The MayDay Group is pleased to share an announcement that the MayDay Group Colloquium 32 (MDG32) / 4th Symposium for LGBTQ Studies and Music Education (QMUE4) will be held online June 29-July 1, 2021. We hope to see you there! We are also happy to share a book announcement for Music in the Lives of […]
In this newsletter, the MayDay Group shares announcements from the International Society for the Sociology of Music Education (ISSME) and the International Society for Music Education (ISME); as well as a book announcement for My Body Was Left on the Street: Music Education and Displacement, edited by Kính T. Vũ and André de Quadros. Congratulations! Below, there is […]
The MayDay Group is pleased to share a book announcement for Music & Social Justice: A Guide for Elementary Educators by MDG member Cathy Benedict. Congratulations! 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 […]
Special Issue on Anti-Racism, Anti-Fascism, and Anti-Discrimination in and through Music Education Deadline Extended! Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education Guest Editor: Nasim Niknafs The violence of racial and ethnic discrimination has taken new forms throughout the world, rendering different peoples in different places as “a genus of subaltern humanity,” disposable and surplus (Mbebe […]
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 […]