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.
ILMEA has leadership and service opportunities for junior high, high school music students, and collegiate pre-service music educators - learn more about the ILMHS and ILCMEA!
The ILMEA Board of Directors, at their Summer 2020 Business Meeting, recommitted to the ongoing work of creating learning environments and opportunities for their members, and the students they serve, that celebrates inclusion and diversity. Click through to read more!
“I loved enjoying all the music. The Jazz and Student Composition Concerts were incredible. It was so fun to watch people just as passionate for music as I am.”
I was so thrilled to read this quote from one of our participating All State Students, upon reviewing our 2022 Student Surveys. It evokes exactly the type of experience we are intending to bring to all our state’s most dedicated music students: collaboration, community and a shared love for music performance.
ILMEA seeks to promote and celebrate research through the inclusion of a regularly-occurring research feature in the journal as well as the poster and paper presentations as part of the Illinois Music Education Conference.
Plans for returning to in-person learning this fall are ongoing, as we all know. As music educators work with school administration to build the best plan for music students, ILMEA is providing a one-sheet with key takeaways from the most recent ISBE guidance and the updated aerosol study reporting. This way, music educators and administrators have a quick reference sheet as they collaborate on plans fo the fall.
Do you have an exceptional colleague in Music Education? Does your administrator go above and beyond in support of the music program and students at your school? The ILMEA Awards Program supports our efforts to recognize outstanding achievements of peers, those preparing to be music educators, as well as those outside the music education profession.
