Quebec Music Educators’ Association (QMEA). An association of English-speaking music educators of Quebec formed in 1968. Its origins date back to 1939 when Irvin Cooper, music supervisor with the Montreal Protestant School Board, gathered together a group of English-speaking music educators then working for the board. The following year an informal association was formed with Cooper as president. Membership broadened and English- and French-speaking music teachers from the Catholic School Commission of Montreal joined the organization.