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News and Updates

TBME Meeting at TMEA 2026 - : - Our annual TBME Meeting will be held at the TMEA conference on Thursday Febuary 12, 2026 at 6:30PM in the Grand Hyatt Building in Downtown San Antonio, TX on the 4th Floor in the Republic B Room! See you there! .


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TBME at TMEA 2026: - TBME is at TMEA! Booth 9 in the Exhibit Hall Right next to the registration table! .


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Convention Happenings

Jazz Fest Jazz Fest Jazz Fest Jazz Fest Jazz Fest .

EVENT: 4th Annual: Harlem Hell Fighter Jazz Festival @ Texas Southern

Jazz Fest .

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.

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.


About TBME

Purpose TBME-Diversity in Music Education, is an organization dedicated to advocacy for diversity in music education; and equitable music education in diverse situations.

Vision To help make Texas schools places where music is accessible, enjoyable, excellent, and equitably representative of all the cultures they are purposed to serve.

TBME is an Organization Dedicated to the Advancement of Diversity in Music Education

KNOW MORE ABOUT TBME AND IT'S HISTORY

TBME Mission:

Networking

Foster networking, collaboration and best-practice sharing among music educators in culturally diverse situations.

Resources

Create or provide access to resources to support educators and students navigating toward successful music performances in culturally diverse situations.

Support

Support and encourage the creation of opportunities to celebrate the successes of teachers and students in diverse educational contexts.

Advocacy

Program activities to advocate for the inclusion of the history, art, and culture of diverse musical styles as equal to, not “other than,” those musical forms traditionally taught in the American public schools.