carmella Luvisotto, and Tristan Clausen