"Hip" Folk

Church Hymns and Jazz: A Match Made in Heaven

Comparatives and Beyond: Creating a K-2 Program For Students Using Children's Literature

Creative Composition, Improvisation, and Performance Techniques Using Modern Brass Band Sounds

Ensemble Success: Philosophies for Consideration

Hands-On Mariachi Reading Session

Infusing Responsible Social Change into the Secondary Choral Curriculum

Meet Me in the Middle: Choral Rep for Middle Schoolers

O'Fallon District 90 Symphonic Winds & Oswego High School Wind Symphony

Resilience in Teaching Music: Research, Challenges, and Practices

Student and Teacher Experiences with Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Middle School Orchestra Classroom

Teach the Change You Want to See in the World

A Beginner's Guide To Instrument Repair: Empowering Yourself and Your Students

Black Joy: Promoting Black and Brown Faces in the Music Classroom Through Storybooks

Boss Battles! How to Write Video Game Battle Music

Composer Kaleidoscope: Choral Music from Diverse Writers

Hands-on Approach to Korean Percussion in Varied Music Class Settings

Inclusive Actions From The Podium

Music Learners on the Spectrum: Perspectives of Autistic Adults

Singing with Purpose: Identity, Belonging, and Agency in the Choral Ensemble

Stevenson Baroque Ensemble and Viol Consort

You Can with Flex-Band! (Program)

Ai is Here - Be Aware! Investigating Ai Music Tools and Ai Music Programs for the classroom and beyond

Better than "Good!": Providing Quality Feedback for Effective Rehearsals

Blues in the Orchestral Classroom

Classroom Management in the Middle School Classroom

Cultivating Quality Relationships With Your Administrators and Making the Most of Your Evaluation Process

Introduction to Teaching (and Playing!) the Ukulele

Making Music with Children's Lit

Neurodivergent Music Teachers Unite

Swingin' to Success: Fostering Success in your Jazz Program

Using Solo and Ensemble to Improve Your Music Program

Beyond Measure: "UnGrading" Your Classroom

Blurring the Binary: Teaching Transgender Students in the Music Classroom

Folk Dancing with Upper-Elementary Students: Joys and Challenges

Foundation First: Empowering Young Music Educators & Students in Classroom Culture and Music Fundamentals

Implicit Bias in the Music Classroom

Kpop 101: A Crash Course in How to Harness Kpop’s Popularity in Your Classroom

Manasseh "Doso" Champion & All-State Composition Contest Showcase Concert

Represent: Programing Music that Looks Like Your Band

Sing a Song from My Hometown: Comprehensive Chinese Music Teaching Unit

Belleville East High School EastEnders! & Glenbard East Vocal Jazz Workshop

Cultivating Student Leadership & Student Led Learning in the Middle School and Beginning Vocal Ensembles

Growing Among the Corn: Tips and Tricks for Young Music Educators in Rural Communities

Joliet West High School Concert Choir & Nashville Community High School Mixed Choir

Let's Get Moving: Authentic Folk Dancing in the K-8 General Music Classroom

Music Director 101

Quincy Senior High School Concert Orchestra & St. Charles North Chamber Orchestra

Supporting Multilingual Learners In The Music Classroom

Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble & Loyola University Chicago Jazz Ensemble

CU Sings: People's Chorus & Bradley Chorale

Dance and Play the Evening Away

ILASTA Reading Session

Quad City Wind Ensemble & Illinois State University Wind Symphony

Monticello Middle School Jazz Band & Homewood-Flossmoor Viking Jazz Ensemble

Oswego East High School A Cappella Choir & Oak Park & River Forest A Capella Choir

Westview Hills Middle School Gold Band & Collinsville High School Wind Ensemble

Appropriate vs. Appropriated: Programming Culturally Responsive Repertoire

Early Jazz Strings

Electric Strings Playground

Hands-On Conducting Workshop

Keep Stats, Not Grades: A Positive Revolution in Performance Classroom Assessment

MMM - The Three M's: How to Make Your Music Student Assessments Meaningful, Measurable, and Manageable!

Popular Music and Orff Schulwerk

Songs of the Sun: Filipino Folk Songs for the Musical Classroom

Tai Chi for Conductors

Bloom: Children's Choir Music to Grow On

Centering Mental Health and Identity in Process and Product

Conquer Your Intermediate Band with "Make It Happen!" A New Approach for Your Developing Band

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Teaching Instrument-Specific Bow Strokes in a String Orchestra Classroom

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Creating a Third Record for Music Education

Expanding Your General Music Percussion Ensemble part 1: Pieces for drums, Orff, small percussion, and recorders.

Harmony and Discord: Managing Moral Dilemmas in Music Teaching

Help! I Teach Jazz Now! A Methodology for the Developing Jazz Director

Recharging Your (Class) C and D Batteries: Surviving the Challenges of a Rural Program

Sight-Reading Has Its Ups and Downs: Improving Sight-Reading through Eye-Tracking, Physical Movements, and Visuo-Motor Coordination Skills

The Conductor's Voice: Cultivating Vocal Stamina, Health and Wellness for Longevity

Dunlap High School Orchestra & University of Illinois at Chicago Orchestra

Beyond the Notes: Infusing Choral Music with Subtextual Meaning

Developing The Young Band Sound

Differentiating Instruction for Students with Special Needs in the Inclusive Music Setting

Empowering Young Musicians: A Beginner's Guide to Music Production with Soundtrap

Expanding Your General Music Percussion Ensemble part 2: Pieces for drums, Orff, small percussion, and recorders

Finding Their Voice: Voice Charting the Adolescent Male Singer

Mentoring Towards Culturally Sustaining and Equitable Teaching Practices

Ten Tips to Improve Your Jazz Festival Performances

Tips I Knew Before Going into Teaching

Vocal Jazz Reading Session

Women On the Podium: Continuing the Conversation

Basically Basie

Beyond Pronouns: Gender Inclusivity in the Music Classroom

Building a Culture for Successful Recruiting and Retention

Choral Arranging for Young Singers

Come and Play the Orff Way

Cultivating Community: Building Music Classroom Culture

More Than Making Copies: The Student Teaching Experience from Both Sides

Taking the FAIL out of WASSAIL: DHS Madrigals Celebrates 50 Years

The Violin Within

Trust the Process: Developing your Inexperienced Ensemble Through Contest/Festival Preparation

University of Illinois Chicago Percussion Ensemble

When They Want Data, Give Them Authentic Formative Assessment

Drumming is Part of Everything I Do in the Elementary Classroom!

Feierabend Fundamentals

Freedom Dreaming and Improvisatory Music-Making: Imagining the Future of Music Education

Getting the Gig: Need to Knows for Applying and Interviewing for your First Teaching Job

Oh S&*$! I have to teach Guitar?!?

Recorder 101: No Squeaks Allowed!

Small Ensembles, Big Impact: Elevating Your Band Through Chamber Music

Total Program Success

Backed by Science: Tips and Techniques to Improve Performance and Motivation in Large Ensembles

Come and Play the Kodály Way

Designing Musical Learning: Exploring Backward Curricular Design for Music Learning

Harp in the Orchestra: A Director's Guide

Hinsdale Middle School Jazz Ensemble & St Charles North Jazz Ensemble

ILACDA Reading Session

Inspiring Students: Fostering Musical Agency Through Interactive Rehearsals

Let's Be Real: The Reality of the First Decade

Press the Easy Button: Technology for your Ensembles' Musical Growth

Sing, Say, Dance & Play in Your Favorite Way: Hip-Hop & Pop Arrangements

Spotlight on Research

Why You Should Start a Rock Band Class at Your School

South Elgin High School Advanced Treble Choir, St. Joseph-Ogden High School Choir

All In This Together: How To Institute an Inclusive Musical Experience for Students of All Abilities

Giving Students Ownership in Ensemble Classes

I Am So Very Overwhelmed By Being In Charge Of Everything But It’s Okay! (newer teachers’ edition)

It’s Not Optional! SMART-ly Translating IEPs into the Music Education Setting

Just Listen! Active Listening Strategies for Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal

MART: A fully immersive Studio Experience

Move and Groove: Modern Ideas for Movement in the Music Room

Musical Theatre: Help for Every Director, From Novice to Veteran

Solmization for Strings

The Mini-Musical: Approaching Democratic Practices in a Secondary General Music Course

What's on the Menu? Engaging All Singers While Working With Other Sections

Building Resilience Through Chamber Music

Drama Bootcamp: Boost Confidence & Community in your Middle School Music Program

Empowering Student Musicianship: Creative Strategies for Implementing a Holistic Curriculum in the Traditional Ensemble Setting

Finding the "U" in ChorUs

Little Improvisations through Children's Literature

Popular Music on the Playground

Nylon Meet Steel: Bridging the Divide Between Classical-Style Guitar and Steel-String Guitar Techniques for More Inclusive Guitar Involvement in Your Ensembles

SEL in the EGM Classroom: How to Start Small

Teaching the Bass-ics in the Jazz Band: An Effective Approach to Teaching Your Beginner Bassist

The Music Educator's Early Career Blues

Anacrusis in Action: Mentoring Young Teachers

Body, Mind, and Voice: Singing From the Inside Out

Diversify Your Band Literature: Performing the Music of Black Composers

Help! I've Got 25 Kids and 6 Xylophones! What Do I Do?

Improvisation: Talking To Your Friends With Your Instruments

Independent Musicians in the Ukulele Classroom

Rehearsal Strategies to Energize Your Students

The ABCs of Music Tech: Solutions for EGM

The Power of Two: 2-Part Literature for Middle and High School Choirs

Where's the Beat? See It, Feel It, Read It, the Number Notation Method

Emotions and Tunes: SEL, Music, Lit Fusion

Sing, Dance and Play the Greek Way in the EGM Classroom

Differentiating Instruction for Students with Special Needs in the Inclusive Music Setting (Repeat Presentation)

Global Pop for Orff Ensemble: From Aotearoa Rock to Ukrainian Hip Hop