Wisconsin School Music Association

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Hip Hop Pedagogy for Music Educators – February 28, 2026

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Hip Hop is a uniquely American story, and today it is the most influential music genre across the globe. Learn how to leverage hip hop music in the traditional music classroom–band, choir, orchestra, general music– from hip hop performers, creators and visionaries.

Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Central

Location: Online Offering

All Educators – $50

Collegiate Undergraduate Music Ed Students – $25

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All registrants receive access to the event and post-event resource access for one year!

 

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NEW Date! CMP Winter Workshop – February 6 & 7, 2026

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Looking to connect with colleagues, reflect on your teaching to date and recharge your batteries for second semester? Our Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) Winter Workshop is just for YOU!

  • Excellent mentor facilitators, inviting space and incredible colleagues await you to bring reflective joy into your next few months with students. Participants will explore the points of the model (selection, analysis, strategies, outcomes, and/or assessment) and come together in community.
  • Teachers of all kinds are welcome! Studio teachers, elementary and secondary general music teachers, band, choir and orchestra teachers…CMP can be used in any music teaching situation.
  • This professional development is designed to give autonomy and agency to music teachers to use the CMP model as it best meets the current needs of their students. The goal is to empower teachers to be their own spokesperson for CMP in their teaching spaces.

Dates and Times: Friday, February 6, 2026, 5:00 – 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 7, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education at 1005 Quinn Dr. Waunakee, WI 53597
Instructors: CMP Committee Members

Registration Information

  • WMEA Members Rate (with NAfME/WMEA Number) – $95.00
  • NAfME Collegiate Rate (with NAfME/WMEA Number) – $30.00
  • Standard Rate (all other attendees or out of state) – $115.00

Cancellation Refund Policy:
A full refund minus $25.00 processing fee will be granted if notification of cancellation is received at learning@wsmamusic.org ten or more days before workshop offering. After that, no refund will be given.

Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin – Resources for the 2025-2026 School Year

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WSMA in partnership with PBS Wisconsin Education have created cultural resources for use in your classroom, your performance group rehearsals or your own educational growth. In Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin performers from across Wisconsin share a composition, a performance, the story behind the music and the role of music in their own lives. Educator guides for classroom use as well as extended resource lists are provided for each performer’s work. Make use of these valuable resources:

SEL  Connected Re/sound Lesson Resources Cindy Bourget created social emotional learning resources created for each of the Re/sound lessons. Outcomes, strategies, plan and assessments from the SEL educator guides were shared. Take advantage of this opportunity to work with the resources prepared by a WSCA award winning school counselor!

 

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An educational collaboration by WSMA and PBS Wisconsin Education

Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin
In a state-wide survey and listening sessions with music educators, we learned about the need for current, authentic, culturally diverse resources, as well as support in teaching with and about music from different cultures. This multimedia collection for general music programs serving grades 4-8 includes video interviews with Wisconsin musicians, performances, audio files, and educator engagement guides designed to help activate the media with learners.

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