Welcome to the ECMEA Website!

Welcome to the internet home of the Erie County Music Educators Association. The purpose of this association is to provide educational experiences for students and our local communities. We provide professional growth for our members and serve as an advisory board to local school systems. It is our hope that this Web Site will provide our membership with a new level of communication and information. Erie County Music Educators Association is a nonprofit music education association that is located in the Western New York area.

Michael Conte, President, mconte@ecmea.net
Marie Sullivan, Executive Director, msullivan@ecmea.net
John Maguda, Festival Administrator, jmaguda@ecmea.net

Attention members:

Elementary & Junior High Vocal Preliminary Applications:

Because of the October storm closing many Erie County schools, the Elementary and Junior High Vocal Preliminary Application postmark deadline has been extended until Tuesday October 24th.

Classroom Music Festival & New Teacher Support Program:

The ECMEA Classroom Music Festival and New Teacher Support Program scheduled for Saturday, October 21 at Transit Middle School have been postponed due to numerous school closings. Please check the web site after Monday, October 23 for re-scheduling updates. 

Please click here for 2006 ECMEA Classroom Music Festival Information.

Senior High Choral Directors: Please click here (MS Word) for quartet information.

There is an updated Zone 1 Calendar (September ECMEA Newsletter dates are incorrect).

From the President...

As we continue our service to music education, ECMEA is proud of its achievements in student programs, teacher involvement, the quality of our festivals, and programs for professional development.

We have made a special effort in recent years to offer expanded services to our music community with:

- our January 25th Conference Day for Music Educators

- continued support of our Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra through "Community Nights"

- representation on the education committees of the BPO and Shea's Performing Arts Center

- a healthy working relationship with the administration of our member school districts

We continue to give priority to our main purpose of providing quality festivals for our students. For this, we extend heartfelt appreciation to our hundreds of member volunteers whose efforts are directly responsible for the success of our organization.

We hope you enjoy our web-site. Thanks for browsing!!