Mission

To provide a music education conference for music educators, by music educators that is easily accessible to music educators around the world.

What is the International Music Education Summit?

The International Music Education Summit is an annual music education conference for music educators, by music educators. This conference is completely virtual - so you can attend from anywhere in the world! Sessions are recorded and can be watched any time after the conference through December, so even if you can’t attend live, you can still catch all of the sessions! At IMES, we have a passion for helping music educators everywhere by providing quality sessions and lessons through our conference. We hope you choose to join us for our annual conference!

History

Founded in 2017 to provide ubiquitous access to professional learning by utilizing online platforms, the International Music Education Summit has been the premier online professional learning event for music educators worldwide.

In 2025 IMES is back with an exceptional and accessible online learning experience unlike any other.

As music educators we believe professional learning should be…

• Available without having to pay an additional membership fee

• Relevant to what we need now

• Practical and useful - easy to implement

• Taught by the worldwide leaders in each topic

• Totally accessible with just an internet connection

• Affordable

• Engaging and experiential

And we know this because we’re teachers ourselves. We do this because we are passionate about helping music educators build, manage, and grow thriving school music programs and have long and happy careers.