2026 Summer WorkshopProps, Movement, and More, Oh my! with Kim Bruguier
Join NMEA for our 2026 Summer Workshop—a one-day professional development event open to teachers of all levels and specialties! Led by clinician Rhonda Fuelberth, this workshop will center on building inclusive music classrooms. This year's workshop will be led by NAfME North Central Division President, Kim Bruguier from Mitchell, South Dakota. WHEN: Monday, July 6, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm WHERE: University of Nebraska-Kearney, Fine Arts Building (2506 12th Ave) COST: FREE for Active NMEA Members and Collegiate Members, $75 for non-members REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 29, 2026 Register Today!CLINICIAN KIM BRUGUIERKim Bruguier teaches elementary general music and In 2011 she was awarded the South Dakota Outstanding Young Music Educator Award and in 2017 was selected as both the LB Williams Elementary and Mitchell School District Teacher of the Year. HOTELS AND MEALSFor those traveling, there are several hotel options in Kearney to fit your needs. You can view a list of hotels at https://visitkearney.org/lodging/. Attendees will be responsible for paying for their own lunch. Lunch will be available through the UNK Cafeteria, and the cost is $8.39 per person. |
beginning band at LB Williams Elementary in Mitchell, SD. She also directs a middle school show choir and is color guard instructor for the High School Marching Band. Mrs. Bruguier is the director for the Mitchell Area Children’s Choir, is vice president of the Sioux Valley Orff Chapter, is the Immediate Past President and conference manager for the South Dakota Music Education Association and is an adjunct professor in the education department for Dakota Wesleyan University. In that position she teaches a class on using music, movement, and art for elementary education majors. Mrs. Bruguier has been a clinician across the midwest, presenting at multiple state music conferences, as well as the NAfME National conference in Dallas, the South Dakota Technology In Education conference, the SD Arts Education Institute, and for the Sioux Valley Orff Chapter. She has also led professional development sessions for school districts on a range of technology and music topics. Mrs. Bruguier has been an adjudicator multiple times for middle school music contests and has been the guest director for the 4th-6th grade SDMEA Festival Choir in the spring of 2018, the Brookings Festival of Voices for middle school singers in 2019, and this fall the Northwestern Music Festival for Middle School Voices.
