Since its founding, KCMEA has been facilitating honor festivals and concerts, putting together professional development opportunities, and fostering community among the music educators of Kern County.  We are made up of school band, orchestra, and choir directors; general music teachers; private teachers; and art and music administrators.  We teach students ranging from early elementary school through the collegiate level.  Some of use come from small, rural districts; others from growing urban programs.  Some of us are in our first years of teaching, while others have weathered decades of growth and change in music education in our schools.  

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We care about our students.  We want to do our jobs the best we can so our students can achieve to their full potential.  As an organization, KCMEA wants to help the music educators of Kern County achieve these goals.