For 32 years, our sister publication, MMR Magazine, has sponsored the Dealers’ Choice Awards where folks in the music industry could nominate and then vote on products or companies they thought were the best.
In today’s music education market, the decision-makers about what to buy are most often our music educator readers, and we want their voices to be heard! Let these services, publishers, and manufacturers know which products, methods, services, and equipment you value most as a music educator.
The 2025 SBO+ Teachers’ Choice Awards (TCA) nomination form is now live! Click here (https://sboplus.net/tca/) or visit us at SBOplus.net. Educator readers of SBO+ are eligible to suggest products, companies, and instruments for nominations!
Nominations close September 30th, 2025 and the TCA finalist ballot will then go live listing your top nominees and voting will close on December 1, 2025. The first-annual Teachers’ Choice Awards will be announced in the December 2025 Midwest Clinic issue!
Here are the categories. Please type in no more than one nomination per category – it is not necessary to vote in all categories:
Audio Recording Interface (Brand)
Brass Instruments for Students (Brand)
Choral Method
Choral Music Publisher
Choral Apparel Supplier
Classroom Guitars (Brand)
Classroom Keyboards (Brand)
Classroom Ukuleles (Brand)
Cloud-based Music Education Platform
Electric Instrument Brand for School Ensembles
Fundraising Company
General Music Method
Instrument Amplifiers (Brand)
Jazz Band Publisher
Live Sound System (Brand)
Marching Band Accessory Brand
Marching Band Design Software
Marching Band Music Publisher
Marching Band Percussion (Brand)
Marching Band Uniform Supplier
Marching Band Wind Instruments (Brand)
Microphones – Live or Recording (Brand)
Music Class Management Software
Music Notation/Recording/Production Software
Orchestra Music Publisher
Percussion Instruments for Students (Brand)
Popular Music Publisher
Speakers – Music Production/Playback (Brand)
String Instruments for Students (Brand)
String Method
Travel Company
Travel Destination
Wind and Percussion Method
Wind Band Music Publisher
Woodwind Instruments Students (Brand)