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All-State Selections Are Live!
All-State Selections Are Live!

All-State results are now live in director accounts! Congratulations to all of the Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Jazz, FMES and Composition students who will be joining us for All-State student programs in Peoria in January!

Registration Now Open for IMEC 2025!
Registration Now Open for IMEC 2025!

Registration is now open for the 2025 Illinois Music Education Conference! Join us for three days filled with inspiring sessions, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. This is your chance to connect with fellow music educators, share ideas, and discover new strategies to enhance your teaching.

ILMEA Orff Instrumentarium Loan Application
ILMEA Orff Instrumentarium Loan Application

Are you looking to incorporate more Orff into your music classes? Are you excited to begin but need the instruments? Now is the time to apply for the EGM Instrument loan program from ILMEA!  With this program, you can apply to use the 13 piece ILMEA Orff Instrumentarium to be housed and used at your school for the second half of this school year. What better way can there be to enrich your students’ music education and demonstrate to your administrator how important these instruments can be to your program?

Registration Open for 2025 Large Group Festivals
Registration Open for 2025 Large Group Festivals

Learn about the 2024 ILMEA Large Group Festival Series for middle school and high school ensembles. This non-competitive adjudicated festival series is open to bands, choirs and orchestras, and new for this year - instrumental jazz ensembles!

Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates

Learn more about the individuals running for the ILMEA Board of Directors on the Fall 2024 ballot! Voting in the Fall 2024 ILMEA elections will take place online starting November 1.

What's New in JSGM?
What's New in JSGM?

If you want to see where some of the biggest and most varied growth has been happening within ILMEA over the past few years, you’d need to take a look at the Junior/Senior General Music (JSGM) division! With new festivals, album streaming releases and an expanded Composition Contest there’s lots to catch up on to see how you and your students can get involved!

Junior High All-State Chorus FAQ
Junior High All-State Chorus FAQ

ILMEA is excited for the inaugural Junior High All-State Chorus in January 2025 in conjunction with the 2025 All-State Student Programs and Illinois Music Education Conference! As with any new program, we know that educators, administrators and parents will have many questions. This FAQ will help to address these questions so that everyone is as prepared as possible for this outstanding experience.

Announcing 2025 Large Group Festival Dates & Sites
Announcing 2025 Large Group Festival Dates & Sites

Join us for the 2025 ILMEA Large Ensemble Festival series! We invite all middle and high school band, orchestra, and chorus programs to participate in this event, designed to deliver outstanding educational experiences in high-quality performance venues with valuable feedback and clinics from renowned adjudicators. And new for 2025 - a Large Group Festival site for Instrumental Jazz!

End-Of-Year Resources for Chapters
End-Of-Year Resources for Chapters

If your junior high or high school is home to an Illinois Music Honors Society chapter, you’ll want to check out the resources at www.ilmea.org/chapters! You’ll find graduation cords, pins, and certificates along with a sample script that can be used for induction and recognition ceremonies. These are great ways to recognize and celebrate your student musicians!

IMEC 2024 Highlights *New Photos Added!*
IMEC 2024 Highlights *New Photos Added!*

Look back at the highlights of the 2024 Illinois Music Education Conference in our IMEC photo gallery! Join us as we revisit the moments of collaboration, learning, and musical excellence from this past January in Peoria.

connect | Learn | Lead

  • Take advantage of outstanding content-specific professional development opportunities that directly impact the success of your students and your programs.

  • Be confident in the advocacy voice for music education at the federal, state and local levels.

  • Access resources like the Illinois Music Educator Journal that support music education and help us create the best opportunities for all Illinois learners.

  • Expand your professional network and connect with thoughtful and inspiring music colleagues from around the state.

  • Build and access support throughout your professional music education career from preservice into active service and into retirement.

 

Join the over 25,000 teachers and students who take part in these outstanding events! 

 

Through auditions or nominations, students at participating schools can take part in local and state-level ensembles with other Illinois music students. Opportunities for elementary through high school students include
band, chorus, general music, jazz and orchestra.

Become a participating school today!

 

The premier professional development event for Illinois Music Educators

 

The annual conference held in Peoria, Illinois brings together educators from every area and age level of music education. Featuring over 150 clinics and concerts over three days, you are sure to come away with fresh ideas and resources to bring back to your classroom!