Make your OMEA Award Nominations!

OMEA Award nominations are now open year-round on the website. Please click the link below to nominate your colleagues. Feel free to pass the link on to others! Awards –…

Allison Hedgepeth, OMEA District 14 Chair

Allison Hedgepeth has taught elementary school music for 23 years in Kansas, California, and Oregon. For the last 18 years she has been teaching at Forest Hills Elementary School in…

Kendra Taylor, Oregon Music Educator, Editor

Kendra Taylor is Director of Choral Music Education at Western Oregon University. Taylor holds a Ph. D. in Music Education from the University of Oregon, a Master of Arts in…

OMEA Award Nominations!

OMEA Award nominations are now open year-round on the website. Please click the link below to nominate your colleagues. Feel free to pass the link on to others! Awards –…

OMEA Elections!

The election for OMEA’s First Vice President will open on December 15 and close at midnight on the Saturday evening of the conference weekend in January. An electronic ballot will…

Sponsor and Advertise with OMEA!

OMEA Advertising and Sponsorships for 25-26 are now open! Purchase your publication space and sustaining memberships today! Contact executivedirector@oregonmea.org with any questions. Thank you! Publication advertising, click here. Sustaining Member packages, click…

Kathy Briggs, Student Composition Contest Chair

Kathy Briggs has been teaching in public and private schools since 1998. She started her teaching career in public schools in rural Minnesota, where she taught elementary music and high school…

Dan Davey, State Jazz Contest Chair

Dan Davey is the Director of Jazz Studies and tenured Music Instructor at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon where he directs all jazz ensembles and teaches core music courses.…