Music Educators' Network Fall Meeting & Professional Learning Day
Join us September 29, 2025
The CIS Ontario Music Educators' Network Fall Meeting and Professional Learning Day takes place at TFS - Canada's International School in Toronto on Monday, September 29, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
This event promises a day of enriching experiences, professional learning, and networking within the vibrant community of music educators. Together, we will:
- Review selected music for CISMF 2026
- Enjoy a delicious lunch (provided to all attendees), with time for informal networking and collaboration
- Learn from Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, Associate Dean & Director, George Walker Center at the Eastman School of Music, who will deliver our keynote session
OBA Registration
There will be a room available at 9:00 a.m. for attendees to complete their Provincial Band Festival OBA Registration.
About the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle
Associate Dean & Director, George Walker Center at Eastman School of Music
So Now What? Does the Future of Music Education Really Belong to Us?
Given current political tensions and challenges, doing the work of music education feels increasingly more difficult. New regulations, censored words and overwhelming doubt can make anything exponentially difficult. How do we respond? Can we make the work still meaningful even if the words change? Let’s strategize.
Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle previously served as the Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA before coming to Eastman in June 2022. In her role, Crystal works to advance programs and policies that promote mindsets and behaviors that value and support equity, diversity, and inclusion. She co-founded DIEMA (Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Musical Arts) Consulting Group LLC, to help schools of music address DEI related challenges and initiatives. She has presented to several groups around the country about DEI in music including the Northeastern Regional Conference of College Music Society. Crystal holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice performance with a specialization in Singing Health from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Music from Bowling Green State University, a Master of Music degree from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and a Postgraduate Diploma from Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.
Watch: Breaking Down the Barriers of Gospel Music
Eastman School of Music's Treble Chorus partnered with Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle and Professor Julius Dicks.
Because of the exciting changes, CISMF 2026 will feature two shows: a Junior Show from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and a Senior Show from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. CIS Ontario strongly encourages each participating school to have at least one representative attend this event.
The cost of attending this full-day event is $150. (includes lunch)
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