Palen Music Center

Palen Music Center is dedicated to helping children experience excellence, personal growth, and joy through involvement in music. We carry out this mission by supporting area band directors through weekly service, support, educational programs, and quality products. This weekly Quick Note newsletter strives to highlight topics that are immediately helpful in the classroom. Comments, suggestions, ideas, and articles are always welcome. Looking for help on a particular topic? Be sure to check out our Quick Note Catalog of back issues! Palen Music Center Welcomes Melissia Goff To Our Team! Having seventeen former band directors on our staff wasn't quite enough....we needed one more. We are very fortunate to be part of an expanding business and growth cannot happen without having quality people. This summer, Melissia Goff will be joining our team as a full-time road representative working out of our headquarters store in Springfield. At PMC, our mission is to do everything in our power to support kids, and attracting strong, dedicated, caring teachers serving as road representatives helps accomplish that goal. Melissia (yes…there are two "i"s in her name) is currently teaching at Willard High School. She is a graduate of Willard, performed for years with the Phantom Regiment drum corp, graduated from Missouri State University and has teaching experience in Missouri, Illinois, and Nevada. She has achieved many things as a director including leading her marching band to the BOA Grand Nationals Semifinals and directing her concert band all the way to the Missouri Music Educators Association state convention. If you would like to learn more about her, check out this great article that appeared in the April 2011 edition of Teaching Music. Melissia will be available to assist our partner schools with marching band clinics, concert band clinics, literature selection, assistance with recruiting, beginning band instrument testing, and much more. We look forward to adding another quality music educator with a servant's heart to our team.