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National Association for Music Education

January 01, 1970

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States. Founded in 1907 as the Music Supervisors National Conference (MSNC), the organization was known from 1934 to 1998 as the Music Educators National Conference (origin of the MENC acronym). From 1998 to 2011 it was known as "MENC: The National Association for Music Education." On September 1, 2011, the organization changed its acronym from MENC to NAfME.[1] On March 8, 2012, the organization's name legally became National Association for Music Education, using the acronym "NAfME". It has approximately 57,000 members, and NAfME's headquarters are located in Herndon, Virginia

National Association for Music Education
AbbreviationNAfME
Formation1907; 117 years ago (1907)
FounderHamlin Cogswell
Founded atKeokuk, Iowa
Type501(c)(3) organization
52-6045043
Legal statusActive
PurposeMusic education in the United States
HeadquartersHerndon, Virginia
Coordinates38°58′01″N 77°22′49″W / 38.967059°N 77.380270°W / 38.967059; -77.380270
President
Scott Sheehan
Executive Director
Christopher B.L. Woodside
Websitehttps://nafme.org
Formerly called
Music Educators National Conference

As of February 2024, Scott Sheehan is the current president of NAfME, and the executive director is Christopher B.L. Woodside.[2]

Organization and Early History edit

In 1956, a former MENC Executive Secretary prepared a chronology of the organization's genesis and growth: "1905—First discussion of organizing a separate conference of [K-12] music supervisors at the meeting of NEA music section, Asbury Park, NJ (July 2–7); 1906—First call issued November 27 for a School Music Supervisors Conference in Keokuk, Iowa; 1907—With 69 present, 'Music Supervisors National Conference' established in Keokuk (10-12 April); 1910—Constitution adopted, first recorded committee report, first book of proceedings published. Affiliate relationship established with National Federation of Music Clubs; 1914—'Music Supervisors Bulletin' (later 'Music Educators Journal') established. First report of Committee on Community Songs; 1915—Beginning of an emphasis on community music activities and community service by school music supervisors and music teachers; 1917—First National Music Supervisors Chorus; 1918—National Education Council established, Eastern Music Supervisors Conference organized; 1919—Music appreciation comes to the foreground... 'Service Version' of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' accepted by U.S. War Department upon recommendation of Conference-sponsored 'Committee of Twelve'; 1920—State Advisory Committees established; 1922—Southern Conference for Music Education organized; 1923—introduction of slogan, 'Music For Every Child—Every Child for Music'; 1924—Biennial plan proposed for meeting of National and Sectional Conferences; 1925—First National High School Band Contest sponsored; 1926—First National High School Orchestra; 1927—North Central and Southwestern Conferences hold first meetings; 1928—First National High School Chorus established; 1929—First meeting of Northwest Conference; 1930—office opened in Chicago; 1931—California-Western (later 'Western') Conference holds first meeting, completing the circuit of six Sectional Conferences; 1934—Name change from Music Supervisors National Conference to Music Educators National Conference; 1940—Beginning of cooperation with Pan-American Union and State Department in 'Good Neighbor' program, first meeting of College Band Directors Conference; WWII—Intensive cooperation with agencies & organizations including the State Dept., Treasury Dept., War Dept., Library of Congress Music Division; 1947—First student chapters enrolled; 1951—MENC Washington, DC office opens in NEA headquarters; 1953—First issue of ' Journal of Research in Music Education'; 1955—MENC becomes member of National Music Council.[3]

State affiliates edit

NAfME functions regionally through more than fifty state (or state-level) affiliates. These federated state associations include organizations representing each of the fifty U.S. states; the District of Columbia; and a single affiliate for Europe.[4]

  • Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA)
  • Alaska Music Educators Association (AMEA)
  • Arizona Music Educators Association (AMEA)
  • Arkansas Music Educators Association (ArkMEA)
  • California Music Educators Association (CMEA)
  • Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA)
  • Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA)
  • Delaware Music Educators Association (DMEA)
  • District of Columbia Music Educators Association (DCMEA)
  • European Music Educators Association (EMEA)
  • Florida Music Education Association (FMEA)
  • Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA)
  • Hawaii Music Educators Association (HMEA)
  • Idaho Music Educators Association (IMEA)
  • Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA)
  • Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA)
  • Iowa Music Educators Association (IMEA)
  • Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA)
  • Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA)
  • Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA)
  • Maine Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Michigan Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Mississippi Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Montana Music Educators Association (MMEA)
  • Nebraska Music Educators Association (NMEA)
  • Nevada Music Educators Association (NMEA)
  • New Hampshire Music Educators Association (NHMEA)
  • New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA)
  • New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA)
  • New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA)
  • North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA)
  • North Dakota Music Educators Association (NDMEA)
  • Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA)
  • Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA)
  • Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA)
  • Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA)
  • Rhode Island Music Educators Association (RIMEA)
  • South Carolina Music Educators Association (SCMEA)
  • South Dakota Music Educators Association (SDMEA)
  • Tennessee Music Education Association (TMEA)
  • Texas Music Educators Conference (TMEC)
  • Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA)
  • Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA)
  • Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA)
  • Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA)
  • West Virginia Music Educators Association (WVMEA)
  • Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA)
  • Wyoming Music Educators Association (WMEA)

Women leadership edit

Hamlin Cogswell (1852–1922) founded the Music Supervisors National Conference in 1907. While a small number of women served as president of the Music Supervisors National Conference (and the following renamed versions of the organization over the next century) in the early 20th century, there were only two female presidents between 1952 and 1992, which "possibly reflects discrimination." After 1990, however, leadership roles for women in the organization opened up. From 1990 to 2010, there were five female presidents of this organization.[5] Women music educators "outnumber men two-to-one" in teaching general music, choir, private lessons, and keyboard instruction.[5] More men tend to be hired for band education, administration and jazz jobs, and more men work in colleges and universities.[5] According to Dr. Sandra Wieland Howe, there is still a "glass ceiling" for women in music education careers, as there is "stigma" associated with women in leadership positions and "men outnumber women as administrators."[5]

Notable women presidents edit

  • Frances Clarke (1860–1958) was a music supervisor in the Milwaukee Public School system. She founded the Music Supervisors National Conference in 1907. It was an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States. In 2011, it was renamed the National Association for Music Education and it had more than 130,000 members.[1][6]
  • Mabelle Glenn (1881–1969) was a music supervisor in Bloomington, Indiana and a director of music in Kansas City, Missouri. She wrote music appreciation books and music textbooks. She was president of the Music Supervisors National Conference from 1928 to 1930.[5]
  • Lilla Pitts (1884–1970) graduated from Northwestern University. She was a faculty member of the teacher's college at Florida State University. She served as president of the Music Educators National Conference (the new name for the Music Supervisors National Conference) from 1942 to 1944.[5]
  • Marguerite Hood (1903–1992) graduated from the University of Southern California. She was a supervisor of music for Montana, a faculty member at the University of Montana, the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1950 to 1952. She was the first woman to be appointed as chair of the Music Educators Journal.[5]
  • Frances Andrews (1908–1976) received her master's and doctorate from Pennsylvania State University, where she was a faculty member from 1943 to 1973. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1970 to 1972.[5]
  • Mary Hoffman (1926–1997) graduated with a bachelor's degree in science from Lebanon Valley College and a master's from Columbia Teachers College. She was a music supervisor in Milwaukee and Philadelphia. She gave graduate courses at Columbia Teachers College, Temple University and the University of Illinois. She wrote and contributed to textbooks. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1980 to 1982.[5]
  • Dorothy Straub (born 1941) graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in music education from Indiana University. She was the music coordinator for Fairfield Public Schools in Connecticut. She was a violinist in two orchestras. She was given awards from the American String Teachers Association and the National School Orchestra Association. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1992 to 1994.[5]
  • Carolynn Lindeman (born 1940) graduated from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, the Mozarteum Academy, San Francisco State University and Stanford University, where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts. She was a professor at San Francisco State University from 1973 to 2005. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1996 to 1998. She edited the "Strategies for Teaching" series. She "[a]cknoledge[d] discrimination in academia."[5]
  • June Hinckley (1943–2007) graduated with a PhD from Florida State University. She was a music and fine arts supervisor in Brevard County in Florida. She wrote articles on music education. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1998 to 2000.[5]
  • Lynn Brinckmeyer received her PhD from the University of Kansas. She was an associate professor and director of choral music education at Texas State University. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 2006 to 2008.[5]
  • Barbara Geer graduated from the University of North Carolina. She was a music consultant for a school system in North Carolina. She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 2008 to 2010.[5]

Lowell Mason Fellowship edit

Lowell Mason Fellows are individuals who have furthered NAfME's mission of ensuring accessibility to music education for all. Music educators, music education advocates, political leaders, and key decision makers are eligible for designation. The names of the Fellows are permanently displayed at NAfME's headquarters in Herndon, VA.[7] The Fellowship is named after Lowell Mason.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Press Release: Building on the Past to Shape the Future of Music Education". NAfME official website. NAfME. 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^ "National Executive Board (NEB) - NAfME". nafme.org/. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  3. ^ Buttelman, C.F. "Significant Dates for M.E.N.C." Music Journal 14:4 (April 1956), 5, 77.
  4. ^ . NAfME official website. NAfME. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "A Historical View of Women in Music Education".
  6. ^ Journal of Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Music Supervisors' National Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, April 9–13, 1923, p. 9; OCLC 660087362
  7. ^ National Association for Music Education: Press Release – 2006 Lowell Mason Fellows (April 9, 2007)

External links edit

  • NAfME: The National Association for Music Education
  • Affiliated organizations
    • American Composers Forum
    • Conductors Guild
    • Percussive Arts Society (PAS)
    • Sigma Alpha Iota
  • MENC Historical Center – archives at the Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland
  • John Mahlmann Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (January 15, 2010)

January 01, 1970
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The National Association for Music Education NAfME is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States Founded in 1907 as the Music Supervisors National Conference MSNC the organization was known from 1934 to 1998 as the Music Educators National Conference origin of the MENC acronym From 1998 to 2011 it was known as MENC The National Association for Music Education On September 1 2011 the organization changed its acronym from MENC to NAfME 1 On March 8 2012 the organization s name legally became National Association for Music Education using the acronym NAfME It has approximately 57 000 members and NAfME s headquarters are located in Herndon VirginiaNational Association for Music EducationAbbreviationNAfMEFormation1907 117 years ago 1907 FounderHamlin CogswellFounded atKeokuk IowaType501 c 3 organizationTax ID no 52 6045043Legal statusActivePurposeMusic education in the United StatesHeadquartersHerndon VirginiaCoordinates38 58 01 N 77 22 49 W 38 967059 N 77 380270 W 38 967059 77 380270PresidentScott SheehanExecutive DirectorChristopher B L WoodsideWebsitehttps nafme orgFormerly calledMusic Educators National Conference As of February 2024 Scott Sheehan is the current president of NAfME and the executive director is Christopher B L Woodside 2 Contents 1 Organization and Early History 2 State affiliates 3 Women leadership 3 1 Notable women presidents 4 Lowell Mason Fellowship 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksOrganization and Early History editIn 1956 a former MENC Executive Secretary prepared a chronology of the organization s genesis and growth 1905 First discussion of organizing a separate conference of K 12 music supervisors at the meeting of NEA music section Asbury Park NJ July 2 7 1906 First call issued November 27 for a School Music Supervisors Conference in Keokuk Iowa 1907 With 69 present Music Supervisors National Conference established in Keokuk 10 12 April 1910 Constitution adopted first recorded committee report first book of proceedings published Affiliate relationship established with National Federation of Music Clubs 1914 Music Supervisors Bulletin later Music Educators Journal established First report of Committee on Community Songs 1915 Beginning of an emphasis on community music activities and community service by school music supervisors and music teachers 1917 First National Music Supervisors Chorus 1918 National Education Council established Eastern Music Supervisors Conference organized 1919 Music appreciation comes to the foreground Service Version of The Star Spangled Banner accepted by U S War Department upon recommendation of Conference sponsored Committee of Twelve 1920 State Advisory Committees established 1922 Southern Conference for Music Education organized 1923 introduction of slogan Music For Every Child Every Child for Music 1924 Biennial plan proposed for meeting of National and Sectional Conferences 1925 First National High School Band Contest sponsored 1926 First National High School Orchestra 1927 North Central and Southwestern Conferences hold first meetings 1928 First National High School Chorus established 1929 First meeting of Northwest Conference 1930 office opened in Chicago 1931 California Western later Western Conference holds first meeting completing the circuit of six Sectional Conferences 1934 Name change from Music Supervisors National Conference to Music Educators National Conference 1940 Beginning of cooperation with Pan American Union and State Department in Good Neighbor program first meeting of College Band Directors Conference WWII Intensive cooperation with agencies amp organizations including the State Dept Treasury Dept War Dept Library of Congress Music Division 1947 First student chapters enrolled 1951 MENC Washington DC office opens in NEA headquarters 1953 First issue of Journal of Research in Music Education 1955 MENC becomes member of National Music Council 3 State affiliates editNAfME functions regionally through more than fifty state or state level affiliates These federated state associations include organizations representing each of the fifty U S states the District of Columbia and a single affiliate for Europe 4 Alabama Music Educators Association AMEA Alaska Music Educators Association AMEA Arizona Music Educators Association AMEA Arkansas Music Educators Association ArkMEA California Music Educators Association CMEA Colorado Music Educators Association CMEA Connecticut Music Educators Association CMEA Delaware Music Educators Association DMEA District of Columbia Music Educators Association DCMEA European Music Educators Association EMEA Florida Music Education Association FMEA Georgia Music Educators Association GMEA Hawaii Music Educators Association HMEA Idaho Music Educators Association IMEA Illinois Music Educators Association ILMEA Indiana Music Education Association IMEA Iowa Music Educators Association IMEA Kansas Music Educators Association KMEA Kentucky Music Educators Association KMEA Louisiana Music Educators Association LMEA Maine Music Educators Association MMEA Maryland Music Educators Association MMEA Massachusetts Music Educators Association MMEA Michigan Music Educators Association MMEA Minnesota Music Educators Association MMEA Mississippi Music Educators Association MMEA Missouri Music Educators Association MMEA Montana Music Educators Association MMEA Nebraska Music Educators Association NMEA Nevada Music Educators Association NMEA New Hampshire Music Educators Association NHMEA New Jersey Music Educators Association NJMEA New Mexico Music Educators Association NMMEA New York State School Music Association NYSSMA North Carolina Music Educators Association NCMEA North Dakota Music Educators Association NDMEA Ohio Music Education Association OMEA Oklahoma Music Educators Association OkMEA Oregon Music Education Association OMEA Pennsylvania Music Educators Association PMEA Rhode Island Music Educators Association RIMEA South Carolina Music Educators Association SCMEA South Dakota Music Educators Association SDMEA Tennessee Music Education Association TMEA Texas Music Educators Conference TMEC Utah Music Educators Association UMEA Vermont Music Educators Association VMEA Virginia Music Educators Association VMEA Washington Music Educators Association WMEA West Virginia Music Educators Association WVMEA Wisconsin Music Educators Association WMEA Wyoming Music Educators Association WMEA Women leadership editHamlin Cogswell 1852 1922 founded the Music Supervisors National Conference in 1907 While a small number of women served as president of the Music Supervisors National Conference and the following renamed versions of the organization over the next century in the early 20th century there were only two female presidents between 1952 and 1992 which possibly reflects discrimination After 1990 however leadership roles for women in the organization opened up From 1990 to 2010 there were five female presidents of this organization 5 Women music educators outnumber men two to one in teaching general music choir private lessons and keyboard instruction 5 More men tend to be hired for band education administration and jazz jobs and more men work in colleges and universities 5 According to Dr Sandra Wieland Howe there is still a glass ceiling for women in music education careers as there is stigma associated with women in leadership positions and men outnumber women as administrators 5 Notable women presidents edit Frances Clarke 1860 1958 was a music supervisor in the Milwaukee Public School system She founded the Music Supervisors National Conference in 1907 It was an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States In 2011 it was renamed the National Association for Music Education and it had more than 130 000 members 1 6 Mabelle Glenn 1881 1969 was a music supervisor in Bloomington Indiana and a director of music in Kansas City Missouri She wrote music appreciation books and music textbooks She was president of the Music Supervisors National Conference from 1928 to 1930 5 Lilla Pitts 1884 1970 graduated from Northwestern University She was a faculty member of the teacher s college at Florida State University She served as president of the Music Educators National Conference the new name for the Music Supervisors National Conference from 1942 to 1944 5 Marguerite Hood 1903 1992 graduated from the University of Southern California She was a supervisor of music for Montana a faculty member at the University of Montana the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1950 to 1952 She was the first woman to be appointed as chair of the Music Educators Journal 5 Frances Andrews 1908 1976 received her master s and doctorate from Pennsylvania State University where she was a faculty member from 1943 to 1973 She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1970 to 1972 5 Mary Hoffman 1926 1997 graduated with a bachelor s degree in science from Lebanon Valley College and a master s from Columbia Teachers College She was a music supervisor in Milwaukee and Philadelphia She gave graduate courses at Columbia Teachers College Temple University and the University of Illinois She wrote and contributed to textbooks She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1980 to 1982 5 Dorothy Straub born 1941 graduated with bachelor s and master s degrees in music education from Indiana University She was the music coordinator for Fairfield Public Schools in Connecticut She was a violinist in two orchestras She was given awards from the American String Teachers Association and the National School Orchestra Association She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1992 to 1994 5 Carolynn Lindeman born 1940 graduated from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music the Mozarteum Academy San Francisco State University and Stanford University where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts She was a professor at San Francisco State University from 1973 to 2005 She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1996 to 1998 She edited the Strategies for Teaching series She a cknoledge d discrimination in academia 5 June Hinckley 1943 2007 graduated with a PhD from Florida State University She was a music and fine arts supervisor in Brevard County in Florida She wrote articles on music education She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 1998 to 2000 5 Lynn Brinckmeyer received her PhD from the University of Kansas She was an associate professor and director of choral music education at Texas State University She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 2006 to 2008 5 Barbara Geer graduated from the University of North Carolina She was a music consultant for a school system in North Carolina She was president of the Music Educators National Conference from 2008 to 2010 5 Lowell Mason Fellowship editLowell Mason Fellows are individuals who have furthered NAfME s mission of ensuring accessibility to music education for all Music educators music education advocates political leaders and key decision makers are eligible for designation The names of the Fellows are permanently displayed at NAfME s headquarters in Herndon VA 7 The Fellowship is named after Lowell Mason See also editAmerican Choral Directors Association Music Teachers National Association American String Teachers Association Tanglewood Symposium a conference in 1967 sponsored by the Music Educators National Conference whose Declaration called for music to be placed in the core of the school curriculumReferences edit a b Press Release Building on the Past to Shape the Future of Music Education NAfME official website NAfME 2011 Retrieved 11 September 2011 National Executive Board NEB NAfME nafme org Retrieved 2024 02 24 Buttelman C F Significant Dates for M E N C Music Journal 14 4 April 1956 5 77 NAfME Federated State Associations NAfME official website NAfME 2012 Archived from the original on 23 April 2013 Retrieved 17 April 2013 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n A Historical View of Women in Music Education Journal of Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Music Supervisors National Conference Cleveland Ohio April 9 13 1923 p 9 OCLC 660087362 National Association for Music Education Press Release 2006 Lowell Mason Fellows April 9 2007 External links editNAfME The National Association for Music Education Affiliated organizations American Composers Forum Conductors Guild Percussive Arts Society PAS Sigma Alpha Iota MENC Historical Center archives at the Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland John Mahlmann Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection January 15 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Association for Music Education amp oldid 1214162884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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