Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention

ABOUT THE EVENT

TMEA hosts the nation's largest music educators convention at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio. In most recent years, the convention has drawn over 26,000 attendees. Through this annual convention, TMEA offers its members professional growth and inspiration.

Superb Solutions for Smaller Choirs and Training Choirs - Thursday, February 15 - 11:30 am
Grand Hyatt Lone Star ABC

Publisher Showcase #1 - Thursday, February 15 - 6:30 pm
CC Hemisfair Ballroom #3

Publisher Showcase #2 - Friday, February 16 - 6:30 pm
CC Hemisfair Ballroom #3

Through the Lens of the Learner - Saturday, February 17 - 8:00 am
CC225

Starting a Jazz Band from Scratch - Saturday, February 17
Alyssa Grey, Houston Middle School

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FEATURED CLINICIANS

Mary Lynn Lightfoot is the Founding Editor of Choristers Guild's new educational choral line Sing! Distinctive Choral Music for Classroom, Concert and Festival. Previously she was Executive Editor for Heritage Music Press, the educational music division of The Lorenz Corporation.

Mary Lynn is also an established, active composer with over 260 published choral compositions, arrangements, and musicals. She has received an annual ASCAP Award for her compositions from the ASCAP Standard Awards Panel since 1988 and was selected an Outstanding Young Woman of America in 1984. Mary Lynn has received two prestigious awards from the Missouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA): in 1994, she was the recipient of the Luther T. Spayde Award for Missouri Choral Conductor of the Year, and in 2005, the recipient of the Opus Award for her SSA composition, The Rhodora. In conjunction with her writing, Mary Lynn is in frequent demand as a guest conductor/clinician for both schools and churches, having had the privilege of working with thousands of singers, students, teachers, and directors through workshops, clinics, and conventions in 38 states and throughout Canada.

Mary Lynn received her BME degree from Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University), Kirksville, where she graduated magna cum laude and was the recipient of the Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship Award. She taught for a total of eight years in both public and private schools in Missouri and Iowa; has served in varying capacities for both a retail music dealer and a music publisher; served for two years as an Assistant Director for the Mid-America Youth Chorale's Concert Tour of Europe; and for six years served as the Director of Youth Choirs and Assistant Chancel Choir Director at Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, Raytown, Missouri.

Mary Lynn is a member of the American Choral Directors Association; the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); the Missouri Music Educators Association; NAfME; Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity; Choristers Guild and the PEO Sisterhood.

Mary Lynn resides in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, Jack, a professional trumpet player.

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Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention

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Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

900 E. Market Street
San Antonio TX 78205

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

900 E. Market Street San Antonio TX 78205

900 E. Market Street
San Antonio TX 78205