FMEA Fall Symposium: All Are Welcome Here — Music for Every Student
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT
Jenson-Noble Hall of Music, Luther College · New Lenox, IL
About this event
All Are Welcome Here—Music for Every Student Saturday, October 10, 2026 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Our Luther College chapter, known as the Future Music Educators Association on campus, is planning a fall symposium and would like to invite you to join us in person or via Zoom! (schedule below) We have a great slate of presenters ready to share their expertise and passion for music education. Feel free to jump in when you are able whether you are a group of 2 or 20! The session at noon will be dedicated to chapter sharing. We envision “broadcasting from each satellite location,” during which time each chapter could introduce their officers and share a project or two that makes you excited. Please RSVP by emailing Jill Wilson at wilsji01@luther.edu . Jill Wilson, Chapter Advisor and Collegiate NAfME Advisory Board NC Representative Zach Cummer and Ombeni Goss, Chapter Co-Presidents Schedule 8:00 CST Eric Songer Next Generation of Music Education Noble Recital Hall Choir Room Noble Recital Hall Orchestra Room 9:00 Shelley Droe Game Changers for the Elementary Music Classroom Ruth LeMay They Already Know How to Read Music! Onboarding Literacy with 3 Strings Methodology! Anoushka Divekar Universal Design for Learning in Novice Instrumental Pedagogy 10:00 Lorelei Batisla-ong What I Learn of Equity When I am Asked to Teach Equity Kevin Droe Everybody in the Mix: DJing in the Adaptive Music Classroom Zach Mayer More Than Rehearsal: Practical Strategies for Community, SEL, and Connection in Secondary Music 11:00 Than Chesher Developing the Secondary Modern Band Class: Flipping the Ensemble Classroom Aaron Lohmeyer Integrating Digital Audio Workstations into the Ensemble Classroom Garret Baumler Music Therapy and Music Education: A Dynamic Duo 12:00 Chapter Sharing
Event details
- Date and time
- Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT
- Venue
- Jenson-Noble Hall of Music, Luther College · New Lenox, IL
- Category
- Music
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- October 3, 2026
Accessibility
Wheelchair: Not stated
Assistive Listening: Not stated
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