General Music

Council, Professional Development, Newletters

General Music Council

Council members will help guide you to resources or professionals that will strengthen music learning for your students. We can offer particular expertise in the areas of developing voices, embedded assessment, tactile learning/instruments, secondary level guitar, and lesson planning using the National Core Arts standards. We welcome your questions and conversations!

amarcelin@rimea.org">André Marcelin - Goff MS (6-8)
ljones@rimea.org">Lori Jones - Chair/The Compass School of RI (K-8)
cputka@rimea.org">Chad Putka - Moses Brown School (PK-4)
Autumn Casey, Old County Road Elementary & Raymond C. LaPerche Elementary (K-5)
sjohnson@rimea.org">Stephen Johnson - Coventry Public Schools (PK-5)
Erin Preston - Melrose Avenue School

Classroom Management

Managing a music classroom is tough in the post-pandemic world! Click here to share a classroom management tip to help fellow music teachers!

Mission Statement

General Music Council Mission Statement/Goals

GM Brouchure

General Music Tri-Fold Brochure

Join the General Music E-Mail List

An e-mail discussion list just for general music teachers

Professional Development

All current PD offerings

The General Music Council wants to hear from YOU!

Please take a look at these Google forms. Any information you provide is helpful in growing our general music community.

Do you have a teaching specialty or personal strength others could benefit from observing in action? Teacher Personal Specialty/Strengths
Do you know of a great music-themed school assembly? Let us know, we are building a database! Music-Themed School Assemblies
Do you use any YouTube videos that have been effective in the general music classroom? Add them to the playlist below! General Music YouTube Videos

YouTube Playlist

A wealth of GM resources

Contact the GM Council

We'd love to hear from you.

General Music Newsletters

Each newsletter features: an article by a RI general music teacher; an educator spotlight; important upcoming RIMEA dates; local professional-development opportunities; local grants or performances