In an effort to continually align auditions statewide at the junior and senior levels, the Board of Directors voted at their meeting last summer to introduce new etude cycles for band, orchestra, chorus and jazz starting with 2024 auditions.
Open to students spanning grades 6 through 12, the ILMEA Remix Contest challenge invites student musicians and creators to bring their own point-of-view into Hamelka's emotive composition.
Introduce your students to the captivating realm of digital music creation with our workshop tailored for middle and high school students! From electronic beats to atmospheric melodies, they'll explore the landscape of digital music composition for soundtracks.
Information on ordering merchandise, plaques, recordings and photos from 2024 ILMEA All-State Student Programs!
With another record-breaking year of entries, the ILMEA Composition Contest honorees are now announced! Congratulations to all students who submitted original compositions, arrangements and remixes.
Enrich your school’s music program with an ILMEA's student chapter! With options for junior high, high school and 2- or 4-year collegiate music students, chapters are a valuable opportunity to celebrate, promote and grow student music leaders in your school.
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).
March 13-17 is the 2023 Illinois Arts in Education Week! Join schools, educators, students and boosters across the state as we celebrate music and the arts in our schools and advocate for greater access to high-quality music education for all Illinois learners.
What expertise, ideas and methods can you share with your music education colleagues in Illinois? We’d love for you to share them. Clinic and Performance Applications are open for the 2024 Illinois Music Education Conference!
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.