PEORIA (25News Now) – Thousands of students will be in Peoria over the next few days for the annual Illinois Music Education Conference at the Peoria Civic Center.
Happening from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, the conference offers professional development workshops on the latest trends and research in music education for teachers. Young musicians also get to learn from guest conductors and connect with other music students.
Darcy Nendza, the executive director of the Illinois Music Education Association, said the conference brings out “a wonderful feeling” for the musically-inclined.
“We bring over 12,000 people to the city during the course of the weekend to celebrate all that music education brings to the world. The students that are here have worked very hard all year to get the opportunity to be here”, said Nendza.
The community also gets to experience what the students have been working on. For example, the organization is hosting a jazz concert Friday night at the Civic Center. Tickets are $5 each.
You can watch 25News – any newscast, anywhere – streaming LIVE on 25NewsNow.com, our 25News mobile app, and on our WEEK 25News SmartTV streaming app. Learn more about how you can get connected to 25News streaming live news here.
Copyright 2025 WEEK. All rights reserved.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.25newsnow.com ’
