National Conferences and Events
Register for the December 5 Virtual Meet the Candidates Forum
Save the date for the Virtual Meet the Candidates Forum: Sunday, December 5, 2021, at 5:00 PM ET. Registration details are below. Send questions for the candidates to NAfME Director of Governance and Administration Kim Henry at KimH@nafme.org. The call for questions will close on Monday, November 22, 2021. Questions from the open call to members may be included among those asked of candidates for NAfME National President-Elect during the virtual Meet the Candidates Forum.
State and Division Conferences
NAfME Federated State Association Conferences
- North Carolina (Winston-Salem) November 6-9
- Iowa (Ames) November 18-20
- Nebraska (Lincoln) November 17-19
- New York NYSSMA 2021 Winter Conference (Rochester) December 2-5
- Florida (Tampa) January 12-15, 2022
- Oklahoma (Tulsa) January 19-22, 2022
- Colorado (Colorado Springs) January 26-29, 2022
- Georgia (Athens) January 27-29, 2022
- Kentucky (Louisville) February 2-5, 2022
- Ohio (Cleveland) February 3-5, 2022
- Maryland February 4-6, 2022
- Minnesota Midwinter Clinic February 17-19, 2022
- California (Fresno) February 17-20, 2022
- North Dakota (Bismarck) March 25-26, 2022
- Pennsylvania (Poconos) April 6-9, 2022
- Maine (University of Maine, Orono) May 19-20, 2022 (Call for Proposals: Deadline January 21, 2022)
Conferences are produced by each of the NAfME federated state associations throughout the year. Please visit this page to find your state’s website and more information.
Webinars
Upcoming Professional Learning Community Live and On-Demand Free Webinars during COVID-19
NAfME Advocacy Tuesdays in April
- April 6, 5 PM EDT: Celebrate Virtual Hill Month
- April 13, on demand: Sharing Best Practice Ideas with the US Department of Education
- April 20, 3 PM EDT: How to Access Education Relief Funds to Support Music Education
Recording for May 12, 2020, “Keeping Music Education Strong,” a NAfME and NAMM Foundation webinar
Vision 2020—February 25 NAfME now Immediate Past President and Board Chair Kathleen D. Sanz; Deb Confredo, chair of the Society for Research in Music education; and Linda Thornton, chair of the Society for Music Teacher Education presented the first of the “Vision 2020” webinars on February 25, 2020. Music educators played a role in helping envision the future of music education, responding to the ideas in this first of a series of Vision 2020 live webinars. Find the archived webinar and PDF of the slide deck here.
Other Events
As events from associated groups are announced, they will appear here.
