Conferences: Past to Present

The Canadian Music Educators’ Association/l’Association canadienne des musiciens éducateurs is a professional association that nurtures a vital music learning community throughout Canada.

Date Location Conference Chair
1959 Toronto Inaugural. Dr. Richard Johnson
1960 Winnipeg Lola MacQuarrie
1961 Montreal Gifford Mitchell
1962 Vancouver Dr. Lloyd Slind
1963 Halifax Dr. Catherine Allison
1965 Calgary Cyril Mossop
1967 London Centennial. Dawson Woodburn.
1969 Regina Dr. Don Cowan
1971 Charlottetown Allan Ressor
1973 Ottawa John MacDougall
1975 Edmonton Ron Stephens
1977 St. John’s Don Cook
1979 Vancouver Ollie Whitcutt
1981 Winnipeg Alan Janzen
1983 Sackville Carolyn Nielsen, Brenda Trafford, Dr. Nancy Vogan
1985 Kingston David Smith
1987 Saskatoon Joan Therens
1989 Halifax Ray Grant, Kay Pottie, Frances Tyrrell
1991 Vancouver Dr. Allen Clingman, Dr. Sandra Davies, Alex McLeod
1993 Waterloo Michael Purves-Smith, Dr. Gordon Greene, Ron Gilbert
1994 London Ron Gilbert
1995 Banff
1997 Halifax Ninette Babineau (CMEA/KSC/NSMEA/KSNS)
2001 Victoria Betty Hanley, Allan Anderson (CMEA/BCMEA — Symposium on Musical Understanding)
2003 Regina Joan Therens, John Poettker, Jane Cutler (combined conference and symposium)
2006 Ottawa Uniting Our Voices Symposium – Jane Cutler, Lee Willingham
2015 Winnipeg Conference co-chairs: Tanya Derksen and Reagan Livingstone
2018 Charlottetown Atlantic Regional Conference – Kirsten MacLaine, Chair