Giants In Music Education Share Their Wisdom In New Publication Released by MENC: The National Association for Music Education

The Grandmasters Series: Collected Thoughts of Leaders in Twentieth Century Music Education

RESTON, VA (PRWEB) March 13, 2003 -- A new MENC resource, The Grandmaster Series: Collected Thoughts of Leaders in Twentieth Century Music Education, brings together all fifteen articles of the Grandmaster Series" that appeared in Music Educators Journal from 1999 through 2003. Giants in the field of music education share their wisdom in these inspirational and informative articles drawn from a lifetime of experience.
                                 
Among the highlights: Clifton Burmeister takes a trip down memory lane as he reviews his teaching career, begun in the Iowa public schools in the 1930s, and Clifford Madsen reflects on his lifelong love affair" with research. Eunice Boardman draws on her fifty years of teaching experience to ask important questions about music education, and Robert Klotman discusses the joys of teaching string instruments.

The collection, edited by Mark Fonder, is rounded out with selections by eleven other grandmasters," who share a lifetime of challenges and wisdom, conveying a deep dedication to and love for music education. This collection of essays is a major tribute to those leaders in our profession who have worked so hard to make American music education what it is today," says Peter Webster, Professor of Music Education at Northwestern University. These voices articulate the many values we hold as music educators and remind us in a powerful way of what we have accomplished and what is yet to be done. This volume is required reading for any music educator."

The Grandmaster Series (#1681) is available from MENC for $22.00. MENC members receive the discounted price of $16.50. To order, call 800-828-0229 or visit www.menc.org.
For more information, call MENC at 1-800-336-3768.               

MENC, the worlds largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. Nearly 100,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENCs activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.