HISTORY NOTES
Newsletter
of the MENC History Special Research Interest Group
Fall, 2005
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Editor: Dr. James T. McRaney, National
Chair Email: jmcraney@aol.com
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)
FROM
THE HSRIG NATIONAL CHAIR
Activities relating to the History SRIG since our 2004
meeting in Minneapolis have been numerous and varied. The
past several months have been divided between planning for
the 2006 MENC Conference, the 2007 MENC Centennial, a
divisional conference presentation and renovating the HSRIG
“member” mailing list.
One of the major efforts of the National Chair has been an
“overhaul” of the HSRIG email list. We began with email
verifications in April, 2004 and continued with a call for
news earlier this fall. Prior newsletter recipient lists
(as early as 1998) have been integrated with colleagues who
signed attendance rosters at the 2002 and 2004 national
conferences, personal requests to be added, and the latest
update from the MENC membership department. This electronic
edition has been sent to over 250 addresses, including more
than 40 new names added since 2002, while numerous email
addresses that “failed” two update notices have been
removed.
A hard copy of History Notes will be provided to the MENC
Archives at the University of Maryland, and electronic
versions may be added to interested websites. In the event
you are aware of a need for a hard copy, please share that
information with the editor.
Since being a HSRIG “member” is voluntary and has no
additional dues, the MENC membership department uses a
“coded identification” to mark HSRIG “members” on its
database. If you are a member of MENC, it provides a more
comprehensive email directory for your HSRIG officers IF
you request HSRIG “identification” at the time of
membership renewal. However, there is no space on the
renewal form to indicate SRIG interest. It isn’t practical
for your HSRIG Chair to furnish email addresses that
receive the newsletter to MENC, as the electronic
newsletter is also offered to professional and
international colleagues who are not members of MENC. We
are happy to continue to share our newsletter with anyone
who wishes to receive it. Consequently, many screen names
on our mailing list can not be connected to an actual MENC
member’s name.
According to MENC, members who are specifically “coded” as
HSRIG are considered to be “HSRIG members”. However, some
names on the 2004 roster from MENC do not appear on the
2005 version recently received. You will recall from the
recent (fall) HSRIG “update”, those identified on the “A”
list represent the current MENC list, while those on the
“B” list were on the MENC roster in 2004 but are either (a)
not on the 2005 list, or (b) for some reason, the email
address “disappeared” from the 2005 roster. Indeed, some
that had been “coded” as HSRIG members in 2004 (“B” list)
are known to still be MENC members – but do not appear on
the 2005 “A” list? The HSRIG Chair is working with Nick
Webb on clearing up this confusion. IF you are a current
member of MENC and wish to be certain your name is “coded”
for HSRIG identification in the future, you may wish to
contact Nick Webb in the Membership Department at
nicholasw@menc.org and request HSRIG “coding” – remembering
to furnish an email address. Those email addresses used for
this newsletter, identified in our recent update as being
on the “C” list, are our newest additions, and those names
will be forwarded to MENC for member “coding”. The “D” list
includes a few non-MENC recipients.
THANKS TO
PAST NATIONAL CHAIR
All of us in HSRIG express appreciation to National Chair
Roger Rideout (2002-04) for his term of distinguished
service and leadership. In addition to his leadership as
Chair, Roger’s role was expanded with the opportunity to
participate in the earliest stages of planning for MENC’s
100th anniversary celebration. Our thanks to you, Roger!
IN
MEMORIUM
In 2004, two prominent HSRIG educators/researchers passed
away. In April, Dr. Charles L. Gary died, followed in July
by Dr. George N. Heller. Each had filled significant roles
in the research of the history of music education, and both
had been awarded the HSRIG Distinguished Service Award.
Memorial tributes may be found in the October, 2004 issue
of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
(Vol. 26, No. 1) … written by Michael Mark (Charles Gary)
and Jere Humphreys (George Heller). These colleagues will
also offer words of admiration and tribute to Gary and
Heller, respectively, during the HSRIG Roundtable session
on April 22, 2006.
Charles Gary, former MENC Executive Secretary, passed away
on April 16, 2004, at the age of 86. A tireless worker for
music education, he will be remembered for his books "The
U.S. Copyright Law, A Guide for Music Educators" and “A
History of American Music Education”, co-authored with
another HSRIG member, Michael Mark.
George Heller died at the age of 62 after a distinguished
career as an educator/historian. He retired in 2002 from
the University of Kansas after 29 years. He was the first
National Chair of MENC’s History SRIG (1984-86) and founded
(1980) The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music
Education (now JHRME – see below).
2004
NATIONAL MENC CONFERENCE / History SRIG
Dr. Roger Rideout presided at the research session on
Thursday, April 15, in Minneapolis, Mn. A panel
presentation on research in the history of American music
education in the twentieth century was moderated by Dr.
Michael Mark. Presenters included Dr. John Grashel, Dr.
Carolyn Livingston, Dr. Marie McCarthy, Dr. James T.
McRaney, and Dr. Mark.
In the Roundtable Session that followed, the 2004 HSRIG
Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. William
Lee, distinguished researcher and HSRIG member. The
nominating committee presented Dr. Jere Humphreys and Dr.
Alan Spurgeon as candidates for the biennial election for
HSRIG Chair-elect (2004-06). Jere Humphreys was elected and
will assume the role of National Chair at the 2006 MENC
Conference.
An open dialogue sharing potential ideas for HSRIG
activities during the centennial celebration of the
founding of MENC was moderated by incoming National Chair
James McRaney. Multiple ideas were shared and discussed by
the large gathering of music educators, and many of the
possibilities were noted for further review and planning.
HSRIG 2004
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Bill Lee is professor of music and Coordinator of Music
Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He
has presented or published numerous articles, dictionary
citations, reviews and chapters in the field of music
education history, and has served on the editorial boards
of JRME and JHRME. A past Chair of the History SRIG, Bill
hosts a major website on the history of music education
(see below).
HSRIG
FELLOW NAMED TO MENC HALL OF FAME
At the 2004 MENC Conference, Dr. Michael Mark, Emeritus
Professor of Music at Towson University (Md.), was inducted
into the MENC Hall of Fame. Michael is a past chair of the
HSRIG and received the 1998 HSRIG Distinguished Service
Award.
Michael began his career as a teacher in Prince George’s
County, Maryland and served as supervisor of music in
secondary school districts in New York before teaching on
the faculties of Morgan State University and The Catholic
University of America, where he was head of the music
education program. He served as Dean of the Graduate School
at Towson University for fourteen years.
A Fulbright Scholar, Michael has lectured internationally,
including speaking recently about American music education
at several Taiwanese universities. He has authored numerous
articles, chapters in books on the history of music
education, and books, including the history of American
music education co-authored with Charles Gary.
HSRIG AND
MENC CENTENNIAL PLANNING
During the past year, significant planning toward the 100th
anniversary of the founding of MENC (Keokuk, Iowa, 1907)
has been conducted. The Centennial Coordinating Committee
(of 12) met during the Minneapolis Conference and
subsequently to provide oversight to the planning.
Immediate past chair Roger Rideout, Michael Mark and Paul
Lehman, all HSRIG members, were participants – and all had
also participated in the HSRIG Roundtable discussion of
ideas for historical celebration.
In a communication from MENC President David Circle, the
purpose of the Centennial Coordinating Committee was:
“Develop a comprehensive proposal for celebrating the
Centennial of MENC in
the year 2007.”
That committee’s report included a significant note
regarding the role of the HSRIG:
“President Circle will contact the History SRIG officers to
determine how the
organization would like to be involved in the Centennial
Celebration.”
While many ideas are being considered by the NEB, President
Circle met with Chair-elect Jere Humphreys while in Arizona
in August and discussed ways in which HSRIG was interested
in promoting the Centennial. Watch MENC publications and
online for announcements about special activities
celebrating 100 years of service to music education, and
read HSRIG plans for the 2006 MENC Conference and 2007
elsewhere in this newsletter.
2006 – AN
EXTRORDINARY YEAR FOR HSRIG
The HSRIG is excited at having been asked to fill an
unprecedented role during the MENC Conference in Salt Lake
City, Utah in April.
In 2003, MENC President Willie Hill appointed the a
national committee to look into options for recognizing the
100th anniversary of the founding of MENC (1907-2007). The
committee first met in Minneapolis in April,2004. A report
including multiple options was presented to the National
Executive Board in July.
A tentative plan was developed for a “celebration”
(2006-2008) during which the focus will be “looking to the
past” during the first year (initiated at 2006 conference)
and “looking to the future” during the second year of
celebration (initiated with a special “event” in 2007).
At the April 19-22 conference, MENC will “kick-off” the
beginnings of the celebration, and the HSRIG has been asked
to host four additional major sessions focused on music
education during the first hundred years of MENC.
MENC is also planning a national “event” for the summer of
2007. Initial planning is for an event in Orlando. In
connection with this 2007 “event”, HSRIG is also planning –
as visualized in Minneapolis in 2004 – a national history
symposium (see Jere Humphrey’s announcement elsewhere in
this newsletter).
2006 History SRIG Sessions
Thursday, April 20 (8:30 a.m.)
CENTENNIAL PROFILE I (1907-1932): A New Look at a
Significant Cultural Moment
Dr. William R. Lee, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Thursday, April 20 (11:30 a.m.)
CENTENNIAL PROFILE II (1933-1957): Survival through a
challenging era – the depression, WWII, and the cold war
Dr. Carolyn Livingston, University of Rhode Island
Friday, April 21 (8:30 a.m.)
CENTENNIAL PROFILE III (1958-1982): Against the backdrop of
the cold war, technology, and the civil rights revolution
Dr. Michael Mark, Professor Emeritus, Towson University
Saturday, April 22 - 3:15 p.m.
CENTENNIAL PROFILE IV (1983-2007): Widening horizons with a
global lens: responding to the New World Order
Dr. Marie McCarthy, University of Maryland
Saturday, April 22 - 8:30 a.m.
History SRIG Research Session
Alan Spurgeon (Mississippi), Dr. Shelly Cooper (Arizona),
Dr. Patti Tolbert (Georgia) Selected Examples of Classroom
Songs from the Century (group participation)
Saturday, April 22 - 9:30 a.m.
History SRIG Roundtable Session – HSRIG Award; Election;
Bylaws review; meet the Division Chairs; research journal
news; report of planning for 2007 HSRIG symposium.
Plan now to attend the Conference (and the HSRIG sessions)
in April. Registration and hotel information is available
online at www.menc.org. (I’m already registered - are you?)
HSRIG BYLAWS REVIEW
The Bylaws (ratified: 1993) are being reviewed and proposed
changes will be submitted in the Spring, 2006 History Notes
for review prior to the 2006 Conference. In order to
facilitate this procedure, the Bylaws will be distributed
online in early 2006.
To approve any change(s), the amendment procedure calls for
a two-thirds majority vote at the HSRIG meeting in April.
In addition to minor semantic or procedural change, it is
anticipated that an awards section (not presently included)
may be recommended.
HSRIG IN
2007
The HSRIG Chair has been asked to contribute to a special
MENC publication for the 100th anniversary of its founding.
This commemorative book is a small part of the celebration
extending from the 2006 National Conference to the 2008
Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Chair-elect Jere Humphreys has appointed an advisory
committee to assist in planning for special HSRIG
activities in 2007. Having shared with MENC President
Circle the expressed desire of the HSRIG membership for a
symposium on the history of music education, and a national
event has been approved. In view of Jere’s announcement
below, you are urged to maintain the currency of your email
address with the HSRIG Chair (email address above)!
From the HSRIG Chair-elect:
“The History Special Research Interest Group, in
cooperation with MENC,
will sponsor an MENC Centennial History Symposium at Disney
World near
Orlando, Florida in July of 2007. This 2-3 day symposium
will be held in
conjunction with several other MENC events that same week
(the exact dates
have not been set). A call for papers and other
presentations will be sent out by
February 2006.”
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
Mark Fonder, editor of the JHRME, has expressed interest in
articles celebrating the MENC Centennial, and the
possibility of a special issue. He will share additional
information about this premier academic journal during the
HSRIG Roundtable in Salt Lake City in April, 2006.
The annual subscription rate is $12 (students); $225
(individuals); and $50 (institutions). A subscription year
(2 issues) runs July through June. Mark can be contacted at
Whalen Center for Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850 –
jhrme@ithaca.edu
The contents of the current issue (Vol. 27, No. 1 October,
2005) include:
Alan L. Spurgeon: MSNC Comes of Age: George Oscar Bowen and
the 1928 Conference
Lissa Fleming May: Early Musical Development of Selected
African American Jazz Musicians in Indianapolis in the
1930s and 1940s
Wai-Tong Lau: Twentieth-Century School Music Literature in
China: A Departure from Tradition
Jeri W. Bonnin: Katinka Daniel and Her Contributions to
Kodaly Pedagogy in the United States
Southern Music Education Journal
A new refereed journal which invites historical research in
music education made its debut since our last HSRIG
meeting. Co-edited by HSRIG member Alan Spurgeon, it is
published by the Department of Music, 162 Scruggs Hall,
University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
(aspurg@olemiss.edu).
An annual subscription (2 per year) is $10 (U.S.), $12
(Can.), and $15 (International and U.S. libraries). Alan
will also share more about this new journal during the
HSRIG Roundtable in April.
Articles in the inaugural issue (Vol. 1, No. 1 Fall, 2004)
were contributed by:
Carol McDowell and Gale A. McMahan; Dale Misenhelter;
Jennifer Shank;
Lynn M. Sherrin, Peggy O. Jessee and M. Christine Nagy;
James South;
Kimberly C. Walls and Nancy H. Berry; Emery C. Warnock
History of Music Education Website
This website is hosted by HSRIG member Bill Lee. It
includes a reference page to the HSRIG. The site has
recently been updated, and may be of interest to you. It
can be found at http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/William-Lee/.
History of Music Education in Austrailia Website
For those who may wish to think “outside the box” (unless
you hail from Australia) this website is hosted by HSRIG
colleague Robin L. Stephens at Deakin University. It can be
linked through Bill Lee’s site or also by direct access
(NOTE: no “www.” needed) at:
http://education.deakin.edu.au/music_ed/history/
CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS and 2006 ELECTION PROCEDURE
According to the HSRIG Bylaws, the National Chair is
responsible for appointing a Nominating Committee to
consider potential candidates for Chair-elect. The report
of the committee is to be presented by March 1, with the
election held at the 2006 HSRIG Roundtable session
(nominations may also be made from the floor). The
committee report will appear in the Spring issue of History
Notes prior to the 2006 Conference.
Suggestions for candidates for National Chair-elect
(2006-08) are encouraged and should be sent no later than
January 1 to the Nominating Committee Chair, Jere
Humphreys, at Jere.Humphreys@asu.edu.
CALL FOR
2006 AWARD NOMINATIONS
Nominations for the HSRIG Distinguished Service Award are
invited – postmarked no later than January 1, 2006, A
letter of nomination and the nominee’s vita should be sent
to Dr. James T. McRaney, 2636 Whiteleigh Court, Atlanta, GA
30345,
The award was established in 1993 “to honor individuals who
have made significant contributions to historical research
in music education.” Members are free to nominate anyone,
including him/her self, according to the following
qualifications - - -
Nominees must 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:
• Publication/presentation of scholarly research related to
the history of music education;
• Collection/publication of primary source material related
to the history of music education;
• Editorial service to journals/other publications related
to the history of music education;
• Encouragement/mentorship to students and other
researchers interested in historical research in music
education;
• Service to HSRIG/other organizations related to
historical research in music education;
• Demonstrated excellence in the teaching of the history of
music education.
Past HSRIG award winners are: George Heller (1994); Allen
P. Britton (1996); Michael Mark (1998); Bruce Wilson
(2000); Sondra Wieland Howe (2002); William Lee (2004).
CALL FOR
SPRING NEWSLETTER INPUT
You are invited to submit news of research in the history
of music education for the HSRIG History News spring issue
– no later than February 15, 2006 – to the National Chair
(jmcraney@aol.com).
Send news of research or recent articles or books. Titles
and authors of recent dissertations (2004 -) in the field
will also be listed. Information about summer activities of
interest to HSRIG members is welcomed, as well as reviews
of significant meetings.
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HSRIG OFFICERS (Advisory Council)
James T. McRaney, Chair (2004-06) Jere Humphreys,
Chair-elect (2004-06)
Adjunct Professor of Music Professor of Music
Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
Email: jmcraney@aol.com Email: Jere.Humphreys@asu.edu
Division Chairs (2002-06)
Southern: Alan Spurgeon North Central: Teresa Volk
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI
aspurg@olemiss.edu ag7658@wayne.edu
Western: Shelly Cooper
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
ShellyCooper@cableaz.com
Division Chairs (2004-08)
Eastern: Patrick Jones Northwestern: Pat Sheehan Campbell
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA University of
Washington, Spokane, WA
pjones@uarts.edu pcamp@u.washington.edu
Southwest: George McDow
Boeme, TX
ghmcdow@prodigy.net