OkMEA Start Up Summit – August 22, 2026
9:30am-3:00pm
The OkMEA Start Up Summit is designed to foster a network of early-career music educators across Oklahoma, but all music educators are welcome to attend. Each year, OkMEA will host a Summit in the first weeks of the academic year. We invite clinicians from across the state and beyond to lead active and invigorating sessions on mentoring, area-specific music instruction, and social gatherings. The Summit affords teachers opportunities to learn, grow, and build professional relationships with their colleagues. Please join us for this “kick-off” event to both your school year and your career as a music educator!
Registration
Registration: $25
Collegiate Seniors, First Year Teachers,
and Veteran Teachers are welcome!
**Those attending Start Up Summit
also receive a comped registration
to the OkMEA Fall Conference
Link to Summit Registration
*Registration will be available in August
Start Up Summit Program
*The program will be available in August
Schedule
9:30am – Registration and Breakfast
9:45am – Welcome
10:00am – Content Sessions
– Elementary, Choral, Instrumental
11:00am – Content Sessions
– Elementary, Choral, Instrumental
12:00pm – Lunch and Greetings from OSDE
1:00pm – General Sessions
– OSSAA (Secondary); OkMEA (Elementary)
2:00pm – Content Sessions
– Elementary, Choral, Instrumental
3:00pm – Door Prizes and Close
Directions
Oklahoma City University
Wanda L. Bass School of Music
2501 N. Blackwelder
The OCU campus lies on the north side of NW 23rd, between Blackwelder and Penn, in the central part of Oklahoma City.
From Penn
– Go north on Penn and turn right onto 23rd
– Turn left onto McKinley
– Turn left onto 25th (Bass is straight ahead)
From Classen
– Go north on Classen and turn left onto 25th
