2011 Calendar
| January | 1 New Year’s Day
5 – 8 Jazz Education Network’s Annual Conference 5 – 8 New Mexico All-State Music Festival & In-Service Conference, Albuquerque, NM 6 – 9 International CES, Las Vegas, NV 12 – 15 Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Tampa, FL 14 -16 Oregon Music Educators Association Conference, Eugene, OR 13 – 16 Winter NAMM International Music Market, Anaheim, CA 13 – 16 Chamber Music America National Conference, New York, NY 16 – 18 Wyoming Music Educators Association State Music Conference, Cody, WY 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 19 – 22 Oklahoma Music Educators In-Service Conference, Tulsa, OK 20 – 22 Indiana Music Educators Association Convention, Fort Wayne, IN 20 – 22 Alabama Music Educators Association Conference, Montgomery, AL 20 – 22 Michigan Music Educators Association Conference, Grand Rapids, MI 23 – 26 MIDEM-The Music Business Show, Cannes, France 26 – 29 Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic/Conference, Colorado Springs, CO 26 – 29 Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Peoria, IL 26 – 29 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, Osage Beach, MO 27 – 29 Georgia Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA 27 -29 Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference, Cincinnati, OH |
| February | 3 – 5 Arizona Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, Tucson, AZ
3 – 5 South Carolina Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, Charleston, SC 4 – 5 Utah Music Educators Association Conference, St. George, UT 9 -12 Kentucky Music Educators Association Convention, Louisville, KY 9 – 12 Texas Music Educators Association Conference, San Antonio, TX 10 – 12 South Dakota Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, Brookings, SD 11 – 12 Delaware Music Educators Association Conference, Location TBA 14 Valentine’s Day 21 Presidents’ Day 17 – 19 Minnesota Music Educators Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN 17 – 20 California Association for Music Education Conference, Fresno, CA 17-20 Washington Music Educators Association Conference, Bellevue, WA 24 – 26 New Jersey Music Educators Association Conference, East Brunswick, NJ 25 – 26 Hawaii Music Educators Association Conference, Kane`ohe Bay, HI 24 – 26 Kansas Music Educators Association Annual In-Service Workshop, Wichita, KS |
| March | 2 – 5 American Bandmaster’s Association Convention, Norfolk, VA
4 – 5 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 5 – 9 New York Wind Band Festival, New York, NY 9 Ash Wednesday 11 – 12 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 11 – 13 Disney Jazz Celebration Festival, Lake Buena Vista, FL 13 Daylight Saving Time begins 17 St. Patrick’s Day 17 – 19 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Conference, Kansas City, MO 17 – 19 Music for All National Festival, Indianapolis, IN 17 – 19 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 19 – 20 Rhode Island Music Educators Association Conference, Providence, RI 20 Spring begins 20 – 22 North Dakota Music Educators Association Conference, Bismarck, ND 24 – 26 Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference, Boston, MA 24 – 26 West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference, Huntington, WV 24 – 26 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 26 – 30 Music Teachers National Association Collaborative Conference, Milwaukee, WI 30 – 2 National Association of School Music Dealers (NASMD) Convention, Indian Wells, CA 31 – 2 Mississippi Music Educators Association Conference, Jackson, MI 31 – 2 Nevada Music Educators Association Conference, Reno, NV 31 – 2 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 31 – 3 MENC Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference, Baltimore, MD |
| April | 6 – 9 Musikmesse Frankfurt/ProLight and Sound, Frankfurt, Germany
6 – 9 Tennessee Music Educators Association Conference, Nashville, TN 7 – 9 Connecticut Music Educators Association Conference, Hartford, CT 7 -9 New Hampshire Music Educators Association All-State Festival, Concord, NH 7 – 9 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 14 – 16 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Conference, Hershey, PA 14 – 16 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL 17 Palm Sunday 19 – 26 Passover 22 Good Friday 23 – 27 New York International Music Festival, New York, NY 24 Easter Sunday 27 – 30 Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) Convention, Tampa, FL 28 – 30 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL |
| May | 6 – 7 Festival Disney, Buena Vista, FL
8 Capital Orchestra Festival, Washington, DC 8 Mother’s Day 9 -12 National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), Los Angeles 11 – 15 Annual Association of Concert Bands Convention, Muskegon, MI 15 – 16 Music Industries Association of Canada (MIAC) Trade Show, Toronto, Canada 19 – 20 Maine Music Educators Association Conference, Gorham, ME 30 Memorial Day |
| June | 14 Flag Day
6 – 9 League of American Orchestra Conference, Minneapolis, MN 19 – 23 Los Angeles International Music Festival, Los Angeles, CA 19 Father’s Day 22 Summer begins 23 – 27 MENC All-National Honor Ensembles, Washington, DC 24 – 26 NAMM Summer Session, Nashville, TN |
| July | 4 Independence Day
9 – 11 Florida Band Masters Association Convention, Orlando, FL 24 – 27 Texas Bandmasters Association Convention/Clinics, San Antonio, TX |
| August | 11 – 13 Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championships, Indianapolis, IN
21-23 New York State Summer Music Conference, Albany, NY |
| September | 5 Labor Day
8 Yom Kippur 23 Autumn begins 28 – 30 Rosh Hashanah |
| October | 10 Columbus Day
21 – 22 Montana Music Educators Association Conference, Missoula, MT 26 – 29 Wisconsin Music Educators Association Conference, Madison, WI 31 Halloween |
| November | 6 Daylight Saving Time ends
11 Veterans’ Day 10 – 13 Percussive Arts Society International Conference PASIC, Indianapolis, IN 16 – 18 Nebraska Music Educators Association Conference, Lincoln, NE 24 Thanksgiving Day |
| December | 14 – 17 Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL
20 – 28 Hanukkah 22 Winter Begins 25 Christmas Day |
