Music Educators Association of New Jersey

Welcome to the home page of the Music Educators Association of New Jersey!

The Music Educators Association of New Jersey is a statewide, non-profit organization founded in 1927.

Our mission is to elevate the standards of private music teaching in the state of New Jersey. To help achieve this, we provide musical development for all students through activities such as auditions, competitions, recitals, scholarships, and master classes given by artist teachers. Continuing education in music and life-long learning are promoted through monthly lectures/recitals for all MEA members and guests.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Welcome to 2010! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and are coming back refreshed and ready for the new year.

In keeping with the times, the MEA will be allowing legal printouts and legally downloaded music in all events. Please keep in mind that photocopies of copyrighted music are illegal and are not allowed by the MEA.

The MEA Board would like to welcome Vicki Carter as our new Communications Chair. Vicki made her Broadway debut conducting EUBIE!, the musical review based on the music of Eubie Blake, one of America’s foremost ragtime composers. Her keyboard skills have been heard on Broadway in the pit of A Chorus Line, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl, and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Here in New Jersey, at the Paper Mill Playhouse, her musical direction and conducting credits include Guys and Dolls, Grease, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Anything Goes, Big River, Man of LaMancha, and No, No Nanette. As a pianist, Vicki was awarded a working grant in 2008 as a guest of The Thyll-Duerr Foundation and spent several weeks in Italy immersed in working on repertoire and developing programs for solo piano.

A Good Read: I would like to highly recommend Famous Pianists and Their Technique by Reginald R. Gerig. Fascinating stuff.

Barbara Landi Hause, President

SNOW CANCELLATIONS

General and Board meetings will be cancelled for inclement weather when the Madison Public Schools close. Closings will be listed on www.madisonpublicschools.org. Members not having internet access may call Barbara Landi Hause, President (see phone # in the Member Directory).