Music Education at a Crossroads

Realizing the Goal of Music for All

Contributions by Janet R. Barrett, Michael Blakeslee, Anne L. Bryant, Samuel Hope, Paul Lehman, Michael Mark, Bennett Reimer, Brenda Lilienthal Welburn Edited by Janet Barrett

Publication date:

16 July 2009

Length of book:

134 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

221x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781607092032

Consider the status of music education as you read Music Education at a Crossroads, a collection of addresses from the Centennial Congress of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. Noted leaders in music education—including Paul Lehman, Bennett Reimer, Samuel Hope, and Michael Mark—joined Brenda Welburn and Anne Bryant in addressing the challenges and opportunities faced by music educators today. The Centennial Congress renewed a shared professional commitment to a comprehensive music education for all students and discussed the impediments to the vision of the Centennial Declaration: "It is the right of every child to receive a balanced, comprehensive, sequential music education taught by qualified music teachers."

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction: Music Education at a Crossroads
Chapter 3 The Centennial Declaration
Chapter 4 Celebrating 100 Years of Focus
Chapter 5 The National Association for Music Education: Leadership for What?
Chapter 6 Are We There Yet? Why Not?
Chapter 7 Current Directions in Policy Development: Thinking and Acting on Behalf of Music Study
Chapter 8 Changing the National Environment for Music Education from the Perspective of School Boards
Chapter 9 Changing the National Environment for Music Education from the Perspective of State Boards of Education

Music Education at a Crossroads is an historic book and should be in every music educators' professional library. Barrett has assembled the compelling presentations from MENC's Centennial Congress into one valuable publication along with twelve significant documents which are milestones in MENC's long history of promoting music education for every student.