AIME
Active & Integrative Music Education Conference
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Department of Music
This year, UWSP is proud to host our fifth annual Active and Integrative Music Education (AIME) conference, hosted by the Department of Music. This conference was imagined as music educators (past, present and future) working together to envision ways of lifelong professional development.
We are pleased to welcome a new, concurrent conference track, hosted in conjunction with AIME, where we invite research and active presentations for colleagues and arts educators by researchers and teachers of design, fine arts, media studies, and communication organized around the same theme.
In-person and virtual options are available.
Tickets can be purchased online, or by calling 715-346-4100 to buy a ticket over the phone from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., or at the door if using cash or check.
2025 | Fine Tuning the Future
Saturday, January 25, 2025
AIME includes access to over two dozen sessions, poster presentations, lunch, and pizza at our Alumni and Friends Gathering at the Brewhaus!
In-person and virtual options available!
Early-Bird Pricing through December 1, 2024
$40 adults | $20 students
Pricing beginning on January 1, 2025
$50 adults | $25 students
A meal is provided if you are attending the event in-person. Gluten free and vegetarian options are available. Virtual options are available.
We look forward to seeing you there!
2024 | Connecting Community
Saturday, January 27, 2024
This gathering is a place for all scholars in the field: music teachers, graduate students, undergraduate pre-service music educators, collegiate music teacher educators, music therapists, studio teachers, and retired music educators to come together and learn from and with one another, while hopefully making music together, sharing successes with their students, and inspiring one another. It is hoped that this will be a positive and uplifting day that will encourage us all and ‘recharge our batteries’ as we head into our Spring semesters and a new year full of hope and optimism for what music education at its best can mean for students of all ages!
2023 | Inspiring Inovation
Saturday, January 28, 2023
This gathering is a place for all scholars in the field: music teachers, graduate students, undergraduate pre-service music educators, collegiate music teacher educators, music therapists, studio teachers, and retired music educators to come together and learn from and with one another, while hopefully making music together, sharing successes with their students, and inspiring one another. It is hoped that this will be a positive and uplifting day that will encourage us all and ‘recharge our batteries’ as we head into our Spring semesters and a new year full of hope and optimism for what music education at its best can mean for students of all ages!
Aime 2022 | Cultivating Curiosity
This gathering is a place for all scholars in the field: music teachers, graduate students, undergraduate pre-service music educators, collegiate music teacher educators, music therapists, studio teachers, and retired music educators to come together and learn from and with one another, while hopefully making music together, sharing successes with their students, and inspiring one another. It is hoped that this will be a positive and uplifting day that will encourage us all and ‘recharge our batteries’ as we head into our Spring semesters and a new year full of hope and optimism for what music education at its best can mean for students of all ages!
This gathering is a place for all scholars in the field: music teachers, graduate students, undergraduate pre-service music educators, collegiate music teacher educators, music therapists, studio teachers, and retired music educators to come together and learn from and with one another, while hopefully making music together, sharing successes with their students, and inspiring one another. It is hoped that this will be a positive and uplifting day that will encourage us all and ‘recharge our batteries’ as we head into our Spring semesters and a new year full of hope and optimism for what music education at its best can mean for students of all ages!
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2025 Sessions
- Recruitment and Retention: Effective Strategies for Growing a Successful Music Program – Sadie Awad, head orchestra director and head of the Fine Arts Department at Emerson School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Challenges and Opportunities in Connecting Community – Dr. Judy Bond, Professor Emerita, UW-Stevens Point
- Making Music with the Hands, Feet, Mouth, and Voice – Bailey Boutin, Vocal Music Director at Wild Rose Middle/High School, Wild Rose, Wisconsin
- Rehearsal Techniques: The Beginning of Teaching the Repertoire – Dr. Matheus Cruz, Director of Choral Activities, UW-Stevens Point
- Inclusive Strategies for Diverse Learners in the Music Classroom – Aisha Durst, band and music theory teacher at Fennimore Community Schools, Fennimore, WI
- Cultivating Musical Expression: The Creative Ability Development Method – Dr. Zachary Preucil, principal cellist of the La Crosse Symphony, private lesson teacher in Madison and at the Virtu Academy program and co-directs the Farley’s Chamber Music Program.
- Very Young Composers: A Framework for Innovative Elementary Music Education – Luke Simons, composer, pianist/organist, and accompanist
The School of Performing Arts in located in the Noel Fine Arts Center is located at 1800 Portage St, Stevens Point, WI 54481 on the UW-Stevens Point Campus. Parking is free and located just across the street from the building in Lot R.
You may come and go as you please throughout the day, however, registration runs from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. with a welcome address given by our Dean, Valerie Cisler, at 8:15 a.m.
Sessions run from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., and the conference concludes at 4:30 p.m. with a closing address given by Judy Bond and Rachel Brashier.
Following the conference, please join us at 5 p.m. across the street in the Brewhaus for pizza and beverages!
Most sessions will be in the following format and are 45 minutes in length
- Presentation
- Hosted panels of 3-5 members
- Symposia of 3-5 presenters
- Poster presentations
We have set up a few partnerships with hotels in the area. Remember, rooms fill up fast so please make your reservation sooner rather than later.
Call Cobblestone Directly: (715) 343-0522
Dates: Evenings of 1/24/2025 and 1/25/2025
Code word: AIME 2025 – UWSP Music Department
We would love to have you join us in-person or online! The conference sessions will be presented hybrid, with the online option being offered through the Canvas portal on the AIME website.
AIME Article Reviewers, 2024
Dr. Beatriz Aguilar
Dr. Myles Boothroyd
Dr. Danielle Breisach
Dr. Laura Dunbar
Stephanie Kapsa
Dr. Christine Kralik
Dr. Patrick Lawrence
Dr. John Lynch
Dr. Andy Moran
AIME Board Members, 2024
Dr. Judy Bond
Dr. Rachel Brashier
Dr. Valerie Cisler
Dr. Laura Dunbar
Dr. Patrick Lawrence
Bobbie Erwin and Madeline Nikolai, Publicity
Heid Music will have a booth with knowledgeable representatives and supplies for sale from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stop by to check out their goodies and for a potential ukulele jam session!