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Conference Schedule

September 21 - 24, 2025 virtual via Zoom
September 26 - 28, 2025 live in Los Angeles

All  virtual programming is CENTRAL Time.  

Sunday September 21, 2025 online

6:00pm Virtual Opening & Newcomer Welcome (4pm PT, 7pm ET)
6:15pm Virtual Round Robin (4:15 pm PT, 7:15pm ET)

Monday September 22, 2025 online- All times CT

Bridging Books and Beats - Literacy Day

5:00pm Songswap: Tales and Tunes / hosted by Evalyn Harper
6:15pm The Power of Prosody: Building Readers Through Meter / Evalyn and Monty Harper
7:30pm Kidlit 101: Navigating Traditional and Self-Publishing / Julie Hedlund and Nathalia Palis

Tuesday September 23, 2025 online (all times CT)

Play, Pause and Power UP! - Level Up your TECH skills for your music production or classroom

5:00pm Music Production (at home!) / Ryan Benyo
6:15pm Podcast Plans with Podcast Pals / Andrew and Polly
7:30pm AI Yi-Yi! Panel / moderated by Kaitlin McGaw

Wednesday September 24, 2025 online (all times CT)

Reel Rhythms - A Day of Music, Media & Global Voices

5:00pm Our Global Community / Benny Thatcher and Claudia Robin Gunn
6:15pm Song Swap: Non-Binary / hosted by Carrie Fergueson
7:30pm Singing for Justice: Screening of Faith Petric Documentary / Estelle Freedman

Thursday September 25, 2025

Travel Day -- no programming

Friday September 26, 2025 (ALL LIVE PROGRAMMING IS PACIFIC TIME)

Bob Baker Marionette Theater-Add On Day
sponsored by Silly Goose and Val

8:00am Breakfast at hotel
9:00am Travel to Bob Baker
9:30am Coffee and gather at Bob Baker Theater
10:00am Welcome and Tour
11:00am Workshop: Bob Baker Marionettes
12noon Lunch and Shop
1:00pm Special activity
1:30pm Break
1:45pm Workshop: Puppet Panel with Snooknook and Red Yarn
2:45pm Return to hotel

Live Conference Open

4:00pm Registration and Welcome
5:00pm Newcomer’s Circle and Welcoming (all are welcome)
6:00pm Dinner

7:00pm

Opening Ceremony
7:15pm Ella Jenkins Tribute / led by Mega Ran
8:00pm  Break w/ desserts
8:30pm Round Robin Part 1
sponsored by School Yard Rap / Griot B
10:30pm Dance Party with DJ Willie Wow and Jam Sessions! 

Saturday September 27, 2025

8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Breakout Session One
Challenge your Listeners / Josh Friedman
Time Out: Go In / Alphabet Rockers
Come on In! Watch an Elementary Music Class in Action / Katie Todd
sponsored by Songs for Teaching
10:30am

Breakout Session Two
Writing Music for Kids—with Kids! / Fyütch and Aura V
Selling Yourself and Your Music-Developing an Elevator Speech / Wendy Morgan (Wendy and DB)
Using Children's Music to Support Children and Families from All Faith Communities / Mara Sapon-Shevin

11:45am Lunch
12:30pm Annual Meeting
1:30pm Keynote Presentation with Fyütch
sponsored by Star Forest
3:15pm

Breakout Session Three
Who Did What Now? / Lucy Kalantari
Call And Response: Writing Children's Hip-Hop Songs / Mega Ran
Reframing Support for Children Through Music / Nicole Porter 

4:30pm Social Time and daytime Jam Session
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Round Robin Part 2
sponsored by School Yard Rap / Griot B
11:00pm Late Nite Jams

Sunday September 28, 2025

8:00am Breakfast
9:00am

Breakout Session Four
Make It a Show: Turning Songs into Stories & Setups into Success / Aaron Bertram
Collaborations: How To Develop, Sustain, and Thrive / Panel with Tara Trudel, Mista Cookie Jar, Cindy Haws, Kymberly Stewart

Song Swap: Bilingual / Teacher Peter

10:30am PIO! Scholar & Magic Penny presentation honoring Dave Kinnoin
sponsored by Love Light Laughter / Chandrika Tandon
12noon Lunch
1:00pm Closing Circle


 


Our CMN annual conference is now over 30 years old!! Every year it gets bigger and better, creating many opportunities for performers, educators, song­writers, librarians, and families—all those who love music for children—to gather. Together, we connect and reconnect and fill our hearts with laughter and song by sharing songs, ideas, resources and information.

Interested? Our 2024 Conference was a blast!  Check it out!

Looking forward to seeing you in 2025, #cannotwait!

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