A group of music educators met twice at FCE, Okene in 1999, to create an association for music educators. Thereafter, the Association of music educators in Nigeria (AMECEN) was birthed as a platform for lecturers and teachers of music to exchange ideas and get refreshed at annual conferences and regular workshops in locations within states in Nigeria. The maiden conference was held at the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta.

The theme of that first conference which held from 1st March to 4th March , 2000 was: Issues in Music Education: Way Forward in the 21st century.

At the conference in Abeokuta it was unanimously agreed to expand the coast of the association by adopting a name that would accomodate all music educators without institutional dichotomy. The association, thereafter, adopted the nomenclature; Conference of Music Educators in Nigeria. (COMEN). Later, in 2019, due to certain requirements brought up within the registration process, the group’s nomenclature was revised to become; Society of Music Educators of Nigeria (SOMEN).
The 2nd conference held from 7th to 9th March, 2001 at the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin. Since then the boat of the society sailed round colleges of education soaring in membership embracing all music teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.