Each year, performance groups throughout Kansas compete for the privilege and honor of performing at the In-Service Workshop. Groups are selected by blind audition as judged by our affiliate organizations. The audition application to perform at the 2025 In-Service Workshop is open through May 17, 2024.
Call for Applications – 2025 Jeff Jordan Composition Competition
The 2025 competition cycle of the Jeff Jordan Composition Competition is open through May 17 to students of a KMEA member in good standing Grade level K through 12 and collegian (undergraduate). Judging is based on musical content, creativity, knowledge of medium, and appearance of manuscript. Entries of special merit may be invited for performance […]
Thank you, John Taylor
KMEA Presidents came together to honor John Taylor at his final KMEA In-Service Workshop as Executive Director. John’s service to KMEA covered nearly three decades. 1995-97: KMEA Historian 1997-99: KMEA President-Elect 1999-2001: KMEA President 2001-03: KMEA Vice President 2003: Named as KMEA Executive Director 2011-13: NAfME Southwestern Division President 2016: Inducted into the KMEA Hall […]