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Voting Opens Online January 1 for MENC National and Division Offices<\/b>
MENC is holding national and division elections, and active, retired and lifetime MENC members can vote online from January 1, 2010, to March 7, 2010. <\/p>\n
Members with e-mail addresses on file with MENC will also receive an e-mail with voting instructions. If you do not receive this e-mail, contact MENC at 703-860-4000 or 800-336-3768.<\/p>\n
MENC President-Elect candidates are Nancy Ditmer of Wooster, Ohio, and David Weatherred of Spokane, Washington. Biographies of candidates for 2010–2012 National President-Elect and North Central, Southern, and Western Division Presidents-Elect are online. So, if you looking for something to do on New Year’s Day, vote here.<\/a><\/p>\n Licensing Resource for Educators<\/b> Songfile® is an easy way for MENC members who plan to make and distribute 2,500 copies or fewer of their recordings to obtain the necessary mechanical licenses for cover versions of songs. Through Songfile, educators can obtain licenses for CDs and permanent digital downloads from HFA’s entire database of over 2.3 million songs in all genres. The Songfile Web site<\/a> has more information.<\/p>\n MENC Student Composers Talent Search Under Way<\/b> Download the entry form at MENC Contests<\/a>. The entry deadline is February 15, 2010. For more information contact MENC at 800-336-3768, or e-mail Nicole Springer<\/a>. <\/p>\n Students Can Enter NSBA Electronic Composition Contest<\/b> Winning students and their schools will receive prizes and will be honored at the NSBA’s 2010 T+L Conference. The deadline is April 14, 2010<\/p>\n Plan to Attend MENC Conferences in 2010<\/b> MENC’s 2010 Biennial Conference, with a special focus on research in music education and music teacher education will be March 25–27 in Anaheim, California, at the Hilton Anaheim.<\/p>\n Music Education Week in Washington is June 24-29. The 2010 academies are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are some noteworthy Music In Our Schools Month® deadlines to keep in mind:<\/b><\/p>\n New Book Explores Past and Future of Music Education<\/b> The Centennial Congress declared, “It is the right of every child to receive a balanced, comprehensive, sequential music education taught by qualified music teachers,” and the addresses consider how to make that happen.<\/p>\n For more information on the book, visit the Rowman & LIttlefield Education Web site<\/a>. The list price for the cloth version is $50; $21.95 for paper. MENC members receive a 25% discount with the code MENC25.<\/p>\n MENC Academic Journals Seek New Leadership<\/b> Princess and Frog<\/b><\/i> Offer Jazzy Lessons for Students<\/b> Aimed at students in grades 4–6, lesson plans and other materials will explore the roots of New Orleans jazz music. Students also can learn the fundamentals of jazz techniques through hands-on activities and listening exercises. Download the lesson plans and other printable files<\/a>, and watch the Princess <\/i>movie trailer.<\/p>\n
Under U.S. Copyright law, recordings of student performances must be properly licensed. MENC has teamed with The Harry Fox Agency (HFA), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), and the Music Publishers’ Association (MPA), to promote proper licensing practices by educators. <\/p>\n
MENC seeks exceptional student compositions to be performed during MENC’s Music Education Week in Washington, June 24–29, 2010.The instrumental composition category is for woodwinds, solo or any combination of instruments up to a woodwind quintet and piano. Selected compositions will be the best representative works from MENC’s six regional divisions for students in K–12 and undergraduate and graduate school.<\/p>\n
Sponsored by MENC and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), the Electronic Music Composition Competition<\/a> recognizes outstanding student compositions. It is held to help influence school administrators to include or upgrade music technology in their schools. <\/p>\n
Visit the MENC Web site<\/a> for news on MENC’s two major events for 2010.<\/p>\n\n
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Music Education at a Crossroads: Realizing the Goal of Music for All<\/i> is a new book that compiles addresses given at the MENC Centennial Congress in 2007. Janet Barrett<\/b> edited the Congress addresses, which consider the past and future of music education. Barrett is associate professor of music education at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.<\/p>\n
MENC journals have several positions opening up beginning July 1, 2010.
For MENC’s academic online publications:
•\tUPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education<\/i> seeks nominations for vacancies on the Editorial Committee: Choral Researcher, Elementary Researcher, Instrumental Practitioner, and General Music Practitioner. Deadline: February 18, 2010.
•\tGeneral Music Today <\/i>seeks applications for a new editor and two new members of the Editorial Board. Duties will begin on July 1, 2010, and continue through June 30, 2016. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
•\tJournal of Music Teacher Education<\/i> seeks nominations for a new editor (Deadline: March 1, 2010) and two new members of the editorial board (Deadline: January 15, 2010). Duties begin on July 1, 2010, and August 1, 2010, respectively.
•\tMusic Educators Journal<\/i> seeks a new Academic Editor, nine new editorial board members, and twenty new members of its advisory board. The positions have various durations. Deadline: January 31, 2010.
For more information on any of these positions, visit MENC Journals<\/a> under the specific journal name.<\/p>\n
The new Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog<\/i> opened to great reviews. MENC worked with Disney, Scholastic, and Jazz at Lincoln Center to create jazz education lessons for the new feature, which is set in New Orleans. <\/p>\n