Welcome to 2021, and to the first MDG Newsletter of the year! A reminder about the call for papers for a special issue on Anti-Racism, Anti-Fascism, and Anti-Discrimination in and through Music Education in the MDG journal, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, guest edited by Nasim Niknafs. The MayDay Group is delighted to share […]
In this newsletter, we have calls for the 2nd Biennial Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium, the Music and Social Justice Quaran/zine, Working in Music and the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the International Study of Popular Music (IASPM). The ISME Decolonizing and Indigenizing Music Education SIG has extended the deadline on their call for chapters for an edited book on Decolonizing and Indigenizing […]
The MayDay Group is pleased to share news of several upcoming conferences and calls for proposals. The International Association for Popular Music (IASPM) has two announcements: IASPM is launching a new monthly Online Research Seminar Series in December; and IASPM-USA is now accepting proposals for their 2021 conference. The International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education (ISSME) 2021 has announced a […]
Introducing the #MDGPodcast Action for Change in Music Education: A MayDay Group Podcast. Enjoy this introductory episode, and check back soon for our first official episode featuring a conversation with Deb Bradley. Listen at the link! The McGill Music Graduate Students’ Society (MGSS) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its 34th annual Symposium (virtual). The ABLE Assembly is […]
The MayDay Group is delighted to share a book announcement for The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning, edited by Janice Waldron, Stephanie Horsley, and Kari Veblen. Congratulations! There are numerous virtual events coming up, so mark your calendars: a webinar on Critical Pedagogy in Music Teacher Education, an American Orff-Schulwerk Association Virtual Symposium, Narrative […]
The MayDay Group invites all members to attend a Town Hall on Friday, October 16 (6-7:30 p.m. ET) and/or Saturday, October 17 (10-11:30 a.m. ET) to discuss revisions of our Action Ideals. Check the website and MDG social media for the links to join these events. In this edition of the newsletter, there are several […]
The MayDay Group is seeking members to be involved in a revision of our Action Ideals. To express interest, please email MDG Steering Committee Chair Darrin Thornton at dht2@psu.edu. The MayDay Group is delighted to share a book announcement for Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician: Learning and Embodying Musical Culture by Jessica Cawley. Congratulations, Jessica! The International Society for Music Education (ISME) […]
The MayDay Group is excited to announce the results of the MDG Steering Committee 2020 Elections. Congratulations to Juliet Hess and Nasim Niknafs! Thank you to all the nominees for their willingness to serve.
The MayDay Group would like to announce a special issue of MDG journal Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education (ACT) on Anti-Racism, Anti-Fascism, and Anti-Discrimination in and through Music Education edited by Dr. Nasim Niknafs. To view the call for papers, please read below. A video entitled Tom A. Regelski, Life in Music and Arts, is now […]
The MayDay Group is seeking two at-large members for the MayDay Group Steering Committee. At-large members are elected in even-numbered years for six-year terms. Nominations will be open until August 15, 2020 and online elections will be held after that. The Chair of the Steering Committee is selected from its at-large members. Nominations and self nominations are […]