Schedule is subject to change. Click on Session name for more information.
BCC = Baltimore Convention Center
MIH = Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
Friday, June 22
| 8:00 am-6:00 pm | Registration | MIH |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | Choral Session: Choral Teaching and Conducting Master Class | MIH |
| 9:00-10:15 am | Instrumental Session: Using Conducting as a Teaching Tool | MIH |
| 9:00-10:30 am | Music Program Leaders Session: What’s the Big Idea – Using the Three Artistic Processes Model as a vehicle for the development of Curriculum and Assessment | MIH |
| 9:00-10:30 am | Special Learners Session: Severe Behavioral Disorders | MIH |
| 10:30-11:45 am | Instrumental Session: Common Errors and Misunderstandings in Conducting | MIH |
| 10:45 am-12:15 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: Music Education Leadership within the Professional Learning Communities | MIH |
| 10:45 am-12:15 pm | Special Learners Session: Teaching without Labels | MIH |
| 1:00-4:30 pm | Instrumental Session: Effective Rehearsal Communication | MIH |
| 1:15-4:30 pm | Choral Session: Choral Teaching and Conducting Master Class, continued | MIH |
| 1:45-3:15 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: Professional Development Partnerships | MIH |
| 1:45-3:15 pm | Special Learners Session: Square Pegs and Round Holes in Music Education – Making General Music and Ensemble Performance Successful for All the Students | MIH |
| 3:30-4:45 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: Networking the Issues | MIH |
| 3:30-5:00 pm | Special Learners Session: SMART Program | MIH |
Saturday, June 23
| 7:00 am-6:00 pm | Registration | BCC |
| 8:00-9:30 am | Special Learners Session: From Sticks to Success – How to Get Started and Finished with an Adapted Music Program | BCC |
| 8:30-9:00 am | Music Theory Session: Getting Acquainted | BCC |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | Choral Session: Choral Teaching and Conducting Master Class, continued | BCC |
| 9:00-10:00 am | Composition Session: Invitation to Composition – Strategies for the Elementary and Middle School Lesson Group | BCC |
| 9:00-10:30 am | Instrumental Session: Training an Ensemble to Watch | BCC |
| 9:00-10:00 am | Music Theory Session: Developing Students’ Music Literacy Skills | BCC |
| 9:45-11:15 am | Music Program Leaders Session: The Tennessee Race to the Top Teacher Evaluation Pilot | BCC |
| 9:45-11:00 am | Special Learners Session: Teaching Music to Students with Hearing Loss – What I Wished My Teachers Knew | BCC |
| 10:00-11:00 am | Music Theory Session: How Do We Get There? | BCC |
| 10:15-11:15 am | Composition Session: Feedback and Mentoring for Student Composers | BCC |
| 10:30-11:45 am | Instrumental Session: Teaching Music with Passion – Motivation, Discipline, and Inspiration | BCC |
| 11:15 am-12:15 pm | Music Theory Session: Music Theory AKA Music Literacy — Not Just for the Music Theory Classroom | BCC |
| 11:15 am-12:30 pm | Special Learners Session: Balancing Philosophical Perspectives on Teaching Typical Students vs. Those with Special Needs | BCC |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm | Composition Session: Composition in the Performing Ensemble | BCC |
| 11:30 am-1:30 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: NAfME Council for Music Program Leaders Annual Meeting and Luncheon (sponsored by Wenger Corporation) | BCC |
| 1:00-4:30 pm | Instrumental Session: Rehearsing with Purpose | BCC |
| 1:15-4:30 pm | Choral Session: Choral Teaching and Conducting Master Class, continued | BCC |
| 1:15-2:15 pm | Music Theory Session: A Structured Approach to Listening | BCC |
| 1:45-2:45 pm | Composition Session: Composing 101 for Music Teachers | BCC |
| 1:45-3:15 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: ELCs – Professional Learning Communities for the Online Environment | BCC |
| 1:45-3:15 pm | Special Learners Session: Hot Topics in Special Education – Keeping Current in a Changing Landscape | BCC |
| 2:15-3:15 pm | Music Theory Session: The Matrix – An “All-In-One” Teaching Tool | BCC |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | Composition Session: Nurturing Young Composers – Enabling Creativity in Elementary Classes | BCC |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | Music Program Leaders Session: Leadership 3.0 | BCC |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | Music Theory Session: Aural and Visual Lesson – Putting It All Together | BCC |
| 3:30-5:00 pm | Special Learners Session: Accommodating Special Learner Students in Ensembles | BCC |
| 4:15-5:15 pm | Composition Session: Multimedia and Digital Culture – Creating Music in 21st Century Classrooms | BCC |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | Music Theory Session: Question and Answer Session | BCC |
| 8:00 pm | “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Gala Concert | BCC |
Sunday, June 24
| 7:00 am-3:00 pm | Registration | BCC |
| 8:00-9:00 am | Composition Session: Composition in the High School Theory Class | BCC |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Guitar Session: Playing Open Chords and Discussing Their Features | BCC |
| 8:30-11:30 am | IN-ovations Session: It’s Only Rock and Roll | BCC |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Orchestra Session: Improvisation Can Be Taught and Learned | BCC |
| 9:00 am-5:00 pm (subject to change | National Symposium on Music Assessment | TBA |
| 9:15-10:15 am | Composition Session: Using Pop and Rock Composition to Reach the “Other” 85% | BCC |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Guitar Session: Reading Strings 1-3 and Discussing Their Features | BCC |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Orchestra Session: Fiddlin’ Fun | BCC |
| 10:30-11:30 am | Composition Session: Perspectives on Composition – A Roundtable | BCC |
| 10:30-11:30 am | Guitar Session: Playing Power Chords – Find Your Inner Rock Star | BCC |
| 10:30-11:30 am | Orchestra Session: How Was My Solo? – Methods for Evaluating Improvisation | BCC |
| 11:45 am-1:00 pm | President’s Luncheon | BCC |
| 1:00-2:15 pm | IN-ovations Session: Hip Hop, Don’t Stop – How to Use Hip Hop to Effectively Reach Your Students | BCC |
| 1:15-2:15 pm | Guitar Session: Reviewing Open Chords and Playing Strings 1–3 | BCC |
| 1:15-2:15 pm | Orchestra Session: Music Theory Fun – How to Turn “Lightly Row” into a Fiddle Tune | BCC |
| 2:30 pm | Bus departure to Kennedy Center | BCC |
| 4:00-5:30 pm | Composition Session: Composers Meet Composers | Kennedy Center |
| 4:00-5:45 pm | 2012 NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles Concert | Kennedy Center |
| 6:00-7:00 pm | Student Composers Competition Winners Concert | Kennedy Center |
| 7:15 pm | Bus departure from Kennedy Center | Kennedy Center |
Monday, June 25
| 7:30 am-1:00 pm | Registration | MIH |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Guitar Session: Warm Up Exercises, Reviewing Open and Power Chords, and Playing Strings 1-3 | MIH |
| 8:30 am-12:00 pm | IN-ovations Session: Popular Music – Now That I’ve Started a Program, What’s Next? | MIH |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Orchestra Session: The Essence of Jazz – Improvising on Chord Changes | MIH |
| 9:00 am-5:00 pm (subject to change | National Symposium on Music Assessment | TBA |
| 9:45-10:45 am | Guitar Session: Reading Strings 1–6 and Discussing Their Features | MIH |
| 9:45-11:45 am | Orchestra Session: Using Amplification Musically | MIH |
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Guitar Session: Playing Barre Chords – Learn 100 Chords in Minutes | MIH |
| 1:00-2:00 pm | Guitar Session: Reviewing Chords and Playing Strings 1–6 | MIH |
| 1:00-4:00 pm | IN-ovations Session: Teaching Jazz Improvisation to All Students | MIH |
| 1:15-4:00 pm | Orchestra Session: Integrating Eclectic Styles into the String Program – Practical Issues and Concerns | MIH |
| 2:15-3:15 pm | Guitar Session: Improvising – Find Your Inner Blues Guitarist | MIH |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | Guitar Session: Reading and Writing on the Guitar – Jamming and Ensemble Playing | MIH |