HISTORY NOTES
Newsletter
of the MENC History Special Research Interest Group
Fall, 2005
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Editor: Jere
Humphries, National Chair Email:
IN THIS ISSUE
…
> 2004-05 HSRIG in review
> MENC 2006 Conference
> MENC plans a Centennial Celebration
> Research opportunities and resources
> Requests for input and response
> HSRIG National Officers (Advisory Council)
Welcome to all members, new and old, and others
interested in the history of music education
New
Website
The History SRIG is pleased to announce the coming of a new
History Special Research Interest Group website:
http://www.gcsu.edu/srig. Thanks to Patti Tolbert of
Georgia College and State University for developing and
managing this site. The important comprehensive site
developed and maintained by William R. Lee of the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, “History of Music
Education Website,” is still up and running. The two sites
will be linked.
Keokuk II:
The MENC Centennial History Symposium
Keokuk, IA
May 31-June 2, 2007
Keokuk II: The MENC Centennial History Symposium was a
scholarly symposium held to commemorate the centennial
anniversary of the founding of MENC: The National
Association for Music Education (1907-2007). As History
SRIG members know, MENC began in Keokuk, Iowa, a town
located just across the Mississippi River from Illinois.
The music supervisor in Keokuk in 1907, Philip C. Hayden,
hosted a conference of music teachers, supervisors, normal
school professors, and publishers on April 10-12. At the
end of the conference, 69 of the 104 attendees indicated a
desire to become charter members of a new, permanent
organization. In the century since that day, MENC has
become the largest arts education organization in the world
with some 130,000 members.
With sponsorship from MENC, the Keokuk Area Convention and
Tourist Bureau, The University of Michigan School of Music,
Dance & Theatre, Arizona State University School of
Music, Hal Leonard Corporation, and the University of
Mississippi Department of Music, Keokuk II was organized by
the MENC History Special Research Interest Group (SRIG),
led by national chair Jere Humphreys of Arizona State
University and national chair-elect Alan Spurgeon of the
University of Mississippi, with support throughout the
planning stages from immediate past MENC president David E.
Circle of Stilwell, Kansas. In addition to Humphreys and
Spurgeon, members of the symposium planning committee were:
Mark Fonder, Sondra Wieland Howe, William R. Lee, Marie
McCarthy, James T. McRaney, and Terese M. Volk.
The event took place from May 31-June 2, 2007 in a hotel
four blocks from the site of the 1907 conference,
Westminster Presbyterian Church. The 2007 site is located
within sight of a new church building built by the same
congregation on the bank of the beautiful Mississippi
River. Over one hundred people attended Keokuk II,
including music educators from 29 states and scholars from
Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The
current MENC president, Lynn Brinckmeyer, and
president-elect Barbara Geer participated as well as
past-president Circle and retired MENC staff member
Harriett Morgan Mogge. The two keynote speakers were noted
music education historian Gordon Cox from the University of
Reading in the United Kingdom and a well-known historian of
education, Barbara Finkelstein of the University of
Maryland, College Park. There was a concert at the United
Presbyterian Church on Friday evening, organized by a past
History SRIG chair, Sondra Wieland Howe of Wazata,
Minnesota. Community members were part of this
well-attended event at which student groups from a local
high school and a community college performed, as well as a
New Horizons Band quartet from Iowa City and the local
church organist, Mary Jane Goeke.
A highly selective process resulted in twenty outstanding
scholarly papers and four panel presentations, including a
panel by MENC presidents (past, present, and elected) and
Hall of Fame member Michael Mark, and another by attendees
from other nations who presented “Views from the Outside.”
The scholarly review panel consisted of: Shelly Cooper,
Mark Fonder, Sondra Wieland Howe, Patrick M. Jones, William
R. Lee, Carolyn Livingston, Marie McCarthy, James T.
McRaney, Terese M. Volk, and Emery C. Warnock. Other events
included several “sing-alongs” by participants led by
former History SRIG chair James McRaney of Atlanta, a jazz
trio from Iowa City, a banquet prepared by and held in the
church (much like in 1907), a tour of the city’s historic
riverfront and parks (including a statute of Chief Keokuk),
the dedication of an historical marker at the location of
the original conference, and a post-conference dinner at
historic Nauvoo, Illinois.
Two notes of particular historical interest: 1. A
participant of considerable interest to the attendees was
Michele Gregoire, a music therapist at Flagler College in
St. Augustine, Florida. Professor Gregoire is a descendent
of the woman who presided over the 1907 conference: Mrs.
Frances Elliott Clark, then of Milwaukee. 2. When the
original Westminster Presbyterian Church burned in 1962,
among the items rescued was a pew. A gavel made from that
pew is used at official MENC ceremonies in the Washington,
D.C. area. MENC’s past president David Circle was
designated to transport this irreplaceable gavel from the
headquarters in Reston, Virginia to Keokuk for the
symposium, where it was used ceremonially by President
Brinckmeyer.
The attire was casual, the atmosphere was warm, and the
scholarship was outstanding at Keokuk II, which several
attendees, many of them veteran members of the History
SRIG, called the best symposium they had ever attended.
Local townspeople were involved and highly supportive,
including Keokuk Mayor David Grudgel, who contributed to
the success of the symposium.
Keokuk II Displays and Podcast at Arizona State University
The Arizona State University Music Library has put up a
display of digital and physical materials on Keokuk II. The
display is linked to a podcast interview by HSRIG chair
Jere Humphreys and produced by the ASU Libraries.
http://www.asu.edu/lib/libraries/music.
Keokuk II Photographs
At least three HSRIG members took copious photographs at
Keokuk II: James McRaney, Keith Preston, and Jeff Thuerauf.
At some point we hope to attach these photos to our new
HSRIG website.
In the meantime, a digital album of photos with
captions has been deposited in the MENC
Archives. It was shared with attending
HSRIG members whose email addresses were known, and it
is available to anyone who wants to enjoy the celebration
online. Please indicate "Keokuk Photos" in the
subject/message box and email James McRaney,
immediate past HSRIG Chair, at jmcraney@aol.com.
Looking Ahead to the
MENC Biennial Conference, Milwaukee, WI
The History SRIG will put on two sessions at the MENC
biennial conference in Milwaukee (April 9-12, 2008). The
exact dates and times for the sessions are not known as of
this writing, although tentatively at least one of them
will take place on Thursday the 10th.
Session I
Presider: Jere T. Humphreys
A. Panel Discussion: Dissertationing Panel (current and
recent authors
discuss the process of writing doctoral dissertations on
the history
of music education)
Moderator: Alan Spurgeon
Panelists: Shelly Cooper, Casey Gerber, Ingrid Kovacs,
Keith Y. Preston
B. A Visual Retrospective on Keokuk II: The MENC Centennial
History
Symposium
Presenters: Sondra Wieland Howe, James T. McRaney, Keith Y.
Preston
Session II (Roundtable)
Presider: James T. McRaney
A. Panel Discussion: Articles Panel (scholars discuss the
process of
writing, adjudicating, and editing articles on the history
of music
education)
Moderator: Harry E. Price
Panelists: Mark Fonder, William R. Lee, Carolyn Livingston
B. History SRIG Biennial Business Meeting
Election of National Chair-Elect
Introduction of division officers and past national chairs
By-laws revisions: discussion and vote
Announcements
Distinguished Service Award presentation
Singalong (led by James T. McRaney)
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Information for Contributors/Subscribers
The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
publishes articles and reviews pertinent in any way to the
history of music education.
Authors should submit a double-spaced electronic document
on disk, CD-ROM or as an electronic mail attachment.
Manuscripts submitted as articles and reviews should
conform to A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
dissertations, 6th ed., revised by John Grossman and Alice
Bennett (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). Use
numbered endnotes (footnotes) rather than parenthetical
references. To preserve anonymity in the review process,
authors should place their name, addresses and
institutional affiliations on the title page only. Authors
of manuscripts (articles and reviews) accepted for
publication are required to submit the material on a
computer disk or CD-ROM.
Send manuscripts and queries to:
Articles Book Reviews
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Price List
Renewal for period 1 July 20-- to expire 30 June 20--.
The annual subscription rates are as follows:
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Nominations for National Chair-Elect (2008-10; Chair,
2010-12)
Nomination deadline: January 31, 2008
Description of the position: The HSRIG National Chair-Elect
shall assist the National Chair in organizing the
activities of the History SRIG. After a two-year term
(2008-10), the Chair-Elect will become the Chair for
2010-12. Nominees should be HSRIG members who are active in
historical research in music education.
SRIG Chairs may not currently hold any other national
leadership posts in the Society for Research in Music
Education. National leadership posts are defined as members
of the MERC Executive Committee, JRME Editorial Committee,
and Update Editorial Committee.
For this biennium, the History SRIG Nominating and Award
Committee, chaired by the History SRIG immediate past chair
James McRaney, will submit the names of two nominees for
the position of National History SRIG Chair-Elect
(2008-10). Sometime in March members will receive
biographical information on those individuals. The election
will take place via paper balloting during the HSRIG
business meeting at the national MENC conference in
Milwaukee in April 2008. Any member may nominate any other
member (including self nominations) by sending biographical
information on the nominee to James McRaney at
JMCRANEY@aol.com no later than January 31, 2008 (nominees
should agree in advance to be nominated and to serve if
elected).
History SRIG Officers 2006-08
National Chair Jere T. Humphreys, Arizona State University,
Tempe
National Chair-Elect Alan Spurgeon, University of
Mississippi,
Oxford
Immediate Past National Chair James T. McRaney, Reinhardt
College,
Waleska, GA
Eastern Division Chair Patrick Jones, Boston University
North Central Division Chair Terese M. Volk, Wayne State
University,
Detroit, MI
Northwest Division Chair Patricia Shehan Campbell,
University of
Washington, Seattle
Southern Division Chair Emery C. Warnock, Richmond Hill, GA
Southwest Division Chair George H. McDow, Independent
School
District, Boerne, TX
Western Division Chair Shelly Cooper, University of
Arizona, Tucson
International Representative Jeffrey Thuerauf,
Conservatorio de Música de
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Past (Current/Future) National HSRIG Chairs:
George N. Heller, 1978-1980 Hoyt LeCroy, 1994-1996
James Scholten, 1980-1982 Sondra Wieland Howe, 1996-1998
Michael L. Mark, 1982-1984 Marie McCarthy, 1998-2000
Melvin Platt, 1984-1986 Carolyn Livingston, 2000-2002
Charles L. Gary, 1986-1988 Roger Rideout, 2002-04
Thomas Hill, 1988-1990 James T. McRaney, 2004-06
William R. Lee, 1990-1992 Jere T. Humphreys, 2006-08
Mark Fonder, 1992-1994 Alan S. Spurgeon (2008-10)
HSRIG Distinguished Service Award
Nominations Deadline: January 31, 2008
The History SRIG presents one distinguished service award
each biennium to honor individuals who have made
significant contributions to historical research in music
education. Members are free to nominate anyone
(self-nominations accepted) so long as the nominee meets
the qualifications described below.
Nominees music have a record of at least ten years of
ongoing significant contributions to historical research in
music education, including high-quality work in one or more
of the following activities:
1. Publication/presentation of scholarly research related
to the history of music education;
2. Collection/publication of primary source material
related to the history of music education;
3. Editorial service to journals/other publications related
to the history of music education;
4. Encouragement/mentorship to students and other
researchers interested in historical research in music
education;
5. Service to the HSRIG/other organizations related to
historical research in music education;
6. Demonstrated excellence in the teaching of the history
of music education.
Applications should include a letter of nomination and the
nominee's curriculum vita. Send information by January 31,
2008 to the History SRIG Nominating and Award Committee,
James McRaney, Chair: jmmcraney@aol.com. The recipient will
be chosen by that committee and the name submitted to the
national HSRIG chair. The award (certificate or plaque)
will be presented at the biennial HSRIG meeting held in
conjunction with the MENC national conference in Milwaukee,
WI in April 2008.
Previous HSRIG Distinguished Service Award winners:
George N. Heller, 1994
Allen P. Britton, 1996
Michael L. Mark, 1998
Bruce D. Wilson, 2000
Sondra Wieland Howe, 2002
William R. Lee, 2004
Carolyn Livingston, 2006
Recent and Upcoming Publications
Recently published:
Mark, Michael L., and Charles L. Gary. A History of
American Music Education. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield Education, 2007. Published in partnership with
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Frances
S. Ponick, Executive Editor.
Michael, Michael L. Source Readings in Music Education, 3rd
ed. Routledge, 2007. The author notes that this new edition
“includes a new section of writings about international
music education as well as many other writings not in
previous editions.”
Upcoming:
Cox, Gordon, and Robin Stevens, eds. The Origins and
Foundations of Music Education: Cross-Cultural Historical
Studies in Compulsory Schooling [tentative title]. London
and New York: Continuum, [2010]. This book will consist of
chapters authored by individuals representing various
countries.