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25-26 Remix Context
25-26 Remix Context

The 2025-2026 ILMEA Remix Contest is ready for you! Check out the source material, stems and more.

Spring Festival Opportunities
Spring Festival Opportunities

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!

Elementary Band, Chorus, Orchestra and EGM Festivals
Elementary Band, Chorus, Orchestra and EGM Festivals

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.

2025 All-State Merchandise & Recordings
2025 All-State Merchandise & Recordings

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.

Meals & Dining in Peoria During IMEC
Meals & Dining in Peoria During IMEC

Looking for hotel meal offerings or dining options in downtown Peoria during the Illinois Music Education Conference? Check out these options!

Registration Open for 2025 Large Group Festivals
Registration Open for 2025 Large Group Festivals

Learn about the 2024 ILMEA Large Group Festival Series for middle school and high school ensembles. This non-competitive adjudicated festival series is open to bands, choirs and orchestras, and new for this year - instrumental jazz ensembles!

What's New in JSGM?
What's New in JSGM?

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!

Junior High All-State Chorus FAQ
Junior High All-State Chorus FAQ

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.

Announcing 2025 Large Group Festival Dates & Sites
Announcing 2025 Large Group Festival Dates & Sites

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!

End-Of-Year Resources for Chapters
End-Of-Year Resources for Chapters

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!