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TBME Meeting at TMEA 2025 - : - Our annual TBME Meeting will be held at the TMEA conference on Thursday Febuary 13, 2025 at 6:30PM in the Grand Hyatt Building in Downtown San Antonia, TX on the 4th Floor in the Reubplic B Room! See you there! NOTE: A TBME Group Picture has been suggested!

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TBME at TMEA 2025: - TBME is at TMEA! Spot 19 in the Exhibit Hall

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EVENT: Houston Ebony Opera Guild Annual African American Music Gala: - Celebrate Black History Month with Houston Ebony Opera Guild. Our Annual African American Music Gala, curated by our guest conductor, Ashton Jones, explores the transformative power of spirituals and the enduring impact of the African American musical tradition, through a blend of timeless arrangements and groundbreaking new works. Please join us on Sunday, February 23rd at 4 p.m. at Westbury United Methodist Church- 5200 Willowbend Blvd, Houston, TX 77096

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EVENT 3rd Annual Harlem Hell Fighters Jazz Festival: -

Friday Feb 28,2025. Performing Group Entry $200.00 (Including a tour of the museum and entry), Spectator Fee: $10.00 Buffalo Soliders National Museum: 3816 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004

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Check out our Facebook Group for postings of some job oppertunities in Music Education. TMEA also offers a job search platform found HERE where you can search Music Education jobs.

Survey for High School Band Directors Involved with HBCU-inspired Band Programs -

Hello everyone, My name is Kedrick Redding. I am the Assistant Professor of Music Education at Bethune-Cookman University, and I am a current Doctoral candidate at the University of Houston. I am currently collecting information from high school band directors involved with HBCU-inspired band programs as part of an upcoming research project. While I can’t share full details just yet, your input would be greatly appreciated. Please use the link below to submit your contact information. I’ll be following up later this semester, but providing your information now does not commit you to participating in the study. Also - If you know other directors leading HBCU-inspired high school programs, I’d appreciate it if you could pass this along to them as well. Thank you for your time and support. Click Here to Answer Survey .

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Congratulations: to those who prepared for and competed at UIL .

TBME Involvement: On March 30, 2023 TBME Vice President Mark Martin assisted Band Dir. Mr. Black and Assistant Dir. Mr. Jones of La Marque ISD in a band clinic .

TBME Members in the Media: TBME Member Sam Dinkins III was the focus of a recent Houston Chronical article on the importance of music education. As Dinkins points out "Music is a universal language and impacts in all disciplines." See the full article here.

Congratulations: Texas Southern University Grad and TBME (Texas Black Music Educators) member Darwin J. Lewis and the Thurgood Marshall wind ensemble performs at the HBCU National Band Directors’ Consortium.