The MayDay Group is delighted to share the news of two book announcements: Trauma and Resilience in Music Education: Haunted Melodies, edited by Deb Bradley & Juliet Hess; and Action-Based Approaches in Popular Music Education, by Steve Holley, Kat Reinhert, & Zach Moir. Congratulations! In this edition of the newsletter, you can find calls for proposals for ISME, VMEA, PMEA, […]
A new issue of Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 20 (2), is now available online here. This issue offers an interesting and provocative range of perspectives related to concepts of democracy in music education, with articles by Lauri Väkevä, Patrick Schmidt, Cathy Benedict, and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos; and an editorial by Deb Bradley. The MayDay Group invites you to […]
The MayDayGroup Colloquium/4th Symposium on LGBTQ Studies in Music Education conference begins today! Still hoping to attend? Register here. The 32nd Colloquium of the MayDay Group is being held in conjunction with the 4th Symposium on LGBTQ Studies in Music Education. The schedule has been purposefully crafted to create dialogue between both communities. All sessions […]
A new issue of Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 20 (2), is now available online at http://act.maydaygroup.org/current-issue/. This issue offers an interesting and provocative range of perspectives related to concepts of democracy in music education. The articles, each in their own way, challenge commonplace notions about democratic education. Lauri Väkevä interrogates democracy within Finnish extra-curricular music […]
Dear MDG friends, The MayDay Group has drafted revised Action Ideals, which we are sending to our membership in order to facilitate an informed discussion and voting process during the upcoming MDG Colloquium 32 June 29th-July 1st. The Action Ideals are an articulation of MayDay Group’s aims, beliefs, and overall vision for music education. We […]
Have you registered yet for the MayDay Group Colloquium 32/4th LGBTQ Studies and Music Education Symposium yet? MDG32/QMUE4 will take place June 29-July 1, 2021. Register today! To view the schedule, please scroll down. The Gordon Institute for Music Learning 8th International Conference on Music Learning Theory and the Virginia Music Educators Association Conference calls for proposals can be found in this edition […]
Have you registered yet for the MayDay Group Colloquium 32/4th LGBTQ Studies and Music Education Symposium yet? MDG32/QMUE4 will take place June 29-July 1, 2021. Register today! The MayDay Group is pleased to share the news of two book announcements: Values and Music Education by Estelle R. Jorgensen and Higher Music Education and the Surrounding World edited by Sidsel Karlsen and Siw […]
The MayDay Group is pleased to share that the schedule and registration information for QMUE 4/MDG 32 Symposia 2021: Creating and Sustaining Equitable Diverse, and Inclusive Music Learning Practices is now available. The virtual conference will take place June 29-July 1, 2021. We hope to see you there! This edition of the newsletter includes calls […]
The MayDay Group is pleased to share a very full newsletter with you this week. There are announcements for several events including the Sound, Meaning, Education: Conversations conference, the Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs Digital Learning Series, National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Eastern conference, Mountain Lake Colloquium, and the 1st Queer Forum of […]
In this edition of the newsletter, we are pleased to share announcements for the Disability Studies & Music Education Symposium, the World Music Pedagogy Courses, and the Mountain Lake Colloquium; as well as a book announcement for The Politics of Diversity in Music Education, edited by Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, Sidsel Karlsen, Kathryn Marsh, […]