Consider the status of music education as you read Music Education at a Crossroads, a collection of addresses from the Centennial Congress of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. Noted leaders in music education—including Paul Lehman, Bennett Reimer, Samuel Hope, and Michael Mark—joined Brenda Welburn and Anne Bryant in addressing the challenges and opportunities faced by music educators today. The Centennial Congress renewed a shared professional commitment to a comprehensive music education for all students and discussed the impediments to the vision of the Centennial Declaration: 'It is the right of every child to receive a balanced, comprehensive, sequential music education taught by qualified music teachers.'
This is a collection of addresses from the Centennial Congress of MENC: The National Association of Music Education. Noted leaders in music education—including Paul Lehman, Bennett Reimer, Samuel Hope, and Michael Mark—joined Brenda Welburn and Anne Bryant in addressing the challenges and opportunities faced by music educators today.
