Oregon Music Education Association

OMEA D11 Middle School Solo & Ensemble Festival
2025-04-12 | Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 SW Research Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97333

Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival
2025-04-12 | Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival, 84455 N. Enterprise Road, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 97455

West Metro Concert Band Festival
2025-04-11 | Liberty High School, 7445 NE Wagon Drive, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124

NAfME Webinar: Music Teachers, Music Therapists, and Professors, Working Together for Children
2025-04-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Your school music therapist can be your valued collaborator when you need help with music strategies for your students with IEPs. This webinar will offer approaches from a general music teacher, a music therapist, and a professor with years of teaching K-12 children with (dis)abilities and college students how to meaningfully include them in music classes and ensembles. We will present a case study of a music program where music educators work closely with not only music therapists and other special education team members but also welcomes collaboration opportunities with local universities and sharing a classroom to a doctoral student focused on dissertation research.

NAfME Guitar Educator Town Hall
2025-04-07 17:15 - 18:15 | Zoom
Join the members of NAfME’s Council for Guitar Education as they answer your pedagogical guitar questions. Breakout rooms will be created to specifically address your needs in the classroom.
We want to hear from you! Please complete this short pre-event survey before the town hall:
Guitar Town Hall Registration Questionnaire
Read the bios of council members.

Oregon State University Middle School and Intermediate High School Band Festival
2025-04-07 | Oregon State University, 875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97331, United States

OMEA D14 Elementary Honor Choir
2025-04-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Lake Oswego High School, 2501 Country Club Rd, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States

NWAPA Winter Percussion Championships
2025-04-05 | Sherwood High School, 16956 SW Meinecke Road, Sherwood, Oregon, 97140

Northwest Percussion Festival
2025-04-04 - 2025-04-06 | Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Southern Oregon University will host the 2025 Northwest Percussion Festival from Friday, April 4 – Sunday, April 6. Hosted by Dr. Terry Longshore, Professor of Music, Artist in Residence, and Director of Percussion Studies, the 3-day festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary, and feature world-renowned guest artists and nine university percussion ensembles from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Guest artists include: Aiyun Huang, Geneva International Music Competition winner and Professor of Percussion at University of Toronto; Mark Applebaum, the “mad scientist of music” and Professor of Composition at Stanford University; and the dynamic Portland Percussion Group. All events are at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University and are free admission. Parking will also be free in Lot 36.
The festival opens on Friday, April 4 at 7:30pm with a performance by the host ensemble, the Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Terry Longshore. Highlighting the eclectic and diverse percussion studies program at SOU, the ensemble will perform a dynamic program entitled “Full Circle: Round Trip”,” featuring the following:

Main Bersama-Sama (“Playing Together”) by Lou Harrison, for Sundanese gamelan degung, featuring euphonium soloist Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, SOU Director of Bands, and flute soloist Breckin Moore, SOU music student
a series of accidents by Shaun Tilburg, for percussion quartet
recover. by Aeryn Santillan for percussion trio
Cepheid Variables by Michael Oesterle for percussion quartet with quarter-tone glockenspiel soloist, featuring Aiyun Huang
30: The First Decade & The Third Decade by Mark Applebaum, with Aiyun Huang, soloist
The world premiere of Playing Dead by Bryan Jeffs, SOU Raider Band Director and Adjunct Instructor of Music
The U.S. Premiere of Flambè Spring Breeze by Aiyun Huang, performed by Huang and Terry Longshore
Two pieces performed by Maraval Road Steel Band: Rant and Rave by Christopher “Tambu” Herbert, arr. Shelly Irvine and Pan Can Jam! By Tracy Thornton, arr. Steve Popernack
Brazilian Carnaval samba music that members of the ensemble learned at the 2025 Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference in New Orleans

The Festival Schedule is as follows. MRH = Music Recital Hall in Music Building. MST = Main Stage Theater in Theatre Arts Building. Both are located at 450 S Mountain Ave. in Ashland.
Friday, April 4:7:30pm – SOU Percussion Ensembles – MRH
Saturday, April 5:9:00am – Eastern Washington University – MRH
10:00 – Boise State University – MST
11:00 – University of Oregon – MRH
12:00pm – University of Washington – MST
1:00 – Lunch Break
2:30 – Guest Artist Concert – Portland Percussion Group featuring soloists mackxswell & Terry Longshore – MRH
3:30 – Guest Artist Presentation: Mark Applebaum – MST
4:30 – Guest Artist Master Class – Aiyun Huang – MRH
6:00 – Dinner Break
8:00 – Directors Recital – MRH
Sunday, April 6:9:00am – Oregon State University – MST
10:00 – Portland State University – MRH
11:00 – Western Oregon University – MST
12:00 – Central Washington University – MRH
1:00 – Festival End

Great Western Music Championships
2025-04-03 - 2025-04-04 | Western Oregon University, 345 Monmouth Ave N, Monmouth, Oregon, 97361
You are cordially invited to participate in the 42nd Annual Great Western Music Championships at Western Oregon University.
Date: The Festival will be held on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2025, in Rice Auditorium. It is open to all High School Bands and Orchestras regardless of classification.
Notice: Due to a large number of participants, we can only accept 32 total groups. Schools are asked to enter only one of each type of ensemble (One Band, one String Orchestra, and one Full Orchestra ). This is solely to avoid conflicting scheduling between previous schools bringing two different bands and orchestras.
Registration: Registration is now open. We are using an online system to accept registrations. Please use this link to register for the GWMC 2025.
Fee: We will be prioritizing performance preference by when we receive your entry fee of $375 (per ensemble). We will not schedule your ensemble until you have paid the registration fee. Please send your entry fee by mail to the address attached to the bottom of this email.
Cancellation Policy: In the event it is necessary for a school to withdraw from the festival, a full refund will be made provided the cancellation is made prior to March 5, 2025. Any cancellations received after this date will forfeit their registration fees. If you will need to withdraw from the event, please contact Hannah Kuper at hkuper22@mail.wou.edu, or Dr. Seth Wollam at wollams@mail.wou.edu.
Adjudicators: Our judges are among the most respected music educators and are all certified to recommend groups to the OMEA State Contest. From them, you will gain not only a clear, objective assessment of your group but receive suggestions for improvement from three master teachers. Adjudicators for this year will be announced in the first information email sent to registered directors/schools.
Recordings: You will be presented with an audio recording engineered by a trained recording technician shortly after your performance. We will be using Google Drive to send you your recordings.
Questions: Please contact student coordinator Hannah Kuper via email at hkuper22@mail.wou.edu or WOU band director Dr. Seth Wollam at wollams@mail.wou.edu with questions or concerns regarding any of the information given above.
We are looking forward to having you and your students join us for this wonderful opportunity to share our passion for music!
Please use this link to register for the GWMC 2025
Mail Entry fees to:Music Department, attn: Nicole MorganWestern Oregon University345 Monmouth AvenueMonmouth, Oregon 97361

NAfME Webinar: Collaborative Ensemble Rehearsals: Tools for Inquiry-Based Learning
2025-04-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Inquiry-based learning can be a meaningful strategy to build creativity, celebrate curiosity, apply problem-solving skills, and progress towards expressive musicianship. The presenter will provide strategies to deepen musicianship through discussion and dialogue during ensemble rehearsals. Watch your rehearsals come alive as students discuss and debate musical ideas. By asking students to “explain how you came to that conclusion,” student voices can be a powerful asset in the music classroom.

Scots Invitational
2025-04-02 | David Douglas High School, 1001 SE 135th Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97233

NWAPA Winter Guard Championships
2025-03-29 | Liberty High School, 7445 NE Wagon Drive, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124

Columbians Drum Corps auditions
2025-03-28 - 2025-03-30 | Kennewick High School, 201 S Garfield St., Kennewick, Washington, 99336

NAfME Webinar: Breaking the Silence: The Experiences of Female Band Directors
2025-03-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Oregon
This presentation helps music educators, supervisors of music educators, and anyone with direct contact with music educators to understand what types of experiences sometimes occur daily in the lives of high school band directors who identify as female. The presenter will include qualitative and quantitative data on the experiences of female high school band directors (FHSBDs) based on four research studies. Common positive and negative experiences of thousands of participants will be discussed throughout, as well as experiences and quotes left by anonymous participants. Suggestions are provided on how to best support colleagues as well as oneself through difficult moments within the profession.

NWAPA North Thurston Winter Showcase
2025-03-22 | North Thurston High School, 600 Sleater Kinney Road NE, Olympia, Washington, 98506

NWAPA Ridgeline Winter Showcase
2025-03-22 | Ridgeline High School, 20150 E Country Vista Drive, Liberty Lake, Washington, 99019

South Salem Band Festival
2025-03-20 | South Salem High School, 1910 Church St SE, Salem, Oregon, 97302

NAfME Webinar: Integrating Modern Band into School Ensembles: Best Practices
2025-03-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Oregon
Integrating modern band practices into school ensembles like concert bands, orchestras, or choirs creates a more inclusive and accessible environment for students by accommodating different learning styles, interests, and abilities. This presentation will cover topics of curriculum planning and repertoire selection, instrumentation and roles, technology integration, pedagogical approaches, what to avoid, and educator training in modern band pedagogy and technology.

Basin Band Festival
2025-03-19 | Ross Ragland Theater, 218 N. 7th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 97601
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ACDA National Conference
2025-03-18 - 2025-03-22 | Dallas, Texas

OMEA D11 Middle School Large Ensemble Festival
2025-03-18 | Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive Street, Newport, Oregon, 97365

OMEA D11 High School Choir Festival
2025-03-18 | Albany Performing Arts Center, 2100 Elm Street SW, Albany, Oregon, 97321

PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival
2025-03-18 | Pacific Lutheran University, 12180 Park Avenue, S, Tacoma, Washington, 98447
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Linn Benton Community College Choir Concert- Fractured Atlas
2025-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Russell Tripp Performance Center, 6500 Pacific Boulevard SW, Albany, Oregon, 97321

NWAPA Glencoe Winter Showcase
2025-03-15 | Glencoe High School, 2700 NW Glencoe Rd, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124

WGI Portland Percussion Regional
2025-03-15 | Western Oregon University, 345 Monmouth Ave N, Monmouth, Oregon, 97361

D14 Middle School Honor Band & Orchestra
2025-03-14 09:00 - 2025-03-15 16:00 | McMinnville High School, 615 NE 15th Street, McMinnville, Oregon, 97128

Mt. Hood Community College High School Band Festival
2025-03-14 | Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St, Gresham, OR 97030, Gresham, OR, 97030, United States

Willamette Valley Middle School Orchestra Festival
2025-03-13 | McNary High School, 595 Chemawa Rd N, Keizer, Oregon, 97303
