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SMTE 2025 Attendee Logistics
We are very excited about having all of you at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education at Butler University in Indianapolis. Please also visit the SMTE Symposium website for further details about the Symposium. We have also created a Band for the 2025 Symposium to...
Volunteer to host SMTE 2027!
The Society for Music Education Executive Board aims to make a decision regarding the location of the 2027 Symposium by February 28, 2026. We will adhere to our agreed upon guidelines for site selection as described in our statement on Procedures and Values for...
Symposium on Music Teacher Education 2025 registration now open!
The registration portal for the 2025 Symposium on Music Teacher Education is now open at https://butler.formstack.com/forms/smte_registration The Symposium will be held at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN from October 23-25, 2025. Registration includes access to...
Call for Submissions for SMTE 2025
The submission portal for the Symposium on Music Teacher Education 2025 is now open at https://www.openconf.org/smte2025 The submission window will close on April 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST. This year's conference is themed "Advancing an Inclusive Scholarly Community:...
Volunteer to host the 2025 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
The Society for Music Education Executive Board aims to make a decision regarding the location of the 2025 Symposium by June 1, 2024. We will adhere to our agreed upon guidelines for site selection as described in our statement on Procedures and Values for Symposium...
CURRENT AND PAST SYMPOSIA
2025 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Advancing an Inclusive Community: Renew, Reinvigorate, Recharge
October 23-25
Butler University
Indianapolis, Indiana
2023 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Elevating a Culture of Belonging
October 12-14
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
2021 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Revitalizing our Community
September 23-25, 2021
Online
2019 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Cultivating Perspectives and Practices
September 12-14, 2019
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
2017 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Imagining Possible Futures
September 7-9, 2017
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2015 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Toward a Stronger, Richer Community
September 17-19, 2015
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Archived Symposium Pages
2013: Navigating Crossroads, UNC Greensboro
2011: Intersections of Practice, Research, and Policy, UNC Greensboro
2009: Enacting Shared Visions, UNC Greensboro
2007: Collaborative Action for Change, UNC Greensboro. Purchase published proceedings here.
2005: Rethinking, Researching, Revitalizing, UNC Greensboro