Events Calendar
Dear Music Educators of Accepted Student,
The deadline for you to register your student and confirm their spot in the 2025 All-Eastern Honors Ensemble Festival is Wednesday January 29th. Information was emailed out initially on Thursday December 26, 2024 through Constant Contact.
If you did not receive this email or have questions, please email festival chair Hannah Cole at easterndivisionensembles@cmea.org
Looking forward to welcoming you and your student to Hartford in 2025!
Have a student participating in the 2025 NAfME Eastern Division All-Eastern Festival? Interested in helping out? WE NEED CHAPERONES!
Scan the QR code below or CLICK HERE to fill out the form by Friday January 31, 2025.
Questions? Email easterndivisionensembles@cmea.org
FREE Collegiate PD Event
Dr. Peter Boonshaft!
Wednesday February 5, 2025
5:30-6:30pm social hour
6:30-8:30pm Sessions
COLLEGIATES!
Join us for a FREE PD event brought to you by CMEA. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Peter Boonshaft to speak to ALL Connecticut music ed. students.
- Wednesday February 5, 2025
- The Hartt School, University of Hartford
- Room TBD, building map will be provided
- 5:30-6:30pm social hour – PIZZA IS INCLUDED =D
- 6:30 PM – 7:25 PM – PD Session #1
“Ways To Improve Every Class or Rehearsal Through Inspired Teaching”
This session will offer 24 ways you can immediately improve every rehearsal or class.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
- 7:25 PM – 7:35 PM – Break
- 7:35 PM – 8:30 PM – PD Session #2
“If You Don’t Know, I Can’t Tell You!”
A poignant and uplifting description of what is at the heart of being a music teacher: the
essence of what we do and why we do it.
- 8:30 PM – Closing Remarks and end of day
There will also be a FREE raffle for the following items:
-
- CMEA Tshirt
- CMEA will pay for a Collegiate NAfME Membership
- CMEA will pay for a NAfME Eastern Division Conference registration when it comes to Hartford this April 24-26, 2025.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE!
Arrange your carpools now, you do NOT want to miss this event!
Questions? Email the CMEA PD Chair at prof-dev@cmea.org OR the CMEA Collegiate Chair at collegiate@cmea.org
FREE Collegiate PD Event
Dr. Peter Boonshaft!
Wednesday February 5, 2025
5:30-6:30pm social hour
6:30-8:30pm Sessions
Registration CLOSED on 2/3
Information regarding parking, rooms, and other needed details was sent to all registrants on 2/4.
- Wednesday February 5, 2025
- The Hartt School, University of Hartford
- Room TBD, building map will be provided
- 5:30-6:30pm social hour – PIZZA IS INCLUDED =D
- 6:30 PM – 7:25 PM – PD Session #1
“Ways To Improve Every Class or Rehearsal Through Inspired Teaching”
This session will offer 24 ways you can immediately improve every rehearsal or class.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
- 7:25 PM – 7:35 PM – Break
- 7:35 PM – 8:30 PM – PD Session #2
“If You Don’t Know, I Can’t Tell You!”
A poignant and uplifting description of what is at the heart of being a music teacher: the
essence of what we do and why we do it.
- 8:30 PM – Closing Remarks and end of day
There will also be a FREE raffle for the following items:
-
- CMEA Tshirt
- CMEA will pay for a Collegiate NAfME Membership
- CMEA will pay for a NAfME Eastern Division Conference registration when it comes to Hartford this April 24-26, 2025.
Arrange your carpools now, you do NOT want to miss this event!
Questions? Email the CMEA PD Chair at prof-dev@cmea.org OR the CMEA Collegiate Chair at collegiate@cmea.org
The CT All State festival will take place at Wethersfield HS March 27-29.
CMEA is proud to host the 2025 Eastern Division Conference and All-Eastern Honors Ensembles April 24- 27, 2025.