OMEA 2026 Professional Development Conference
01/29/2026 - 01/31/2026
In-Person Event
Greater Columbus Convention Center
400 N High St
Columbus, OH 43215
Clinic Details
Wednesday, January 29
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CST
Beyond the Notes: Game-Changing Resources for Music Educators
Mike Kamuf
Join us for an engaging and innovative session exploring how additional resources and technology can transform your approach to teaching and learning. This session will go beyond traditional note-reading and fingerings, focusing on strategies to develop tone quality, overall musicianship, improvisation, and student engagement through the use of interactive tools and technology. This clinic is designed for music educators at all levels who want to maximize their students’ musical growth while fostering a love for music. Whether teaching a beginning band, orchestra, choir, or an advanced ensemble, you’ll leave with practical, game-changing strategies that can immediately impact your classroom. Let’s move beyond the notes and create a more dynamic, engaging, and effective music-learning experience!
Friday, January 31
9:30 am – 10:30 am CST
Engaging, Empowering and Inspiring Your Students
Mike Kamuf
It has been well-documented that giving students choices in how, and what, they learn leads to healthy, invested learners. Using the resources built into MakeMusic Cloud we will demonstrate techniques to engage your students and have them become more responsible for their learning and enjoy it. See your students make responsible decisions regarding their learning.
Clinician Details
Mike Kamuf
Mike Kamuf is an exclusive writer for the Belwin Division of Alfred Music Publishing with titles in their jazz, orchestra and concert band catalogs. He also has compositions for jazz ensemble published by UNC Jazz Press, the Neil A. Kjos Music and the FJH Music Company. Many of Mike’s published arrangements have become standard literature for young jazz ensemble and he currently has over 100 publications in print.