Illinois Music Education Association

09/18/2026

ILMEA District 5 invites all music educators to their morning of Professional Development on Friday, October 9 at South Side School in Effingham! Register to attend at https://membership.ilmea.org/events/81

09/17/2026

High School Band Students! Auditioning for ILMEA? Make this your best audition yet with the help of our expert woodwind, brass, and percussion faculty! Schedule includes:

- Guided clinics on all audition materials grouped by instrument.

- A session on recording to capture your best sound for your audition with Dr. James Land

Join us by registering at: https://bit.ly/wiuILMEA

09/17/2026

IMEC 2027 - January 27-30 - Register Today at www.ilmea.org/imec
Join us in Peoria for Illinois' premier music education conference. See you there!

09/11/2026

Important reminder that student audition nominations are due next Wednesday, September 16 at 5:00pm!
(This is just the nomination to audition, video submissions will be due September 30 at 5:00pm.)

09/09/2026

As of 10:10am this morning, all ILMEA audition material documents have been updated with specific audition material for student video audition submissions! This includes selected scales, chords, excerpts, district supplemental material, etc. as applicable.

For students who are looking to begin preparing for Fall 2026 auditions, all required audition elements are now posted for Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz are now posted!

09/08/2026

Junior High and Senior High Percussion Students: Check out these amazing videos to help you prepare for your audition submission videos!

Watch these videos to review the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) Concert Etudes for Cycle 3. This playlist contains both ILMEA Senior Concert Et...

09/03/2026

Now let's meet the conductors bringing their expertise to our 2027 All-State orchestra programs - our orchestra students will learn and grow so much with this exceptional group!

09/02/2026

📣Large Group Festival Registration is Open!📣
Jazz Bands, Bands, Orchestras and Choirs - there's something for everyone. Make your plans and register today at

Join us for the ILMEA Large Ensemble Festival series! We invite all participating middle and high school programs to join us in this unique event designed to bring our musical community together for world-class performance venues, invaluable feedback from renowned adjudicators, inspiring performance

09/02/2026

Time to swing into the 2027 All-State Jazz conductor lineup - our jazz student musicians are going to love the energy and expertise this group of conductors brings to the All-State programs in January!