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FROM THE DESK
From the Editor
From the Editor
Hilary Patriok, Editor
Hilary Patriok, Editor
It is hard to believe that it is already March! We have just finished an amazing PDC in Cleveland and I hope you left the conference energized with new ideas to take and incorporate into your own programs! It was such a joy to walk into the Cleveland Convention Center and hear music pouring from the Atrium and North Stage with our Cameo Concerts this year! Thank you to all who participated as clinicians, performers, and presided over sessions at this year’s conference. This issue of the TRIAD will have photos and videos from the conference scattered throughout the issue for you to enjoy. We will feature additional conference highlights in the Spring issue as well.
This issue of the TRIAD will introduce you to all your candidates for OMEA office this spring. Be sure to read about the candidates in your area and vote to make your voice heard! Thank you to all the candidates for stepping up to serve in our organization. We need engaged officers to help us continue to serve the members of this wonderful organization and we are grateful to all the servant leaders who are already serving throughout the state as officers, site chairs, and committee chairs.
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This issue of TRIAD features articles on resiliency in music education, accessibility, learning from our mentors, and a look inside an all age drum corps! Be sure to check out articles from our committees as well - our committee chairs from advocacy and Music in Our Schools Month have shared valuable information you can use. I hope you’ll take a moment to share your MIOSM activities with us! We’d love to feature all your activities in our Spring issue.
Our Allied Organizations Ohio Arts Council and the Ohio Foundation for Music Education share the latest news and activities as well. We hope you can make it to the Golf Outing or Community Band Concert for OFME this summer!
Thanks to our Districts and Regions who reached out and shared your events and successes with us! We will be spotlighting members from each District and Region in our Spring issue as well. You can be a part of the Spring issue as well! Submit an article, or just send us a photo and a quick note of a concert, activity, or lesson that works for you! We want to share all the amazing work you are doing throughout Ohio! The final deadline for the TRIAD this year is March 28.