KCOMTEPS

Kansas Consortium of Music Teacher Education Professors and Students

Online registration opens Aug. 15
$5 per attendee for faculty and students.
($10 after Sep. 15)

Registration will be in the KMEA Members site for current NAfME-KMEA members. If your membership is expired, renew at the NAfME website prior to registering. Collegiate memberships expire on June 30 every year.
Registration will open by Aug. 15

Date & Time
Sunday, Sep. 28, 2025
9:30 AM — Registration
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM — Sessions

Location
Damm Music
8945 W. Central Ave, Wichita
316-773-9060

2025 KCOMTEPS Clinician

Ryan Hourigan
Ryan Hourigan (2010 Indiana Music Educators Association Outstanding University Music Educator of the Year, 2021 University of Michigan Kendall Award winner) joined the faculty at Ball State University in the fall of 2006 after nine years of teaching music at the secondary and university level. Dr. Hourigan holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University (B.M.-Outstanding Alumni Award 2023), Michigan State University (M.M. Wind Conducting), and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Hourigan currently is a professor of music education and is the former Director of the School of Music at Ball State University. He also has recently joined Focus 5 as a teaching artist specializing in arts integration for students with learning differences.

Currently in its third edition, Hourigan is the co-author (Alice Hammel) of Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Label-Free Approach. This is a comprehensive text written by practicing music educators, music teacher educators, and researchers in the field of teaching music to children with exceptionalities. Hourigan and Hammel’s second book Teaching Music to Students with Autism (2nd edition) was released in 2020. They released a new text entitled Universal Design for Learning in Music Education in 2024.

In 2009, Hourigan co-founded the Prism Project (prismprojectbsu.org). This program provides an opportunity for Ball State students to gain skills in teaching students with special needs. This program has been duplicated in several communities and universities across the country including New Orleans (9thWard), Louisiana State University, The University of Northern Iowa, and the Hartt School of Music, and two locations in Indiana.

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About KCOMTEPS

KCOMTEPS is a state organization, unique to Kansas, providing a structured framework for faculty discussion on topics relevent to music teacher education. Membership includes music teacher education professors from public and private colleges and university as well as representatives from Kansas community colleges. KCOMTEPS meets regularly each fall.

KCOMTEPS, organized 35+ years ago, was at the forefront in the development of the state music standards and, later, in working with KSDE to develop a unified and consistent approach to music teacher education program assessment at our various schools. Members continue to actively work toward improved course transfer and articulation among our programs and in collaboration with our state community colleges. Each fall the organization sponsors the annual workshop as a collaborative event with collegiate NAfME student members.

At the June 2012 KMEA Board Meeting, members approved the merger of KCOMTEPS as a part of KMEA. The move is valuable for both groups. The arrangement will allow for the continuation of KCOMTEPS’ work under the more inclusive KMEA umbrella. KCOMTEPS will continue as the annual fall conference for faculty and NAfME Collegiate members. KMEA financial and staff support will assist with this annual gathering.

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KMEA Mentoring Network
Mentorship is an important component to the success of our new teachers. The KMEA Mentoring Network works to ensure the success of early career music educators in Kansas.