History
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lowa Music Educators Association was founded officially in 1939 when it joined with the Music Educators National Conference (now NAFME).
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Music Educators Journal - October 1, 1939
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Delinda Roggensack was the first president. The yearly conference was held for the first years in tandem with the lowa State Education Convention in October. An expanded convention was then held for two days in January at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. This highly successful venue declined in attendance when teachers were not permitted leave. The conference was moved to November to merge with the Iowa All-State Music Festival. IMEA has provided two NAfME North Central Division Presidents and offered annual conferences for professional development.
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Delinda Roggensack, First President of Iowa Music Educators Association
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Iowa music educator Phillip C. Hayden was one of the founders of Music Educators National Conference, hosting the first meeting in Keokuk, lowa in 1907.
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Phillip C. Hayden, One of the original founders of MSNC (now NAfME)
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Former Iowa Music Educators Association President John Aboud, (left), and former National Association Presidents Lynn Brinckmeyer, Barbara Geer and David Circle, helped dedicate the Centennial Plaque in Keouk in 2007.
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