Music Education Consultants, Inc. is a consortium of music education professionals that works with a variety of educational organizations, arts associations, school districts, and industry professionals to foster the growth and breadth of articulated, music education programs for all children.
An Array of Services
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Curriculum Development, Innovation, and Implementation
A standards-based, sequential music curriculum is essential to ensure that all who are involved in the education process can be familiarized with what students are expected to learn and what educators are expected to teach. Music Education Consultants, Inc. works with school districts nationwide to facilitate the development of their own comprehensive, standards-based curriculum documents as well as individual articulation documents which sequence the lessons appropriately so that an aligned curriculum is provided. Specific curricular areas include Elementary Music, (including a comprehensive Orff Curriculum), Secondary Band, Choir, Orchestra, Guitar, Mariachi, and Music Technology including International Baccalaureate® and Arts Integration expertise. |
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Professional Development
The best programs are those taught by music educators who continue to seek professional development even when they are considered to be at the pinnacle of their careers. Those who realize that learning is a lifetime quest find that their students achieve at a higher level on a consistent basis. Music Education Consultants, Inc., provides Professional Development Programs which include Teacher Inductions, Conference Presentations on a variety of topics, and extended Workshop Trainings for pre-service teachers as well as new and experienced educators. Visit Upcoming Workshops |
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Advocacy
Advocacy is all about the “why” of music education and living that imperative. It’s not something that we do, it’s who we are. With the purpose of an education in music clarified, the mission also becomes clear. Through her work with the NAMM Foundation, the Music Achievement Council (MAC) and the Yamaha Master Educator Program, Marcia continues to spread her enthusiasm for enhancing the long-term quality of life for young people by engaging increased numbers of them in memorable experiences through their personal relationship with music-making at the highest level. MAC’s MSFQ mantra of “More to Start, Fewer to Quit” provides the impetus for her numerous articles, conference sessions, professional development trainings and inclusion programs to lead more students to the joy of music-making. |
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Yamaha Master Educator Collective
Each of the Yamaha Master Educators possesses celebrated areas of expertise and the desire to share these gifts with teachers, students and various staffs in order to keep music alive and well in our country. Topics ranging from middle school recruitment and retention to district-wide music education program strategies to the most advanced conducting techniques as well as everything in between are covered by some of the most gifted minds in our field. Yamaha remains committed to music education and music educators. The Yamaha Master Educator Program is yet another way that enables us to put that commitment into action. Enjoy this collection of pieces written about each Master Educator that illuminates their work, individual philosophies and topics that they can bring to music programs. Learn how Yamaha is honored to say that there is now a small group of elite, unique and gifted educators that they are able to help make available to educators and students. |
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Conference/Event Facilitation
Music Education Consultants, Inc., has over thirty (30) years experience organizing and providing Large and Small Group Festivals, Solo and Ensemble Festivals, and Honor Ensemble Festivals. Only the highest caliber of conductors and adjudicators are selected to work with music students in these settings. Our vast network of professionals in the education and entertainment industry can also provide expertise in show design, staging, lighting, and sound for special conference and concert events. We provide services in marketing, advertising, catering, hotel, transportation and all other facets required to ensure that events run smoothly. |
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Mariachi Education
Music Education Consultants, Inc., provides two (2) options for training educators in the implementation or development of a standards-based mariachi program that can be offered during the school day or in some cases, as an after-school program. 1. Mariachi Professional Development for Individual Schools/Districts Music Education Consultants is known for its ability to provide training programs on site in a format lasting from two to five days in length depending on the needs of the school or district. To discuss how mariachi training might be brought to your locale, please contact Marcia Neel directly. |
2. National Mariachi Education Workshops:
Over the past 16 years, the National Mariachi Workshops for Educators has been instrumental in training well over 1,000 educators and subsequently, tens of thousands of students, who serve schools with growing Latino demographics. These educators have found great success in engaging students, parents, and local communities by implementing standards-based, traditional mariachi programs. These programs are growing at an exponential rate and school districts, community centers and after-school programs are all discovering that by providing mariachi experiences, young people are becoming more engaged in their general education.
Beginning in 2023, the National Mariachi Workshops for Educators (NMWE) began being administered by National Mariachi Education Consultants; a new organization led by Yvette Sital, Senior Instructor from the NMWE. The sole national mariachi education training program in the United States, the goal of the new National Mariachi Education Workshops is to equip music educators with the materials and knowledge necessary to either start their own mariachi program or to enhance the program that they are already teaching. Held in Las Vegas, NV, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino the week week of June 24-28, 2024, this event continues to draw over one hundred (100) educators from all over the country and is co-sponsored by Conn-Selmer, Inc., Hal Leonard Corporation, and Yamaha Corporation.
Three (3) levels of instruction (Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced) will again be offered with each also containing a strand of vocal training so that all participants will have access to age-appropriate vocal pedagogy. The esteemed clinician, Maestro Jose Hernandez, will work with both levels individually to help educators better apply the appropriate performance characteristics to each of the styles.
The majority of the focus of each course is placed on the playing of secondary and tertiary instruments in the areas that are of most need as determined by each individual educator/participant. All participants will, however, have the opportunity to perform on their primary instruments to more readily learn the characteristic, stylistic nuances necessitated by the various mariachi styles being studied In addition to violin and trumpet, all attendees will also receive extensive training on the guitar, the vihuela and the guitarron.
Three (3) graduate credits may be made available. For more information, contact [email protected].
Over the past 16 years, the National Mariachi Workshops for Educators has been instrumental in training well over 1,000 educators and subsequently, tens of thousands of students, who serve schools with growing Latino demographics. These educators have found great success in engaging students, parents, and local communities by implementing standards-based, traditional mariachi programs. These programs are growing at an exponential rate and school districts, community centers and after-school programs are all discovering that by providing mariachi experiences, young people are becoming more engaged in their general education.
Beginning in 2023, the National Mariachi Workshops for Educators (NMWE) began being administered by National Mariachi Education Consultants; a new organization led by Yvette Sital, Senior Instructor from the NMWE. The sole national mariachi education training program in the United States, the goal of the new National Mariachi Education Workshops is to equip music educators with the materials and knowledge necessary to either start their own mariachi program or to enhance the program that they are already teaching. Held in Las Vegas, NV, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino the week week of June 24-28, 2024, this event continues to draw over one hundred (100) educators from all over the country and is co-sponsored by Conn-Selmer, Inc., Hal Leonard Corporation, and Yamaha Corporation.
Three (3) levels of instruction (Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced) will again be offered with each also containing a strand of vocal training so that all participants will have access to age-appropriate vocal pedagogy. The esteemed clinician, Maestro Jose Hernandez, will work with both levels individually to help educators better apply the appropriate performance characteristics to each of the styles.
The majority of the focus of each course is placed on the playing of secondary and tertiary instruments in the areas that are of most need as determined by each individual educator/participant. All participants will, however, have the opportunity to perform on their primary instruments to more readily learn the characteristic, stylistic nuances necessitated by the various mariachi styles being studied In addition to violin and trumpet, all attendees will also receive extensive training on the guitar, the vihuela and the guitarron.
Three (3) graduate credits may be made available. For more information, contact [email protected].
FIRST PERFORMANCE NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION
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The FIRST PERFORMANCE NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION (FPNDoC) is a turnkey demonstration concert designed to recognize and celebrate beginning band and orchestra students for their achievements. It allows our youngest musicians to showcase their newly-acquired musical skills for the very first time in a public setting within the first six to seven weeks of school. It is a scripted event that provides parents with the opportunity to hear their child’s progress in a fun and entertaining program that requires little or no extra work for the teacher, while also providing school administrators with an opportunity to view first-hand the joy and pride that our students, as well as their parents, experience in these early weeks.
Get additional information and download all of the FREE materials to celebrate the FIRST PERFORMANCE NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION at YOUR school! |
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"We have been LONGING for someone to come in and point us in the right direction. You have no idea the joy and affirmation you have put back in our hearts. THANK YOU!!!" Amy Byrd, Music Educator, School District of Pickens County, SC