Welcome to the SFMEA & NEMEA website!
A regional division of WMEA and the MENC
…..including the Northeast and Spokane Falls regions……

Greetings music educators and friends of music!

Last spring, attendees at the Spring General Meeting voted to divide EWMEA into two separate organizations, Spokane Falls Music Educators (SFMEA) and Northeast Music Educators Association (NEMEA). These by-laws are available for you on the website.  SFMEA includes all Spokane Public Schools, Mead Schools, and private schools within those boundaries.  NEMEA includes all other surrounding schools. 

 Both these regions are recognized by WMEA and WIAA.  Although there are two separate by-laws, the two separate boards who also share some responsibility. All festivals will be shared.  All future checks are to be made to EWMEA.  There will be a separate financial accounting for SFMEA and NEMEA.

The list of board members, calendar of festivals, entry forms and directions, and grant application are available on the website. 

Since there are NO membership dues, there is a one-time annual administrative fee of $25.00 for each director.  The collected fees will pay for printing, stamps, meetings, website services, supplies, mailings, in-service, ribbons for the festivals, stipend for the executive secretary, and more.

Through the cooperation of music directors from North Central High School, Central Valley High School, University High School, Shaw Middle School, Ferris High School, Northwood Middle School, Whitworth University, and Eastern Washington High School, the association has a home for most of the festivals.  The Middle School Large Group Band Festival needs a site and host for its March/April festival.  So, if you would like to host this festival, please call Margo Dreis, 342-1559.

Our Fall General Meeting is on
Tuesday, September 23rd at 5:30 pm. in the North Central High School Choir Room.
You are all welcome to come, lend a thought, and meet the directors.

The SFMEA and NEMEA Boards found it necessary to raise the entry fees of the festivals to meet the rising cost of sponsoring a quality festival.  Although host schools have been more than generous in opening their doors, we are still paying for renting facilities, adjudicators, accommodations, transportation, printing, piano tuning, meals, printing, mailing, and more.

SFMEA and NEMEA is YOUR association and is dedicated to serving the membership in advocating music in the schools and the community.  In order for these associations to remain a vital link in the state and national advocacy process, we need your voice in the regional activities.  We also strongly encourage you to be a member of the national music association (MENC) which makes you a member of the state organization.  The MENC is affiliated with other music education resources and has wonderful mailings and magazines to assist your music education.  Please communicate with your administrators and parent booster groups that this means is not only vital but necessary for you to maintain musical excellence!

Please link to www.wmea.org orwww.menc.org for complete information.

The EWMEA has maintained a proud tradition of musical excellence for many years.  SFMEA and NEMEA will continue to carry this proud tradition welcoming all to be part of this musical excellence.

We look forward to meeting you at the general meetings and the various festivals.