Elevate your company or brand to center stage at the Wisconsin State Music Conference! Through a sponsorship, gain premium access to a captive audience of current and future music educators, performers and industry leaders.
Our electrifying conference and exhibit hall spaces provide the perfect platform to showcase your products and services, ensuring maximum exposure and engagement. Secure your sponsorship today, and orchestrate your success like never before!
All sponsors will be included on the “Thank You” page in the conference program and pre-conference materials and signage in the registration area of the convention center.
Learn more below about all the set opportunities available in 2025. If you have another idea, know our sponsorships are flexible!
If your company or organization has something not listed below to offer that would be beneficial to our conference and attendees and provide exposure for your business, we would be happy to talk to you about a customized sponsorship package.
Please contact Laurie Fellenz, Executive Director, at lfellenz@wsmamusic.org to schedule a time to discuss your ideas!
President’s Welcome Reception and Awards Event
Three (3) available at $1,500
Join our Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA) President, Executive Board and Council for an energetic and inspiring two-hour event featuring music, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Recipients of our 2025 WMEA Awards will be recognized and celebrated. This opportunity puts your brand in front of nearly 200 music leaders from across our state and featured speakers and guests from across the country. Take the microphone and share your own personal welcome to the conference with all in attendance.
INCLUDES:
- Sponsorship Signage throughout the reception area
- Recognition in pre-conference materials and conference mobile app
- Opportunity to address the audience for up to 2 minutes at the event
2025 Conference Pen and Tote Bag Sponsor
One (1) available at $5,000
Personalized pens and tote bags provide high visibility among a targeted audience of professionals, brand association that communicates your thoughtfulness and support, and key networking opportunities that can spark key conversations and interactions at our conference. This personalized approach to networking can lead to valuable collaborations, partnerships and business opportunities that extend far beyond the conference’s duration.
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Logo and slogan given to all conference attendees – music teachers, collegiates and Aspiring Music Major attendees
- Opportunity with our marketing team to approve a single color logo graphic that meets your satisfaction
- Opportunity to increase sponsorship amount, should you choose a more expensive option
- A premium way to get your brand in front of every conference attendee for the duration of the conference!!!
Name Badge Lanyards
One (1) available at $3,000
Name badge lanyards provide constant brand exposure to a highly targeted audience of industry professionals, enhanced brand perception as your name is associated with trust in and support for their professional associations, and networking amplification as the brand’s logo becomes a focal point of conversations. By sponsoring our lanyards, your brand remains top-of-mind not only during the Wisconsin State Music Conference but also in post-conference interactions.
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Logo and slogan given to all in attendance – music teachers, collegiates, invited performers and exhibitors
- Opportunity with our marketing team to approve a single color logo and lanyard that meets your satisfaction
- Opportunity with our marketing team, should you choose a more expensive option
- A premium way to get your brand in front of every conference attendee for the duration of the conference!!!
Conference Registration Sponsor
Four (4) available at $2,750
We are offering the opportunity for 1-4 companies to purchase our premium conference registration sponsor spots. There are four available, but one early-bird company could choose to purchase them all!
Our conference registration sponsor(s) will receive premium booth space assignment access, prime brand exposure right from the beginning of the registration process through the event, and brand perception as a forward-thinking and supportive partner in our conference. This strategic marketing opportunity allows effective communication opportunities with your brand’s message throughout the event.
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Company logo or banner advertisements displayed via the conference registration website
- Mobile app acknowledgement of sponsorship
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
Exhibit Hall Attendee Coffee Sponsor
Two (2) available at $2,500
We are offering the opportunity for 1-2 companies to sponsor exhibit hall coffee — there are two available, but one early-bird company could choose to purchase them both!
What makes a great event go off the charts? A happy, well-caffeinated group of attendees! Let’s brew up some joy together. Why sponsor coffee? Because nothing perks up the exhibit hall quite like the aroma of success…and freshly brewed java!
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Company logo or banner advertisements displayed via the conference registration website
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
- Recognition on exhibit hall signage
Conference Snack Break Sponsor
Four (4) available at $2,000
We are offering the opportunity for 1-4 companies to sponsor exhibit hall snack breaks — there are four available, but one early-bird company could choose to purchase them all!
Why sponsor a snack break in our exhibit hall? Imagine music educators in search of sustenance, stomachs growling louder than the previous session speaker…and suddenly they stumble upon your snacks and brand support! They will be singing your praises, because nothing fuels networking like a well-fed crowd…and nothing says champion better than being the hero of hunger!
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Company logo or banner advertisements displayed via the conference registration website
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
- Recognition on exhibit hall signage
Technology In Music Education (TI:ME) Pre-Conference Sponsor
Three (3) available at $2,000
We are offering the opportunity for 1-3 companies to sponsor our Technology In Music Education (TI:ME) Pre-Conference — there are three available, but one early-bird company could choose to purchase them all!
A TI:ME event means your MEA’s attendees get the best music education technology professional development. When TI:ME supports our WMEA with production of technology training sessions, their own brand attracts the brightest music educators and leading music industry manufacturers to submit session proposals. We are grateful to TI:ME for their support as our lead sponsor! For over a quarter century, they have helped tens of thousands of music educators modernize the way they teach, producing the finest professional development sessions in partnership with state music education associations.
Joining as a sponsor of this event in its second year will help you hit the perfect note in your technology-rich company’s brand strategy. Your sponsorship will help shape the future of music education, because it will demonstrate you are in tune with the needs of Wisconsin’s educators and their students. Be on the cutting edge of developing the Wisconsin State Music Conference into an event that grows to four days of programming, so we can provide music educators with even more opportunities to learn and network!
INCLUDES:
- Priority premium booth space assignment, if purchased by June 15, 2025
- Company logo or banner advertisements displayed via the conference registration website and at on-site registration
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
- Recognition on event location signage
- Opportunity to welcome pre-conference attendees at the opening session
WSMA High School State Honors Program Sponsor
Four (4) available at $3,000
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Honors Music Project is nationally recognized as one of the finest opportunities for young people. Youth musicians selected for the WSMA High School Honors ensembles participate in an intensive and mandatory four-day summer camp in June and perform in Madison during late October as part of the Wisconsin State Music Conference.
With over 450 students and honors coaches participating in our ensembles, your brand’s support will be prominently displayed for viewing by thousands of patrons from across the Midwest as they travel to Madison, WI in October to attend up to three concerts at Overture Center for the Arts. Your benefits will include brand visibility, positive public image, community engagement and access to a captive audience of parents, grandparents and music educators in a world class performing arts venue.
INCLUDES:
- Sponsor name or logo printed on cover of the 2025 WSMA High School State Honors concerts program
- Complimentary full-color ad in the concerts program
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
- Eight (8) complimentary tickets to all WSMA State Honors Project 2025 concerts
- Special recognition from the stage acknowledging your sponsorship
WSMA Middle Level State Honors Program Sponsor
Three (3) available at $2,000
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Honors Music Project is nationally recognized as one of the finest opportunities for young people. Youth musicians selected for the WSMA Middle Level Honors ensembles rehearse and perform in Madison during late October as part of the Wisconsin State Music Conference.
With nearly 300 students and honors coaches participating in our ensembles, your brand’s support will be prominently displayed for viewing by thousands of patrons from across the Midwest as they travel to Madison, WI in October to attend up to three concerts at Verona Area High School. Your benefits will include brand visibility, positive public image, community engagement and access to a captive audience of parents, grandparents and music educators in a state-of-the-art Wisconsin high school performing arts center.
INCLUDES:
- Sponsor name or logo printed on cover of the 2025 WSMA High School State Honors concerts program
- Complimentary full-color ad in the concerts program
- Recognition in pre-conference materials
- Eight (8) complimentary tickets to all WSMA State Honors Project 2025 concerts
- Special recognition from the stage acknowledging your sponsorship
Aspiring Music Majors Sponsor
Fifteen (15) at $250
Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA) Aspiring Music Majors is a program designed for high school students in Wisconsin who are interested in pursuing a college education and career in music. This event, organized by WMEA, provides opportunities for students to explore various aspects of music education and performance at the collegiate level, and it takes place on the Friday of our Wisconsin State Music Conference.
Sponsorship of Aspiring Music Majors demonstrates support from Wisconsin colleges, universities, non-profits and corporate friends who are committed to ensuring our youth have access to information and support to begin a career pathway that involves music knowledge and understanding. It additionally demonstrates a commitment to the teacher retention and recruitment needs to ensure all students have well-trained music educators in classrooms across our state and country.
INCLUDES:
- Sponsor name or logo printed on folders for Aspiring Music Majors
- Recognition on exhibit hall signage
- Recognition on website for Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA)
- Listing as a Aspiring Music Majors sponsor in the conference program
Ready to purchase?
- Checks, MasterCard and Visa are all accepted.
- Sponsorship reservation and artwork are due September 1. To upload artwork, use our file transfer form.
- Note that listings in the printed conference program are contingent upon signing up before the program goes to layout and design.
