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Air Force Strings take AIM to Maryland Music Educators

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  • By Master Sgt. William Hurd
Washington, D.C. --  On Feb. 20, the Air Force Strings will take the Band's Advancing Innovation through Music (AIM) program to the Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) Convention, held this year at the Baltimore Convention Center. Designed to build positive relationships with local educational communities, the AIM program gives Band members the opportunity to work side by side with students of all ages, in small environments such as clinics and master classes, as well as in large scale assemblies. The Band also hosts field trips to historic Hangar 2, our home on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, where students experience a little Air Force history and get a chance to sit-in on rehearsals.  In 2014 alone, the AIM program reached more than 15,000 school students in over 70 events across seven states and the District of Columbia.

The Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) is the professional association for the school music teachers of Maryland. MMEA's mission is to provide professional development for music teachers, opportunities for excellence for music students and teachers, and to serve as an advocate for music education in schools. The more than 1,100 teacher members are from every geographic jurisdiction of the state as well as from every level of teaching--early childhood through colleges and secondary schools, educating in public, private and parochial schools. MMEA is a state affiliate of the Music Educators National Conference and the National Association for Music Education, the largest arts advocacy organization in the world.

At the MMEA convention, the Air Force Strings will present an AIM program to music teachers from across the state of Maryland by performing a concert in honor of Black History Month. The event will showcase works by notable African-American composers William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and also include music by Morton Gould.

The Strings are excited to be able to participate in this important gathering of educators and musicians. We look forward to meeting and working with the people who enrich tens of thousands of students' lives with the power of music.