IMEC 2024 Handout Gallery
Please note that we are only able to post handouts that have been shared with us from the clinicians and presenters. As we receive them, we will update the handouts below!
Thursday, January 25
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Body Mapping: Breathing
Creating a Culture of Movement with Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Examining and Expanding Equitable Programming with the Institute for Composer Diversity
Feeling the Past: Re-energizing Music History in General Music
From A to G: Filling the Gaps in Music Education
Growing Grit: How Educators Can Develop Student Grit
Hands-On Mariachi: An Immersive Experience
It's A Musical World - Travel the World Through Song
Let's Band Together
Music Teachers’ Experiences with Implementing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Special Learners in the String Classroom: Strategies & Opportunities for Diverse Learners
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Creating a System for Self-Paced Sight Reading Assessment
Help!! I Teach Everything: How to Wear Many Hats Without Losing Your Mind
Jazz Explorers
Let’s Start at the Very Beginning: Early Childhood Music and Movement
Off The Page: Student Centered Creativity In The Band Room
Small Steps: Improvisation for the Beginning Jazz Ensemble
Steel Drums: From the islands to your program
Why You Need an Electronic Ensemble in your music program. And how to do it.
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DARA OS Electronic Ableton Ensemble
Don't Stress - Decoding Complex Jazz Piano Voicings
Don’t Forget the Musicians in the Back of the Room: Practical Considerations for Improving the Winds, the Percussion, and their Cohesiveness
Full Orchestra for the String Player
Incorporating SEL Best Practices into the EGM Classroom
Ni-Ne-Na-No-No: Reinvigorating the Choral Warm-up
No Experience Necessary: Making Music With Beginning and Intermediate Singers
What Makes a Music Teacher? A Synthesis of Selected Research on Music Teacher Development
You’re the Foundation: How to do self-care in a way that creates optimal mental health in your students
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Can We Do That AGAIN: Singing games your students are going to love.
Conducting the Lesson Plan
Conga Drums in Latin-Jazz: Strategies for Applying Traditional Rhythmic Patterns
Dalcroze Eurhythmics Experienced Through the Music of Popular Female Artists
How to Utilize Chamber Music to Strengthen your Instrumental Music Program
I’m Not Okay: Our Mental Health as a Teacher and a Human
The Sonic Justice Collage Project
You Cannot Teach an Empty Chair: An Affirmational Approach on Recruitment, Retention, and Representation
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Kaneland Harter Middle School Jazz Band
Modeling Isn’t Just for Instagram: How Student Brains Respond to Teacher Modeling of Music Performance
Rewiring Beginning Guitar: Creating A Solid Foundation In Musicianship Through Pop Guitar Study
Teaching Beyond the Test: Instructional Design for the Ensemble Classroom
The Chicagoland Educators Orchestra
The Do-Re-Mis of Pops Concert Production
Using Children's Lit to Sing, Play, & Build Community
Using stations in the Elementary Music Classroom
Walter Payton Concert Choir
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Irish Session @ Kelleher’s Irish Pub
Barrington High School Chamber Choir
Oswego Jazz Ensemble 1
2024 ILASTA String Orchestra Reading Session
Bradley University Symphonic Winds
Dance and Play the Evening Away
Mascoutah High School Vocal Jazz
Elmhurst University Concert Choir
Lake Park High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Air Force Band of Mid-America
Friday, January 26
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Eureka College Chamber Singers
John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble I & Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble
Prairie Grove Junior High Advanced Band
Yorkville High School Wind Ensemble
8-Bit Worlds: How to Understand and Compose Music for Video Games
Millikin University Clarinet Choir
More Decisions = More Music, Empowering Students from the Podium
Neurodivergent Music Teachers Unite!
Sight Reading Builder & More
Special Education and Music Education
Re-Thinking Rehearsal: Creating a Holistic Music Curriculum in an Ensemble Setting
Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble
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Baby Steps, not Giant Steps: Beginning Jazz Repertoire
Basics of the Voice: The Developing Voice in Ensembles
Breathe, Focus, Sing
Creative Approaches to Musical Expression in Instrumental Ensemble Rehearsals
Disruptive Nudges toward Innovative Change in Ensemble Music Education
Egg Shakers, Hand Drums, Rhythm Sticks, Oh My! Little Instruments that Pack a Big Punch
Funding & Grants for Illinois Arts Education and Musicians
Intro to Kodaly
Progress, Not Perfection: DEI in School Orchestra Programs
Remixing School Songs with Hip-Hop Collaborations
Setting the TONE for the Rehearsal: Developing Individual and Ensemble Fundamentals in Your Band
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Elk Grove High School Chamber Orchestra
A Global Perspective to Repertoire Selection in the Concert Band Setting
Building Your Electric Guitar Program One String At A Time
Dance and Play the Irish Way: performance pieces for your program
Improvised A Cappella Arranging: Lead sheet reading for the choir and theory classroom
Intro to Orff
Listen Up! Emphasizing Listening and Aural Skills in Jazz Pedagogy
Music Technology & Business Free Open Source Curriculum
Student Teaching Tools for Success
United We Grow: Choral and Voice Teachers Tools for Collaboration
Why you should revitalize and energize your marching band pregame show!
Champaign Central High School Chamber Orchestra
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A Department of One: Surviving and Thriving In Rural Music Education
Culturally Responsive Teaching Through Korean Samulnori Percussion
Ellington for All
Embracing Diversity and Expanding our Programming Options: Latin American Music for Young Wind Bands
Enhancing your choir's sound through acoustic principles
Explore the GBXmusicfest: Propelling Commercial Music to the Forefront of Your School Music Program
I Feel Like I Should Know This, But...
MusicFirst Elementary: A Modern Curriculum for Elementary General Music Classes
Play This, not That!
Teaching Musicians How to Practice: Pedagogical Insights Gleaned from Research
The Life-Changing Experience of Being A Fulbright Scholar in Brazil and How International Experience Can Positively Impact Your Teaching and Students
Top Ten Recorder Challenges
Unlocking A Cappella - A comprehensive look at Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble at the High School Level
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Hitting all the Standards with Project-Based Learning
Pre-K, K, and Grade 1: Music and Movement Engagement
Singing My Own Song: Centering Students' Identities and Languages through Songwriting
The Low-down on Lower Strings - BASS Version: Creative Strategies and Teaching Techniques for Beginning and Intermediate Bassists
Time for a Tune-Up?
Vital Empathy: Centering Empathetic Principles in Music Education
What The Heck Is A C‚ñ≥?! A Beginner's Guide to Jazz Guitar
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Accentuate the Accessories
ACDA Reading Session
Break Up with Break Crossing Problems: Essential Fundamentals for Connecting Registers on the Clarinet
Classroom Management (and Other Survival Tactics!) for Young Performing Ensembles
Comprehensive Student Teaching Experiences: A Framework for Success
DGS Honors Jazz Sextet
Focusing on Belonging: Fostering an Inclusive Community in the Music Room
Real World Theory: Relevant music theory for music production, guitar, piano, and modern band.
Spotlight on Research
Saxofonix
Saturday, January 27
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Monmouth-Roseville Madrigal Singers
Plainfield North ConPlainfield North Concert Choircert Choir
Edwardsville High School Symphonic Band
Plank Jr. High School Symphonic Band
Connecting the Dots to Comprehensivity: How Early Career Educators Transfer Skills to Areas Outside of Their Specialization
Fostering Creative Agency in Instrumental Ensembles
Grow Your Jazz Students with Structured Listening
Incorporating Play in General Music: Play Inspired by the Pedagogy of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Music Learning Theory
Know Your Breaks : Getting to know the history of breakbeats and how you can use them in your music production class.
What Would YOU Do: Real-Life Scenarios in Music Education from First-Year Teachers
Windows and Mirrors: Showcasing Stories that Broaden the Music Room
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Building a Commercial Music Program #ModernBand #PopMusic #CommercialMusicEnsemble
Incorporating SEL Best Practices into the EGM Classroom
Infusing Dalcroze Eurhythmics into the Choral Rehearsal
Musicianship Skills & The Art of Jazz Duo Playing
Responsible Social Media Usage: Inside and Outside of the Classroom
The Next Generation: Revisiting Foundations and Employing Creativity in Choral Sight-Singing
Two Steps Forward: 2024 BIPOC Music Educators Panel
Using Hot Cross Buns to teach Everything!
Vocal Jazz Reading Session
You Can’t Restore What Was Never There
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Zion-Benton Township High School Symphonic Band
Flora High School Concert Band
2024 Vocal Jazz Audition Prep Session
How to teach musicianship without “Teaching” musicianship?
If You Know, You Know: Peak Experience in the Choral Rehearsal
Let’s Go on a Trip: A Musical Journey to Korea
Marching Arts Adjudication Demystified
One, Two, Three: Come Sing and Dance with Me
Practice or Shmractice: Quality vs Quantity Practice for Viola and Violin Students
Through funk and fiction: Making an Afrofuturist classroom
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Playing with Rhythm