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!
The Illinois State Board of Education is exploring changes to the Illinois School Report card, and the proposed accountability system no longer includes Fine Arts as an indicator for School Quality/Student Success (SQSS). We need Music Education Advocates to voice their support for keeping the Fine Arts Indicator on the Illinois School Report Card as a school quality indicator!
If you are looking to harness the power of your music department’s parents, friends and families, this concert program insert can give them great ideas to get started! It is available as both an image file or PDF so whether it is a digital or print program, you can get the word out to your community during your next performance.
Spring Festivals are coming soon! These are fantastic musical experiences for student musicians that might not be part of the fall auditions and festivals, so the spring festivals are a great time to focus on the music-making that happens at your school outside of the traditional ensembles. These festivals are also open to participants from other districts!
Spring is the perfect time for Elementary students to get their first experience with ILMEA festivals! More districts every year are adding elementary band, chorus and orchestra events to the already thriving Elementary General Music festivals. Read more about these great opportunities for our young musicians to be a part of these ensembles with students from around their ILMEA District.
Information for those interested in purchasing commemorative merchandise (including plaques and apparel) or physical audio or video recordings of the concerts!
Please note: Students in the All-State performing ensembles will receive a complimentary digital recording of their concert in the coming weeks.
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!
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.
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!
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 2023 Revisited! If you were unable to attend IMEC, or if you attended but could not make it to all the sessions you wanted this is your chance to gain some of that valuable information that you may have missed! These are LIVE webinars, so you will be able to interact directly with the presenters and some of the content as presented at IMEC may be new and updated. Webinars are free for current ILMEA members ($30 each for nonmembers).
