I.C.M.E.
International Conservatory of Music Educators
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Karen Foreman,
Co-Founder
Contact for So-Cal
The International Conservatory of Music Educators (I.C.M.E.) allows member teachers to hold Annual or Bi-Annual adjudications for their students. Each participant receives a record of their achievements throughout the years, which may be bound into a book format by the teacher. We recommend that each student receive a certificate, medal, or plaque as a result of the program they play, and requirements for these awards may be custom tailored to the teacher's teaching style. Judges may be chosen from the faculties of local colleges, universities, or the member teachers and/or board of I.C.M.E.
Bonnie teVelde,
Co-Founder
Contact for Nor-Cal
Mission Statement
To give students the opportunity to get excited about learning music by earning substantial awards once or twice per year.
To give students the opportunity for to be heard and recognized by top professionals and pedagogues in the musical community.
To encourage and document that students receive the most balanced, well-rounded, music education possible.
To give teachers the opportunity to create their own teaching focus and award structure inside of I.C.M.E. guidelines.
To support students in reaching the highest levels of musical studies, with objective documentation of every achievement in writing.
To allow teachers to recruit judges with the most experience, and the highest qualifications, by allowing them to set their own rates on how much to pay those judges.
To give teachers a free resource for musical standards and adjudication, that is customizable to the teacher's style while upholding basic instrumental learning according to widely accepted pedalogical standards.
To give students a written record of every achievement they have made along the path of their musical education.