K-12 Educators Grants in American Music Application

The AMS is calling for applications for K–12 Educators Grants in American Music. The program provides grants of $500 to K–12 teachers and music educators who have a special interest in American music to attend special events as part of the 2025 Teaching Music History Conference in New York, NY, which will take place 20–22 June 2025. Grantees will also receive complimentary registration for the conference.

The Teaching Music History Conference (TMHC), hosted by the AMS Pedagogy Study Group, brings together people who are interested in teaching and learning about music history. The conference presents special opportunities to connect educators, researchers, and members of the public who are invested in music education across all grade levels. 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 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.

Cohort Activities: Grantees will be expected to attend featured lectures and programs at the Teaching Music History Conference in New York City. This track has been designed to encourage further learning about American music by spotlighting important research in this area. Grantees are also expected to attend a 45-minute networking cohort session on each of the first two days of the conference designed to help grantees network and connect to current conversations in musicology and music education.

Eligibility: Application is open to teachers working in K-12 institutions or music education and to students planning to pursue a career in those fields. Applicants must be legal residents of the United States. Applicants need not be members of the American Musicological Society.

The deadline to apply is 1 April 2025, 11:59pm ET. Selected applicants will be notified by 15 April 2025.

Applicant Information

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Educational Background & Career Status

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Do you teach curriculum related to American music? *

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Which American music topic(s) does your curriculum include? *

In what discipline or subject are you pursuing a degree? *

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I affirm that I am a legal resident of the United States.

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I affirm that if selected, I will attend the required sessions and workshops at the 2025 Teaching Music History Conference in New York, NY on 20–22 June 2025

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