Wednesday, September 9 - Audition excerpt information released by 12:00pm (Junior and Senior, All Audition Areas)
Wednesday, September 16 - Audition nomination deadline - all student audition nominations must be entered on nominate.ilmea.org by 5:00pm
Wednesday, September 16 - Audition window open for audition video link submissions on nominate.ilmea.org
Wednesday, September 30 - Audition window closes for audition submissions at 5:00pm.
Wednesday, January 27- January 30, 2027 - Illinois Music Education Conference (Peoria, Illinois)