ILMEA Updates Fall 2015

Since last fall….

Fall Festivals Festivals in November 2014  21,446 Students Auditioned  10,185 Participated

New Board Members  Brayer Teague, State President Elect  Peter Carlin, District 2 President Elect  Jeremiah Kramper, District 8 President Elect

Returning Board Members  Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, MTE Division VP  Jeremy Marino, Orchestra Division VP

Board of Directors  Mark Corey, State President  Brayer Teague, State President Elect  Deborah Shofner, State Past President  Brian Covey, District 1 President  Sarah Reckmeyer, District 2 President  Michael Allen, District 3 President  Debbie Johnson, District 4 President  Chris Gunn, District 5 President  Nathan Hoke, District 6 President  Patrick Barnett, District 7 President  Nicole Oberg, District 8 President

Board of Directors, Part 2  Jake Stouffer, District 9 President  Kris Cox, Band Div. Vice President  Curtis Fischer-Oelschlaeger, Chorus Div. Vice President  Donna Zawatski, EGM Div. Vice President  Craig Roselieb, Jazz Div. Vice President  Lori Evenhouse, JSGM Div. Vice President  Justin Sisul, Music Educator Development Div. Vice President  Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, Music Teacher Education Div. Vice President  Jeremy Marino, Orchestra Div. Vice President

Publications 2015 Spring IMEJ2015 Winter IMEJ2015 Fall IMEJ

IMEC 2015 Over 10,000 people attended the Illinois Music Education Conference in 2015.

Professional Development  Sing, Dance, Create and Play!  District Festival Professional Development  Summer Learning Series  PD given through ROEs  Illinois Music Education Conference

Arts Education Advocacy Day  April 29, 2015  Arts Alliance Illinois, Illinois Art Education Association and ILMEA partnered to bring over 75 people to Springfield  Morning training on advocacy  Afternoon meetings at the State House  Year 3 is tentatively April 12, 2016

Policy/Procedure Manual  Summer Board of Directors Meeting 2015, the BOD examined all written policies and procedures for ILMEA student events  Policies and procedures were spread between multiple documents, sometimes at odds with one another  BOD took all this source material and combined everything into one  Each line was discussed by the BOD  Full document available at

New Policies/Procedures  Based on the BOD’s examination, there were several adjustments made to the student events policies/procedures, descriptions of those follow.  All changes are to be fully implemented by the school year, with the exception of the membership requirement which goes into effect for

Audition Policies  In an effort to reduce non-music variables, districts will be implementing blind auditions  For vocal auditions, ranges will now be used to determine voice part  All ILMEA judges are now being paid from a uniform scale  Districts are encouraged to use judges from outside the district whenever possible

All-State Eligibility  Sophomores from all performing divisions – band, chorus, orchestra and jazz – will now be eligible for All-State Selection  This begins next festival season for All- State 2017

District Representatives  To increase the number of volunteer leaders in ILMEA, each District Representative will serve one year as rep- elect with a two-year term as representative to follow  Each rep can be elected for one additional two-year term before leaving the office for at least one election cycle. This would result in the rep serving for four years total

District Representatives, Part 2  Each district will only have one official rep for each division and level (for example, middle school orchestra)  In addition to the rep, it is strongly encouraged that the district have multiple volunteer leaders to assist in planning and production of the auditions and the festivals

ILMEA/NAfME Membership  Membership in a professional association is an important aspect of professional growth. ILMEA believes strongly that music educators that take part in our programs should be dues-paying members. Beginning in the school year, all educators that nominate students for ILMEA programs must be members of ILMEA/NAfME.

… to the future

2015 Election  November 1 – November 22  Vote online through Survey and Ballot Systems  Link sent via to ILMEA/NAfME Active, Active Spouse and Retired members  Contact Darcy Nendza, Executive Director at regarding missing ballots or questions on the

Candidates for 2015  Band Division VP  Brian Covey  Philip Whaley  EGM Division VP  Rachel Aupperle  Manju Durairaj  Jazz Division VP  Jim Kull  Craig Roselieb  District 5 President  Courtney Leach  District 6 President  Melissa Gustafson-Hinds  Alyssa Cudney  Jackie Siddle More Information at

Bylaw Change Request  The Board of Directors has approved a request to change the bylaws. This change would remove “Vice” from the titles of the Division Vice Presidents. If passed, ILMEA would then have District Presidents and Division Presidents.

2016 IMEC  Opening Night Concert: Cantus  Full schedule of content-specific Professional Development  Administrator Track Sessions  Mock Interviews  Resume Reviews  All-State Selected Ensembles  Composition Track  Future Music Educators Seminar  Performing ensembles from around Illinois  NEW! All-State Elementary Chorus

Core Arts Standards  ISBE and the Arts Alliance Illinois are chairing an examination of the National Core Arts Learning Standards aimed at recommending to the State Board of Education updated learning standards in arts education  ILMEA is represented on the Steering Committee and Music Working Group of this project  Proposed music standard draft is available at

Summer Learning Series 2016  June 21, 22, and 23, 2016  Moved earlier into the summer to avoid school conflicts  Sites announced at the IMEC!