Have you registered for the MDG Colloquium 33 yet? We are looking forward to seeing you June 8th-11th at University of Windsor, Canada!

The MayDay Group is delighted to share that Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education 20(1) is now online. This regular issue of ACT offers a variety of perspectives on issues of importance to music educators. Congratulations to authors Tom Regelski, Live Ellefsen, Gabriela Ocadiz, Will Coppola and Don Taylor, Andrew Goodrich, and Tawnya Smith for their interesting and provocative articles.

Julia Eklund Koza’s book “Destined to Fail”: Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music has won the 2021 Outstanding Book Award conferred by the Curriculum Studies Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award will be presented at the forthcoming annual AERA meeting, which will be held this year in San Diego. For details about the award ceremony, please read below. Congratulations!

Conferences and workshops in this edition of the newsletter include the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Canada (IASPM-CA)/Working In Music Joint Conference, International Society for Music Education (ISME), LGBTQ+ Music Study Group, International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, and MusCan 2022. There is also news on the Caribbean Music Pedagogy Workshop.

Announcements MayDay Colloquium 33 – Registration now open! Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education 20(1) now online

Conferences & Calls International Association for the Study of Popular Music Canada (IASPM-CA)/Working In Music Joint Conference International Society for Music Education (ISME) News 4th Symposium of the LGBTQ+ Music Study Group 9th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education My People Tell Stories Presents: The Caribbean Music Pedagogy Workshop MusCan’s 2022 Conference

Nominations & Awards American Educational Research Association (AERA) Outstanding Book Award – “Destined to Fail”: Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music by Julia Eklund Koza Journal of General Music Education Call for Nominations Call for 2022 National Student Essay Competitions

Position Vacancies Algoma University: Music Assistant Professor (Indigenous Scholar) Gettysburg College: Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education Berklee College of Music: Part-Time Music Education Faculty University of Arizona: Assistant Professor of Music in Music Education and Instrumental Music (strings) Drake University of Music: Visiting Professor of Music Education