CMEA Bay Section

10/13/2026

📣 CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT 📣

This year’s choral sessions offer exciting opportunities for music educators to explore inclusive teaching strategies, discover new approaches to self-care, and bring engaging musical activities into their classrooms!

Featured Sessions:

Inclusive Strategies for Students with Disabilities in the Music Classroom — Brandon Ellsworth

Unlocking Ease: Embodied Self-Care for Musicians — Jane Rinard

Singing Games Kodály Collection for Classroom and Choir — Gemma Arguelles

10/07/2026

📣 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHT 📣

We’re excited to feature 12 sessions dedicated to Elementary and General Music at this year’s CMEA Bay Section Conference! From folk dances and music games to beginning percussion, strings, SEL, assessment, and more!

10/06/2026

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10/06/2026

📣 CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT 📣

Join us at the 2026 CMEA Bay Section Conference for this year’s Conducting Symposium, led by Dr. Jeff de Seriere of Cabrillo College!

Participants will have the opportunity to conduct a workshop ensemble featuring musicians from the San Jose Metropolitan Band and work with repertoire including Four Shaker Songs “Simple Gifts,” No. 4 Simple Gifts by Frank Ticheli and Yosemite Autumn by Mark Camphouse.

Complete the form at tinyurl.com/CMEABayConducting

Form closes Saturday, October 10!

10/03/2026

📣 CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT 📣

Get ready to make some music at this year’s CMEA Bay Section Conference! Join us for our Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, and Choral Reading Sessions, where you’ll have the opportunity to read through new music, learn from incredible clinicians, and discover repertoire to bring back to your ensembles!

A huge thank you to JW Pepper for sponsoring the music for our reading sessions!

For more information about CMEA Bay Section, check out our website linked in our bio! Or find us at cmeabaysection.org

09/30/2026

📣 CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT 📣

Can’t wait to start learning about this year’s conference? Check out the conference spotlight series, starting with our Keynote Speaker!

For more information about CMEA Bay Section, check out our website linked in our bio! Or find us at cmeabaysection.org

09/10/2026

CMEA Bay Section Award Nominations are OPEN! 🏆

Help us recognize the incredible music educators in our region who continue to inspire their students, strengthen their programs, and make a lasting impact through music education.

Nomination closes on September 18 at 4 PM

Visit cmeabaysection.org/awards/nominations/ to submit a nomination!

09/08/2026

🚨Jr. High honor group nominations close THIS FRIDAY🚨

Make sure to nominate your students for the CMEA Bay Section Jr High/Middke School honor groups by 9/11! Teachers can nominate students in grades 7-9, and each school can nominate up to six students for Choir, five students for Band, and five students for Orchestra. Find our nomination form at cmeabaysection.org (http://cmeabaysection.org)

09/08/2026

🚨Jr. High honor group nominations close THIS FRIDAY🚨

Make sure to nominate your students for the CMEA Bay Section Junior High/Middle School honor groups by 9/11! Teachers can nominate students in grades 7-9, and each school can nominate up to six students for Choir, five students for Band, and five students for Orchestra. Find our nomination form at cmeabaysection.org (http://cmeabaysection.org)

09/01/2026

🚨LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION!🚨

Don’t miss out on the CMEA Bay Section Conference! Today is your final chance to register at the Early Bird price of $105.

Register today at cmeabaysection.org before the price goes up!