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IMEA’s Membership and Advocacy

Connecting and inspiring music educators across the state towards advocacy for music in schools. MEMBERSHIP:

Membership with IMEA isn’t simply being part of a peer group. We go further. Whether that’s supporting and encouraging music outreach, helping our members continue their musical education, or fostering stronger educators for Indiana’s music students, we are proud to offer an expansive amount of resources and opportunities. Your $129.00 membership grants you access to both IMEA’s resources, as well as a National Association for Music Education (NAfME) membership. You’ll receive a subscription to our magazine, INform, along with information and opportunities for your students including the IMEA Honor Band, the All State Percussion Ensemble, our Elementary and Middle School Honor Choirs, and National Honor Ensembles.

ADVOCACY:

The heart of IMEA’s mission is advocacy. We want to grow a better environment for cultivating music and musicians in the Midwest. Only through standing up for the importance of music education in our schools, can we ensure that our students receive the opportunities and support they deserve. In pursuing this goal, we strive to provide resources and tools to help other advocates give voice to music education. Currently, we help support NAfME’s Think Beyond Bubbles: Be a Broader Mind initiative.

“Music not only impacts academic achievement, it also shapes the way our students understand themselves and the world around them. Let’s think beyond the bubbles and educate the whole student.”

We also direct our members to other resources like:

• SupportMusic.com • Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation • Americans for the Arts • The Music Achievement Council • VH1 Save The Music • The MuSICA Database • The Children’s Music Workshop • The Dana Foundation • The President’s Committee on the Arts and the

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Programs for Students & Members

We offer an array of programs both for beginning student musicians, and seasoned performers and educators. STUDENT PROGRAMS:

Circle the State with Song

Circle the State with Song (CSWS) is an integral part of Indiana’s choral landscape. This program is a statewide choral festival for elementary and junior high/middle school choirs. Nearly 5,000 youth from hundreds of different schools participate in Circle the State each spring at one of 12 sites throughout Indiana. Over 15,000 community members attend these concerts annually.

All State/Honor Ensembles

This event gives students at the high school and collegiate levels the opportunity to participate in one of several All State Honor Ensembles. These ensembles perform at the IMEA Professional Development Conference in January each year.

The Future Music Educators Colloquium

The colloquium gives students a chance to undergo an intensive, two-and-a-half-day workshop designed specifically for high school students to learn more about what it takes to become a successful music educator. This event is part of the IMEA Professional Development Conference and is held at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne.

The Indiana Tri-M Honor Society

The Tri-M Honor Society is an international music honor society for middle and high school students. The honor society recognizes students for their academic and musical achievements and rewards them for accomplishments as well as service activities to help inspire excellence and musicianship and leadership. Tri-M is a program of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and has more than 5,500 chartered chapters.

The IMEA Composition Competition

The IMEA Composition Competition is an annual competition that offers young Indiana composers–grades 6-12–the opportunity to have their work evaluated by established composers/educators who provide written feedback. This event is designed to help these young composers learn and grow as creative musical thinkers and will take place in Fort Wayne in conjunction with the IMEA Professional Development Conference.

The Music Theory Bowl

Music Theory Bowl is a team-based program for high school students in Indiana, created as an opportunity to sharpen music theory knowledge and engage students who participate in music theory classes statewide. Music Theory Bowl is open to all Indiana high schools, regardless of whether the school has a Music Theory class.

The Children’s Folk Dance Festival

The Children’s International Folk Dance Festival showcases thousands of children from across Indiana in grades three through eight performing international folk dances. Students learn the dances from music, P.E., and/or grade-level teachers throughout the academic year in preparation for the festival. This event is supported by the Kentucky Dance Institute.

The IMEA Festival and Clinic

The IMEA Festival & Clinic provides an assortment of student groups with an opportunity to perform for a panel of clinicians and receive a masterclass with a master teacher.

MEMBER PROGRAMS:

The Marching Music Academy

Powered by DCI, the Marching Music Academy is a free educational event for Marching Band Directors and Instructors designed to help their skills as they go into the summer. IMEA, Drum Corps International, and the Scouts (our demo group) lead the event.

Introduction to Orff-Schulwerk

Orff-Schulwerk is a process of teaching music to children by involving them in the creation of music. Through imitation, exploration, and improvisation, students develop musical skills and understandings. In this workshop, you will become immersed in the “Orff World” through singing, playing, exploring, moving, and most important, beautiful music-making. You will be introduced to the process through lessons appropriate for elementary school students, and occasionally extended to develop your own musical skills needed for artistic teaching.

The Fall General Music Workshop

The Fall General Music Workshop is a one-day workshop in Indianapolis for general music teachers that is designed to give them new educational tools and tips as they head into the new academic school year. Through a very interactive, hands-on workshop, teachers will explore new ways to get theirstudents involved in the classroom from music room games, dancing, and other fun activities. The Collegiate Leadership Symposium

This symposium is for members of CNAfME. During this annual meeting, leaders from CNAfME will gather in Indianapolis to discuss their agenda for the upcoming season.

The Southern Indiana Symposium and Clinic

This event is a full-bodied professional development event for educators — specifically in the Southern Indiana area.

The Northern Indiana General Music Workshop

The Northern Indiana General Fall Workshop is a one-day workshop for general music teachers that is designed to give them new educational tools and tips as they head into the academic school year. As a very interactive, hands-on workshop, teachers will explore ways to get their students involved in the classroom from music room games, dancing, and other fun activities.

The Beginning and Developing Teachers Workshop

The Beginning and Developing Teachers Workshop as a tool to further develop your skills as a classroom music educator. Geared towards beginning and transitioning teachers who are looking for help with classroom management, new teacher assessments, planning music trips, or guidance on communication with administration. Learn from veteran educators, surround yourself with other educators who are new and/or further developing their skills, take in ideas and tools that you can immediately incorporate into your classroom!

The IMEA Professional Development Conference

The IMEA Professional Development Conference is the largest, more diverse professional development event for Indiana music educators. Welcoming music teachers of all levels and classrooms, this 2-day conference contains over 100 sessions and meetings with close to 100 clinicians.

Music in Our Schools Month

Music in Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®) is NAfME’s annual celebration taking place in March which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools.

MIOSM® began as a single statewide advocacy day and celebration in New York in 1973 and grew over the decades to become a monthlong, nationwide celebration of school music in 1985. l