Checking Our Vital Signs: A Colloquium on the Health of Music Education, of Music Educators, and of Those We Serve
Brennan Education Center, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - June 14-17, 2007
MayDay Group Colloquium XX will focus on the tangible effects of music
education today, on the present and future lives of music learners, and on
the contributions music education can and should make to society. A sub-theme of the colloquium will focus on related physical and psychological
health matters, both positive and negative.
Contributors are invited to submit discussion-provoking research papers or policy statements concerning:
- Pragmatic impact and benefits of music education for self and society;
- Health benefits and hazards for students and teachers associated with practices in music education;
- Related social, economic, and political issues (e.g., concerning gender, race, or socioeconomic variables, or religious, ethnic, or other populations); or
- Associated current or potential changes in music teacher preparation.
Papers related to the colloquium¹s sub-theme might address:
- Injuries that can result from playing instruments, singing, speaking, and
listening to music, and how such injuries can be prevented and treated; or
- Mental-emotional problems that some music education practices can initiate or worsen (e.g., performance anxiety, competition failures, self-identity issues) and how music education practices can be changed to reduce or prevent such problems.
Abstracts/proposals of no more than 250 words should be sent to Frank Abrahams at abrahams@rider.edu by January 30, 2007. Proposals should make clearly evident how the paper topic falls within the colloquium theme and/or sub-theme. Abstracts of accepted papers will appear on the MayDay website before the colloquium begins and in the colloquium program.
Papers will be limited to 3500 words. Paper presentations will be limited strictly to no more than 30 minutes in order to provide plenty of opportunity for dialogue. Contributors are encouraged to submit their papers for publication in the MayDay Group¹s online journal, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, or other leading journals.