MECA Continuing Education at VanderCook

🎶 Music Educators 🎶 Are you heading to the Sweetwater Director Academy at the Bands of America Summer Camp next week?

We are offering the opportunity for music educators to earn credit through our Retrospectives. You’re already investing time in learning and collaboration—now turn that effort into credit for license renewal or salary advancement.

Register today: https://hubs.la/Q04lTYBZ0

🎶 Music Educators 🎶 Heading to The 2026 National Mariachi Education Workshops in Las Vegas next week?

We are offering the opportunity for music educators to earn credit through our Retrospectives. You’re already investing time in learning and collaboration—now turn that effort into credit for license renewal or salary advancement.

Register today: https://hubs.la/Q04lTSGb0

🎶 VanderCook's MECA Summer Orff Instructors are looking forward to inspiring musical growth, collaboration, and fun!

We are still taking registrations, but great numbers for all levels.
Learn more and Register Today! https://hubs.la/Q04lHN7q0

Dive into “Choral Connections,” a dynamic 4-day intensive designed to bridge the gap between podium gesture and pedagogical outcome. This workshop goes beyond standard repertoire selection to explore the science of musicality, the art of building community, and the practical steps of moving students from rote learning to independent music reading.

Join VanderCook on campus this summer and take your teaching to the next level! https://hubs.la/Q04lz3FW0

On June 9, 2026 Quinlan and Fabish hosted their annual Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Awards. We are proud to announce that 4 of the 6 recipients are associated with VanderCook. Moulee Gupta (MMEd '08) - Carl Sandburg MS - Mundelein, Dan Farris-MECA faculty, Lisa Heemstra (BMEd '00) - Bednarcik JHS-Oswego, Alex Kaminsky - VCM Director of Bands, George Quinlan Jr. presented the awards and is a current VCM Board member. Congratulations!

Attention, music educators! 🎶

VanderCook College of Music's featured late summer online MECA course is: Marching Band Techniques: Back to Basics Review with Dan Farris!

Marching Band Techniques is a course designed to develop skills, obtain knowledge, and study the application of methods, techniques, styles and systems related to the total spectrum of teaching and administering marching bands.

Register today to secure your spot! https://hubs.ly/Q04l3ygk0

Save money, learn valuable skills, and take control of your instrument care this summer! 🎶 🔧

VanderCook's MECA Instrument Repair Workshops provide practical training across a wide range of skills, with additional topics shaped by participant interests.

Limited spots available - Register for one, two, or all three summer sessions! https://hubs.la/Q04l3JyM0

Music Educators — Spend two weeks at VanderCook College of Music, in the beautiful city of Chicago, learning the fundamental principles of the Orff Approach.

This child-centered way of learning music will encourage your students to enjoy music-making while enhancing their awareness of space, time, form, line, color, design and mood.

Learn More and Register Today: https://hubs.la/Q04l3pb50

🎻 Join us on campus in Chicago for an exciting Summer Strings Workshop!

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to enhance your knowledge of string setup, conducting, rehearsal techniques, and classroom management.

Register today: https://hubs.la/Q04k_2M80
On-campus housing is available: https://hubs.la/Q04k-Yhc0

VanderCook's MECA String Instrument Repair Workshop is happening soon!

On Campus • June 15-17, 2026
8:30AM – 4:30PM Daily

📷 : Highlights from our 2025 String Instrument Repair workshop!

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04kBR_v0