Dear MDG friends, The MayDay Group was saddened this week to learn of the death of Susan Wharton Conkling. Susan was a Professor of Music Education at the College of Fine Arts, Boston University. She mentored hundreds of music educators, and was a dear friend to many of our members. If you would like to read more about Susan’s […]
We have a jam-packed newsletter today! Reminders from ISSME and VRME as well as new calls for proposals from MMEA, KMEA, and MusCan; a special issue of Journal of Popular Music Education; and quite a few position vacancies: Announcements Reminder: International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education Call for Papers Reminder: Visions of Research in Music Education […]
The narrative “moment” in music education scholarship came to realisation in February 2006 when the first Narrative Inquiry in Music Education conference was held at Arizona State University. Since then, NIME conference convenings and various publications and presentations grounded in narrative inquiry demonstrate that narrative scholarship has found a place in music education. In a […]
Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education is pleased to announce that an article originally published in ACT 2 (2), “Why Ideology is Still Relevant for Critical Thinking in Music Education,” by Lucy Green, is now also available in Portuguese in the free access journal InterMeio 23 (45). The link to the Portuguese version of the […]
Beginning this week, the MayDay Group will be facilitating weekly or biweekly discussions (#chatMDG) around articles published in ACT and TOPICS. For this first week, we encourage you to engage with Danielle Sirek’s recent publication. “Until I Die, I will Sing My Calypso Song”: Calypso, Soca, and Music Education Across a Generational Divide in Grenada, […]
In this newsletter this week, there are several reminders for conferences including Mountain Lake and the International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education, as well as calls for a conference on Music and the Internet and a special issue of JPME. There are also numerous position vacancies, including at Eastern Illinois University, San José State University, University of […]
In the newsletter this week, there is information on several conferences including the Iowa, Georgia, and Colorado Music Educators Associations. There are also posted positions at FSU, University of Southern Maine, and University of Memphis for those on the job hunt. To view the Newsletter, click: https://goo.gl/BJbsgR
We are pleased to announce the appointments of Julie Beauregard, Anita Prest, and Daniel Shevock to the Steering Committee. Congratulations! Brent Talbot has agreed to serve as the Steering Committee Convenor for the coming two years in addition to his Ex-Officio role as Colloquium Coordinator. MDG Steering Committee Ex-officio members: Colloquium Coordinator – Brent Talbot […]