Welcome to the Michigan Music Conference - 100% Virtual in 2021!

The purpose of the Michigan Music Conference (MMC) is to provide relevant professional development and vibrant musical experiences that support music education for educators and their students.

Although we are unable to gather in person together, we are still committed to the needs of our educators and their students and are excited to offer meaningful experiences in an online presence. Virtual features that will be offered include education sessions with live Q&A, on-demand offerings to maximize SCECH needs, a virtual exhibit hall showcasing our partner vendors, a NEW music college fair, live community chats, and much more!

The portal closed on Wednesday, June 30th.

Call for Submissions 2022

Deadline for submissions has passed. Thank you for your support.

Registration Information

Questions? info@michiganmusicconference.org ; 734-239-8104

Future MMC dates: January 27-29, 2022, January 26-28, 2023

Virtual Schedule Overview

MMEA = All Music Education

Michigan Music Education Association

MASTA = Strings

Michigan Chapter of the American String Teachers Association

MSBOA = Band & Orchestra

Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association

MSVMA = Choral, Vocal

Michigan School Vocal Music Association

Thursday, January 28th

12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Visit Exhibit Hall!
 
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MSBOA
MSBOA Conducting Symposium
Christopher Chapman
Colonel Jason K. Fetting
Nan Washburn
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MMEA
MMEA Presents: Roger Sams
Roger Sams
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MSVMA
MSVMA HEADLINER: Introduction to Why
Joe Miller
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MSBOA
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
Matthew Arau

Friday, January 29th

Saturday, January 30th

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On-Demand Library

Recorded session offerings available to watch at your leisure! Organized by target audience.

101 Tips and Tricks for Motivating Middle School Music Students
A Comprehensive Musicianship Approach to Instrumental Music
ASBDA Michigan Chapter Winter Meeting
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
Ask a Music Therapist: A Panel Discussion
Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot
Caring for Yourself and Your Classroom
*Chamber Music Beyond Solo & Ensemble Festival
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
*Double Bass for Band Directors
Embracing Change (Facing the Unknown Without Fear!)
*Everything You Wish You Remembered from Percussion Methods
First Year Forum
Focusing on the Needs of Big vs. Small Schools: Recruitment for Beginning Ensembles
Fostering Community Relationships - The Public Relations Side of Teaching Music
Full Orchestra is for Everyone!
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
*Guitar Class - When Kids "Hit the Wall"
Keep Your Students in Music!
Lessons From Behind the Screen: What I Learned from COVID-19
*Low Brass Recruiting and Retention
*Mainstage Basics
*Making the Most of the Middle
Minstrelsy, Blackface, and Problematic Origins: How Racism Pervades in the American Canon
MSBOA Conducting Symposium
MSBOA HEADLINER: Mindset Reset: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking Strategies for the Music Educator
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
MSBOA Music Education Workshop for New Teachers
Navigating the Undergraduate Degree
New Music Teacher Support: Thriving Not Just Surviving through Mentoring
New Teacher Meet & Greet
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
*Purposeful Practice Strategies Using Technology
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
*Research to Practice: Practical Applications of Hand Gesture in the Choral Music Classroom
Research to Practice: What Music Education Research Tells Us About Music Teaching and Learning: A Panel Discussion
Self Care and Flow- It’s Importance and How We Make It Work with Our Careers and Obligations
SMTE Business Meeting
Stress-Free Sight-Reading: Strategies to Teach and Nurture Sight-Reading Confidence From Day 1
*Technology in a Music Classroom
The POWER of Repertoire Selection
The Uncomfortable Conversation: Race/ Using Black History and Music to Reach Your Students
Thriving Not Surviving: Defining and Celebrating Success in the Instrumental Classroom
Tone and Tonguing for Band
Ukulele for the Other 80%
Unlocked! Expressive Conducting Using Laban Movement
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
What to Expect When You're Expecting: A Guide to First Year Teaching
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
*Why Can't My Flute Section Play in Tune?
Your Program, Your Kids, and Yourself: Navigating a Fulfilling Career Teaching in Title 1 Schools
101 Tips and Tricks for Motivating Middle School Music Students
A Pedagogy of Expression: Expressing Yourself Musically in the Classroom
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
Ask a Music Therapist: A Panel Discussion
A Stroke of the Brush: Making Meaningful Interpretive Decisions in Choral Music
Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot
Building Up Your Boys: Fostering Empowering Relationships in Secondary Choral Classrooms
Caring for Yourself and Your Classroom
Choral Tone Hacks: Using Techniques From the Studio to Create Distinct, Diverse Timbres
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
Embracing Change (Facing the Unknown Without Fear!)
First Year Forum
Focusing on the Needs of Big vs. Small Schools: Recruitment for Beginning Ensembles
Fostering Community Relationships - The Public Relations Side of Teaching Music
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
*Guitar Class - When Kids "Hit the Wall"
Is This Song Okay to Perform? Navigating Choral World Music
Keep Your Students in Music!
Lessons From Behind the Screen: What I Learned from COVID-19
*Mainstage Basics
*Making the Most of the Middle
Meeting of the Minds - MSVMA Rubric Session
Minstrelsy, Blackface, and Problematic Origins: How Racism Pervades in the American Canon
MSBOA HEADLINER: Mindset Reset: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking Strategies for the Music Educator
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
MSVMA HEADLINER: Building Voice Through Community
MSVMA HEADLINER: Introduction to Why
MSVMA HEADLINER: Transforming Space
MSVMA MS/JH Reading Session
MSVMA SATB/Mixed Reading Session
MSVMA Solo Rubric Session
MSVMA Student Membership Breakfast
Navigating the Undergraduate Degree
New Music Teacher Support: Thriving Not Just Surviving through Mentoring
New Teacher Meet & Greet
Not Another Love Song or Sea Chantey: A Reading Session for SA and TB Ensembles
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
*Purposeful Practice Strategies Using Technology
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
*Research to Practice: Practical Applications of Hand Gesture in the Choral Music Classroom
Research to Practice: What Music Education Research Tells Us About Music Teaching and Learning: A Panel Discussion
SMTE Business Meeting
*Technology in a Music Classroom
The MSVMA Rubric: Where the Score and Pedagogy Meet
The Pitch Project
The Uncomfortable Conversation: Race/ Using Black History and Music to Reach Your Students
Thriving Not Surviving: Defining and Celebrating Success in the Instrumental Classroom
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
Wanted: Expressive Singers! (Because Every Song Has a Story)
What to Expect When You're Expecting: A Guide to First Year Teaching
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
Your Program, Your Kids, and Yourself: Navigating a Fulfilling Career Teaching in Title 1 Schools
A Pedagogy of Expression: Expressing Yourself Musically in the Classroom
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
Ask a Music Therapist: A Panel Discussion
Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot
Caring for Yourself and Your Classroom
*Children as Storytellers: Creating and Supporting Student Agency in Music Learning and Play
Colorful and Beautiful String Sounds! A Journey to Master Tone Production
Composition in Elementary General Music
*Creating Engaging Videos for the General Music Classroom
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
Developing Musical Thinking and Creativity through Play in Early Childhood and Elementary Music
Embracing Change (Facing the Unknown Without Fear!)
First Year Forum
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
Is This Song Okay to Perform? Navigating Choral World Music
*It's Instrumental: Using Recorders to Develop Literacy and Improvisation Skills
Lessons From Behind the Screen: What I Learned from COVID-19
*Mainstage Basics
*Making Music, Making Meaning: Honoring Student Identities in the Elementary General Music Classroom
*Making the Most of the Middle
Minstrelsy, Blackface, and Problematic Origins: How Racism Pervades in the American Canon
Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Doors Through Literature
MSBOA HEADLINER: Mindset Reset: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking Strategies for the Music Educator
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
*Musiking in an Online Environment - Mind the Latency!
Navigating the Undergraduate Degree
New Music Teacher Support: Thriving Not Just Surviving through Mentoring
New Teacher Meet & Greet
No Bars? No Problem! Orff Schulwerk Without the Xylophones
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
Practical Strategies for the Self-Contained Special Education Music Classroom
*Promoting a Gender-Inclusive Environment in Elementary General Music
*Remote Instruction and Blending Learning In and Out of the Recorder Classroom
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
*Research to Practice: Practical Applications of Hand Gesture in the Choral Music Classroom
Research to Practice: What Music Education Research Tells Us About Music Teaching and Learning: A Panel Discussion
*Slide to the Left, Slide to the Right
SMTE Business Meeting
*Taking Care of Orff Instruments: An Investment and a Journey
*Technology in a Music Classroom
The Pitch Project
Thriving Not Surviving: Defining and Celebrating Success in the Instrumental Classroom
TikTok! Let’s Rock!- Bringing Popular Music and Dance into Your Classroom
Ukulele for the Other 80%
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
Wanted: Expressive Singers! (Because Every Song Has a Story)
What’s in a Song? Re-Visiting Origins and Meanings of Songs Within the Elementary Music Repertoire
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
Your Program, Your Kids, and Yourself: Navigating a Fulfilling Career Teaching in Title 1 Schools
101 Tips and Tricks for Motivating Middle School Music Students
A Pedagogy of Expression: Expressing Yourself Musically in the Classroom
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
Ask a Music Therapist: A Panel Discussion
Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot
Caring for Yourself and Your Classroom
*Children as Storytellers: Creating and Supporting Student Agency in Music Learning and Play
Colorful and Beautiful String Sounds! A Journey to Master Tone Production
*Common Discord: Strategies to Communicate and Include Paraprofessionals in the Music Classroom
Composition in Elementary General Music
*Composition with a Click: Using Music Technology to Bridge the Gap Between Elementary and Secondary
*Creating Engaging Videos for the General Music Classroom
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
Embracing Change (Facing the Unknown Without Fear!)
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
*Google Classroom for the Music Educator
*Guitar Class - When Kids "Hit the Wall"
Is This Song Okay to Perform? Navigating Choral World Music
*It's Instrumental: Using Recorders to Develop Literacy and Improvisation Skills
*Low Budget Electronic Music Ensemble
*Mainstage Basics
Minstrelsy, Blackface, and Problematic Origins: How Racism Pervades in the American Canon
Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Doors Through Literature
MSBOA HEADLINER: Mindset Reset: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking Strategies for the Music Educator
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
*Musiking in an Online Environment - Mind the Latency!
New Music Teacher Support: Thriving Not Just Surviving through Mentoring
New Teacher Meet & Greet
No Bars? No Problem! Orff Schulwerk Without the Xylophones
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
Practical Strategies for the Self-Contained Special Education Music Classroom
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
*Research to Practice: Practical Applications of Hand Gesture in the Choral Music Classroom
*Slide to the Left, Slide to the Right
SMTE Business Meeting
*Taking Care of Orff Instruments: An Investment and a Journey
*Technology in a Music Classroom
The Pitch Project
The Uncomfortable Conversation: Race/ Using Black History and Music to Reach Your Students
Thriving Not Surviving: Defining and Celebrating Success in the Instrumental Classroom
TikTok! Let’s Rock!- Bringing Popular Music and Dance into Your Classroom
Ukulele for the Other 80%
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
Wanted: Expressive Singers! (Because Every Song Has a Story)
What’s in a Song? Re-Visiting Origins and Meanings of Songs Within the Elementary Music Repertoire
What to Expect When You're Expecting: A Guide to First Year Teaching
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
Your Program, Your Kids, and Yourself: Navigating a Fulfilling Career Teaching in Title 1 Schools
101 Tips and Tricks for Motivating Middle School Music Students
A Comprehensive Musicianship Approach to Instrumental Music
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
Ask a Music Therapist: A Panel Discussion
Beginning Bass Pedagogy
Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot
Caring for Yourself and Your Classroom
*Chamber Music Beyond Solo & Ensemble Festival
Colorful and Beautiful String Sounds! A Journey to Master Tone Production
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
*Double Bass for Band Directors
Embracing Change (Facing the Unknown Without Fear!)
Engaging Repertoire for Beginning String Players
Finding a Better Chin and Shoulder Rest Combination
Focusing on the Needs of Big vs. Small Schools: Recruitment for Beginning Ensembles
Fostering Community Relationships - The Public Relations Side of Teaching Music
Full Orchestra is for Everyone!
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
*Guitar Class - When Kids "Hit the Wall"
Keep Your Students in Music!
*Mainstage Basics
*Making the Most of the Middle
MASTA HEADLINER: Bringing the Mind Home: How to Use Mindfulness to Improve Focus, Self-Regulation, and Performance Skills in Orchestras
MASTA HEADLINER: From Poof to Portato: A Sequence of Bow Strokes for the Heterogeneous Classroom
MASTA HEADLINER: Principles of Effective Bowing - Perspectives from the Podium and the Studio
Middle School Orchestra A.R.E. (Artistic, Realistic and Engaging) Education
Minstrelsy, Blackface, and Problematic Origins: How Racism Pervades in the American Canon
MSBOA Conducting Symposium
MSBOA HEADLINER: Mindset Reset: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking Strategies for the Music Educator
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
MSBOA Music Education Workshop for New Teachers
New Music Teacher Support: Thriving Not Just Surviving through Mentoring
New Teacher Meet & Greet
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
*Purposeful Practice Strategies Using Technology
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
*Research to Practice: Practical Applications of Hand Gesture in the Choral Music Classroom
Research to Practice: What Music Education Research Tells Us About Music Teaching and Learning: A Panel Discussion
SMTE Business Meeting
Stress-Free Sight-Reading: Strategies to Teach and Nurture Sight-Reading Confidence From Day 1
Teaching Musicality in a Rehearsal Setting
*Technology in a Music Classroom
The Uncomfortable Conversation: Race/ Using Black History and Music to Reach Your Students
Thriving Not Surviving: Defining and Celebrating Success in the Instrumental Classroom
Tune A Fish: Teaching Independent Tuning in the Beginning and Middle School Orchestra
Unlocked! Expressive Conducting Using Laban Movement
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
What to Expect When You're Expecting: A Guide to First Year Teaching
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
Your Program, Your Kids, and Yourself: Navigating a Fulfilling Career Teaching in Title 1 Schools
*A Music Library for Every Student and Every Program
A Shift to Student-Centered Mentoring in a Shifting World of Music Teaching
*Composition with a Click: Using Music Technology to Bridge the Gap Between Elementary and Secondary
*Creating Engaging Videos for the General Music Classroom
Creative License and the Benefits of Rule-Breaking
Funding Opportunities for Music Programs in Michigan
*Get Your Students to Compose in the Cloud with SmartMusic
*Google Classroom for the Music Educator
*Low Budget Electronic Music Ensemble
*Mainstage Basics
MSBOA HEADLINER: Music Is Our Superpower
*Musiking in an Online Environment - Mind the Latency!
*Panel Discussion - Issues in Distance Learning
Parent and Music Teacher: Finding Balance
Partnerships of Empowerment: Empowering University Faculty, K12 Faculty, Preservice Teachers, and Music Learners...Together
*Preparing Your Students for a Successful Audition
*Purposeful Practice Strategies Using Technology
*Remote Instruction and Blending Learning In and Out of the Recorder Classroom
*Research Poster Session: Meet the Authors
Research to Practice: What Music Education Research Tells Us About Music Teaching and Learning: A Panel Discussion
*Scoring and Arranging with Finale
*SmartMusic for School Music Directors: Panel Discussion
SMTE Business Meeting
Tech Lounge - Happy Hour
*Technology in a Music Classroom
Tech Q&A
Tech Q&A
*The Power of G Suite in the Music Program
*Using an Undergraduate Research Grant to Tackle a Social Justice Topic through Music and Visuals
*Who are MI-CORE, and How Can They Help Your Music Classroom?
*You Don’t Look Sick: Navigating Music Teaching with Auto-Immune and Chronic Illness
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