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Registration is now available for the 2025 Teaching Music History Conference. The conference will take place at New York University, in New York, NY between 20-22 June 2025. The conference will include a special workshop presented in conjunction with the AMS Many Musics of America project of which will explore methods for teaching Asian American music history in the K-12 classroom.
Registration rates are dependent upon employment status and attendance mode. Early bird rates will end on 6 May 2025.
| Registration Rate | Standard | Student/Retired/Contingent Faculty | Livestream |
| Early Bird | $60 | $45 | $50 |
| Standard | $70 | $55 | $50 |
Conference Program
The final program guide for the Teaching Music History Conference is now available. All events will be held at 20 Cooper Square at New York University.
K-12 Educator Grants
K–12 Educators Grants in American Music provide grants of $500 to K–12 educators and music educators who have a special interest in American music to attend special events as part of the 2025 Teaching Music History Conference. Grantees will also receive complimentary registration for the conference.
The 2025 conference will feature a special workshop held in partnership with the Music of Asian America Research Center on their resource “Asian America in 22 Songs.” This workshop, presented by Dr. Elaine Andres, will involve hands-on experience with this resource and attendees will walk-away with actionable lesson plans to use in their own classroom.
The purpose of the grants is to support educator participation in AMS programming that engages with historical pedagogy and American musical traditions. Grants may be used to pay travel and conference attendance expenses. Grant recipients will participate in relevant activities at the Teaching Music History Conference in New York as part of a cohort of fifteen.
The deadline to apply was 1 April 2025, 11:59pm ET.