OMEA - Ohio

Come out and celebrate the power of music education as over 400 lifelong musicians perform in support of music education in Ohio!

🎶 Summer Winds at the Winery at Wolf Creek 🎶

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon celebrating the power of community music!

Featuring performances by:

🎺Youngstown Area Community Concert Band
🎺Canal Fulton Community Band, Inc.
🎺The Canfield Community Concert Band
🎺Brass Band of the Western Reserve
🎺Blue Tip Big Band
🎺Western Reserve Community Band
🎺Wadsworth Community Band
🎺Riverfront Community Band

These outstanding ensembles will come together for a day of music, fellowship, and support for the Ohio Foundation for Music Education (OFME).

Bring your lawn chair, gather your friends, and enjoy a wonderful variety of concert band and big band music in the beautiful setting of The Winery at Wolf Creek.

Sunday, June 28
The Winery at Wolf Creek
Benefiting the Ohio Foundation for Music Education

Proceeds support scholarships, grants, advocacy efforts, and programs that strengthen music education opportunities for students throughout Ohio.

We look forward to celebrating music with you!

Across Ohio, music educators are doing remarkable work in classrooms, rehearsal spaces, and communities. Their strategies, challenges, and successes can help shape stronger programs statewide. Triad Tonic creates a place for those voices to inform practice and inspire advocacy. Explore the blog: https://triadtonic.omea-ohio.org/

Sorry to hear of the passing of Warren George, President of OMEA from 1988-1990.

We are saddened to share news of the passing of CCM Associate Dean Emeritus Warren E. George. Warren served as a member of CCM’s leadership team for more than 30 years, first as head of our Music Education Division from 1977-81 and then as our Associate Dean of Academic Affairs from 1981-2007. Warren also twice served as Interim or Acting Dean of CCM. He passed away on May 19, 2026, at the age of 90.

Learn more about Warren George's significant contributions to our college here: https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2026/06/in-memoriam-ccm-associate-dean-emeritus-warren-george.html

Please join us in sending your thoughts, prayers and condolences to Warren's beloved wife of nearly 60 years, Janet, and their entire family.

A family gathering will be held at a later date. The family invites you to share your thoughts and condolences in Warren's online guestbook on the Strawser Funeral Home's website: https://www.strawserfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Warren-Edwin-George?obId=48562137 #/obituaryInfo

TAKE ACTION NOW, HERE: https://conta.cc/43vStPN
or HERE: https://www.artsactionfund.org/arts-action-Educational Service Center of Central Ohio

Reach out to your members of Congress today using this link to support music education: bit.ly/nafme-hill-day-2026
It's easy, quick, and effective to make your voice heard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dvZ5OFHuOA&t=70s

OMEA Music Advocacy Administration Video 2024 Music by https://www.bensound.comLicense code: KW7LGSXJRZHFSLB5

When music educators share what students gain through participation, communities listen. When they explain what programs need to thrive, decision-makers have something concrete to support. Triad Tonic gives Ohio music educators a platform to strengthen that voice. Visit the blog and help amplify music education across the state:
https://triadtonic.omea-ohio.org/