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The 27th MayDay Group Colloquium will be held June 16-19, 2015. Stay tuned for an announcement soon!

April 11, 2025Colloquium

MDG Colloquium 36 Update: Virtual Options

Dear 36th MayDay Group Colloquium Presenters, MayDay Group Members, and Friends of the MayDay Group:

We want to inform you of a virtual option for presenters and attendees for the 36th MayDay Group Colloquium to be held in Bloomington, Indiana. Although we ordinarily require all presenters to be in attendance, this year we will offer a remote-presentation option for those who are unable or unwilling to travel to Bloomington. We encourage everyone to attend the Business Meeting at the Colloquium for more details.

People interested in this option should contact Lauren Kapalka Richerme at lkricher@iu.edu for further instructions on how to register. While we will do our best to make this experience as meaningful as possible, we ask for your understanding should technological issues prevent some sessions from being available online.

Looking forward to engaging in dialogue with you at the 36th Colloquium and beyond,

Antía González Ben, on behalf of the Steering Committee

As a reminder:

The MayDay Group Colloquium 36 will take place in Bloomington, Indiana from June 4-7, 2025. MDG36 will be held in conjunction with the 14th International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education.

Registration is now open at https://forms.office.com/r/WbtG6Vchq6.

After filling out the Registration Form, please continue to the Payment Webpage. Registration is $185 USD for university faculty, PreK-12 teachers, and community members and $85 USD for full-time students, contingent faculty, and independent scholars. The conference dinner is included in the registration price. Accompanying persons can attend the conference dinner for $55 (please register as a separate attendee). All presenters must register by May 1.

Housing and transportation information is available on the conference website: https://lkricher.pages.iu.edu/ispme2025/.

Hotel rooms will be held until May 1.

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Dr. Lauren Kapalka Richerme at: lkricher@iu.edu

April 11, 2025April 11, 2025Newsfeed

MDG Colloquium 36 Registration Reminder

MDG COLLOQUIUM 36 REGISTRATION REMINDER

Registration is now open at https://forms.office.com/r/WbtG6Vchq6.

Housing and transportation information is available on the conference website: https://lkricher.pages.iu.edu/ispme2025/.

Hotel rooms will be held until May 1.

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Dr. Lauren Kapalka Richerme at: lkricher@iu.edu

February 24, 2025Newsfeed

New Issue of ACT Available Now!

The newest issue of Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education is available now, featuring the following articles:

Palmer, Burnard, & Burke: Inviting a (Re)Orientation to “Musicking-as-Play” in Higher Music Education Performance Studies: Insights from Three Genre Performance Practices
Sánchez-Gatt, Menon, & Hess: Troubling Transcultural Practices: Anti-Colonial Thinking for Music
Challacombe: Fostering Trans+ Experiences of Gender Euphoria in Choir
Keller-Tuberg: Opening Closed Forms In Collegiate Jazz Pedagogy

Find the articles and a message from our editor, Lauren Kapalka Richerme, at: https://act.maydaygroup.org/current-issue/

October 15, 2024Newsfeed

In memoriam – Dr. Thomas A. Regelski

To The MayDay Group community,

I write with sad news about our colleague and MDG co-founder Dr. Thomas A. Regelski, who passed peacefully last Saturday, October 12, at his home in Helsinki, Finland.

A Professor Emeritus of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Tom made a profound impact in our discipline, particularly advancing a praxial philosophy of music education. In 1993, Tom founded, along with Dr. J. Terry Gates, The MayDay Group and served as the inaugural editor of its two journals, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education and TOPICS for Music Education Praxis. Tom remained actively involved with the MDG throughout his life, where his concerns for music teaching and music teacher education continue to guide the work of the MayDay Group.

Tom’s depth of philosophical thinking and ability to see the unintended consequences of a theoretical trajectory helped those who were fortunate to study with him, and the MayDay Group members who engaged in post-presentation discussions with Tom at MayDay Group Colloquia, experience an often broader and more complex understanding of the topic at hand. For your insights, Tom, we are grateful.

Tom earned his doctorate from Ohio University, and he served an impressive twenty-one-year tenure as a professor at SUNY Fredonia, his alma mater. A prolific author and composer, Tom published seven books, over 135 peer-reviewed articles, and several choral pieces and arrangements.

The MayDay community is bereaved by Tom’s loss. We would also like to send our deepest condolences to his wife Kaisa, and the large community of Tom’s former supervisees, students, colleagues, and friends.

Respectfully,
Antía González Ben
on behalf of the Steering Committee

March 4, 2024Colloquium, MDG35