Basics of Sound Reinforcement

Bednarcik Junior High School Symphonic Band & Oswego East Wind Symphony

Bridging the Gap: Marching Band Techniques for Concert Band Success

Cultivating Creativity with Electronic Music Elements

Foundational Jazz Improv: Moving from Fear to Flow

How to Guide Improvising and Composing Using Audiation in the General Music Classroom

Making Middle School Musicianship Flexible and Fun: How to Improve Your Gestural Communication on the Podium for More Efficient and Effective Rehearsals and Performances

Recorder Refresh

St. Joseph-Ogden High School Choir & Sycamore High School Chamber Choir

The Music Educator's Early Career Blues

There's More to the Score

Opening General Session

All the Composers, All The Time: Appreciating and Understanding the Broad Scope of Wind Band Repertoire

Beats That Resonate: Teaching Drum Production of Modern Music

Blending is Trending: Crafting a Cohesive Woodwind Sound

Creative Ideas to Enhance Your Performing Ensemble’s Overall Experience

Expanding Choral Repertoire: Strategies for Discovery and Diversification (or “Becoming a Choral Repertoire Ninja”)

First Steps in Music Adapted to Your Classroom

Get SET with Orchestra: Exploring String Education Tools for Instrumental Programs

Hands-On Mariachi Melodia Techniques (Trumpet & Violin)

Percussion Party: Get Creative with Rhythm Instruments

Quintessentially Quincy

Yes! Your Junior High Choir can Swing!

Ai Programs for the Music Classroom and Ensembles

Beyond "Yellow After the Rain:" New Four Mallet Literature for the High Schooler

Clarity, Feedback, Growth: The Power of Purposeful Rubrics

Defining Expectations for Student Teachers in the Music Classroom

From Traffic Cop to Musical Maestro: Using Laban Movement Analysis and Free Movement-based Score Study Techniques to Expand Your Repertoire of Conducting Gestures, Broaden Your Conducting Effectiveness, and Enhance Your Rehearsal Pedagogy

Getting Started in Your Self-Contained Special Education Class!

Getting Started in Your Self-Contained Special Education Class!

Hands-On Mariachi Armonia Techniques (Guitar, Vihuela, & Guitarron)

Illinois Arts Council Funds for Arts and Education, and Other Resources

Invite! Excite! Ignite!

Starting the Year off Right: Establishing a Culture of Trust in your Jazz Band

Strategies to Teaching Part-Singing in the Elementary Music Classroom

Teaching Multilingual Learners in Music Ensembles

There's More to the Score

Write It Yourself: Beginning A Cappella Arranging for Vocal Groups

Composition Showcase & Guest Artist

Developing a Beautiful Bow Arm

From Honk to Harmony: Guiding Saxophonists Toward Ensemble Excellence

Listen Up! Boosting Musical Learning with Active Listening

Maximizing the Method Book in Beginning Band

Musical Passport: Exploring Global Repertoire in Secondary School Ensembles

Ninjas, Cowboys, and Nursery Rhymes: Imaginative Exploring in the Music Classroom

Ninjas, Cowboys, and Nursery Rhymes: Imaginative Exploring in the Music Classroom

Success with the Small Things: How to Start and Maintain Beginning Strings

Summer Sing: Creating Your Own Choir Camp!

There Are No Stupid Questions!: A Live Q&A for General Teaching Tips and Advice

Touring Triumph: Mastering the Art of Performance Travel

Cross Generational Perspectives in Band Directing: A Panel Discussion

Ear Training and Theory Fitness? There’s an App For That!

Engaging Song Games for Upper Elementary

First Steps in Part Singing

First Steps in Part Singing

Franklin STEAM Academy 8th Grade Orchestra & Bloomington High School Chamber Orchestra

Jersey Community High School Jazz Ensemble & Oak Park & River Forest High School Jazz Ensemble

Neuqua Valley High School Varsity Chamber Singers & Dundee-Crown High School Chamber Choir

Yes, Young Bands CAN Play Slow Music!

Young Educators’ Teaching Experiences in Low Income Area Programs

Dance and Play the Evening Away

ILASTA Reading Session

Marian Catholic Symphonic Band & Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble

Millikin University Choir & Western Illinois University Singers

SIUE Concert Jazz Band & Eastern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble

Dundee Middle School 8th Grade Symphonic Band & Ottawa Township High School Wind Ensemble

Moline High School Bella Voce & Marmion Men's Chorus

Westfield Community School Jazz Ensemble & Warren Township High School Jazz Ensemble

It's a Musical World: Travel the World Through Song

Maximizing the Method Book in Beginning Band

Starting, Sustaining, and Excelling your Mariachi Ensemble

String Pedagogy as Social Purpose: Consistency and Change in Music Education

String Techniques 101: Teaching Tips for the Non-String Native, From a Non-String Native

Systemic Factors Contributing to the Teacher Profession

Up, Down and All Around: Parachute Activities for Every Season!

Using Score Study and Selection Skills to Mentor Developing Student Composers

Video Auditions 101

Building Community, Rapport and Leadership in the Middle School Instrumental Music Classroom

Centering Mental Health and Identity in Process and Product

Come and Play the Kodaly Way

Concerts That Teach, Concerts that Reach

How to Grow and Sustain a Modern Band Program

IEP Melodies: Finding the Right Tune for Every Student

Just Play!

Just Play!

Recruitment and Retention: Demystifying Strings for Students, Families, and Communities

Setting Beginning Students Up for Success: A Pedagogical Model for Beginning Strings

Solo Flight: Helping Young Voices Take Off

Striking a Chord: How Teachers’ Unions Empower Music Educators

Utilizing the Estill Voice Method for Healthy Vocal Jazz Pedagogy

Niles West Symphonic Orchestra & Moline High School Symphonic Orchestra (10:45am)

Creative and Equitable Curriculum Design for the General Music Classroom

Creativity Where Failure May be a Requirement

From Storytelling to Stage: Harnessing AI in Educational Artistry within the Framework of Music Education

How To Support Young Women in Secondary Jazz Ensembles: Examining the Research to Better Educational Practices

Mastering Technique in the Heterogeneous String Classroom: Part Two - the Left Hand

Maximizing the Method Book in Beginning Band

Open Heart, Open Mind: Performing World Music in Your Own Backyard

Puppet Power: Bring Your Classroom to Life!

Responding and Connecting Standards: Mysterious or Magnificent?

Teaching in a Cornfield

They Don't Want to Teach? Help Your Students Find a Career Path in the Music Industry!

Vocal Jazz Reading Session

Who’s Drivin’ This Bus? The Learner-Centered String Class

Blue Collar Band: Excellence in Title 1 Band Programs

Bronzeville to Bollywood: Incorporating Southeast Asian Baraat Traditions into your Jazz Program

Children’s Literature and the Modes

Children’s Literature and the Modes

Exploring Southeast Asian Music and Cultures in the String Orchestra

Inclusive Fine Arts: A Vision and a Model

K-2 For You: Engaging Music Activities for Young Learners

Long-Term Planning for Choral Ensembles (Slideshow, Step 1, Step 4)

Teaching Multilingual Learners in Music Ensembles

The Art and Impact of Show Choir

The Composers' Guild: A Program to Educate and Inspire Student Composers

Yes, and… Using Improv Philosophy in to Build Class Culture

Bridging Language and Music: Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

Creative Movement in the Elementary General Music Classroom

Maximizing Every Minute: Transforming Score Study into an Active, Music-Making Experience

Punch In, Prewrite, and Freestyle: Songwriting Approaches from Hip Hop Perspectives

String Techniques 101: Teaching Tips for the Non-String Native, From a Non-String Native

Teaching Awesome Kids on the Spectrum

Ukulele Jam

Utilizing the Yamaha Harmony Director for Private Teachers

Building Your Curriculum: Considerations for Finding Quality Literature for Younger Ensembles

Come and Play the Orff Way

Conducting Change: Evolving as a Music Educator

IEP Melodies: Finding the Right Tune for Every Student

ILACDA Reading Session

Penguins, Loops, and Beats: Building an Intro Music Tech Curriculum

Prairie Grove Junior High Jazz Band 1 & Superscript7 Vocal Jazz

Showtime: Musicals and More

Spotlight on Research

Take Your Guitar Class to the Next Level

Captivate Your Communities with Creative Concerts

Hill Middle School Una Voce & Triad High School Chamber Choir

Connecting Kids with Creativity

Don't Skip the Basics! How a Focus on Fundamentals Has Made Our Middle School Program Stronger (and Our Lives Easier)!

Hip Folk: Remixing Songs, Dances, and More for the Classroom

Let’s Roll[and]! Solving String Technique Problems in the Orchestra Rehearsal

Music Literacy Pop Guitarists: Getting Students Ready For Any Gig

Puppet Power: Bring Your Classroom to Life! (Repeat)

20 Things I Learned in 100 Interviews

Conducting the Musical Pit: Tips and Tricks to Help Bring Music to the Musical

Elementary Musicals: Build the Broadway Buzz!

Encore! Building a Thriving Middle School Musical Theater Program

How to Put the 'Jazz' in Jazz Choir

It’s Just Singing: Essential Tips and Tricks for Vocal Technique in the Choir and General Music Classroom

Mindfulness-Based Social and Emotional Learning for the Music Educator

Orff Ensemble: Beginning to Advanced

Performing Music Technology: Building Electronic Ensembles with Ableton Live, Push, and Move.

Setting Beginning Students Up for Success: A Pedagogical Model for Beginning Strings

Who’s Drivin’ This Bus? The Learner-Centered String Class

Beyond the Choir Room: Guiding Students Toward a Successful College Music Audition

Empowering Singers to Effectively Read Repertoire

Improvisation for All

Introduction to Education Through Music: Building Intelligence through Play

Responding and Connecting Standards: Mysterious or Magnificent?

Speak THEIR Language: Using Popular Music in the Elementary Music Classroom

Start with the Score: Analyzing Music for Instructional Design

Success with the Small Things: How to Start and Maintain Beginning Strings

Trauma-Informed Teaching in the Music Classroom

University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble

Vocal Jazz Audition Prep Workshop

Women in Jazz: A Panel Discussion and Jam Session

In the Pages of a Book!

UDL and Beyond for the Elementary General Music Classroom

Enhancing Orff with Electronic Resources

Meet Them Where They Are: Centering Special Education Music Around Student Engagement & Communication