2025 NCMEA Professional Development Conference

11/08/2025 - 11/11/2025
In-Person Event

Benton Convention Center
301 W 5th St
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Visit us at booth 215!

Clinic Details

Monday, November 10

11:00 am – 12:30 pm CST

The Sounds of Success: Using MakeMusic to Empower Every Learner, Everywhere

Annie Ray

Discover how MakeMusic Cloud can revolutionize your music classroom—starting tomorrow. This clinic offers practical, ready-to-use strategies to integrate MakeMusic Cloud’s powerful tools into your daily teaching. From engaging practice assignments to real-time assessment and customizable content, learn how to enhance student learning, streamline instruction, and foster independent musicianship with immediate results. Whether you’re new to MakeMusic Cloud or looking to maximize its potential, walk away with impactful ideas you can implement instantly.

Tuesday, November 11

8:00 am – 8:50 am CST

They Just Aren’t Listening! How to Cultivate Students' Error Detection

Raine Hollingsworth

A common frustration among music educators is students who seem oblivious to errors in their own playing and how they impact the ensemble’s overall sound. This presentation tackles the challenge of students’ lack of error detection by exploring the root causes and offering practical strategies for cultivating active listening and aural awareness. It will cover techniques for developing critical listening skills, empowering self-correction, and integrating error detection into daily rehearsals. Ultimately, audience members will leave with new methods for improving ensemble sound quality and developing more engaged, self-reliant student musicians.

Monday, November 10

11:00 am – 12:30 pm CST

The Sounds of Success: Using MakeMusic to Empower Every Learner, Everywhere

Annie Ray

Discover how MakeMusic Cloud can revolutionize your music classroom—starting tomorrow. This clinic offers practical, ready-to-use strategies to integrate MakeMusic Cloud’s powerful tools into your daily teaching. From engaging practice assignments to real-time assessment and customizable content, learn how to enhance student learning, streamline instruction, and foster independent musicianship with immediate results. Whether you’re new to MakeMusic Cloud or looking to maximize its potential, walk away with impactful ideas you can implement instantly.

Monday, November 10

4:00 pm – 4:50 pm CST

Student-Led Sight Reading: Helping Your Students Own The Process

Raine Hollingsworth

As Music Performance Assessment season approaches, sight-reading can strike fear and dread into the hearts of teachers and students in classrooms everywhere. Fear not! This session will provide tried-and-true techniques that empowers your students to take ownership of the sight-reading process with outstanding results.


Clinician Details

Annie Ray

Annie Ray

Annie Ray is the Orchestra Director at Annandale High School and a passionate advocate for universal music education. A sought-after speaker, she was named the 2024 GRAMMY Music Educator Award winner for her innovative programs, including the Crescendo Orchestra and the Fairfax Arts Coalition for Education Parent Orchestra.

Raine Hollingsworth

Raine Hollingsworth

Raine Hollingsworth, orchestra director at Dr. Phillips High School, has a Bachelor's (2011) and Master's (2015) in Music Education from Florida State University. She is an active contributor to Florida's music education community and has led her orchestras to consistent success at district, state, and national events.