eColumns – Mayday Group

September 26, 2014August 21, 2016eColumns

MDG27

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

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

MDG Colloquium 35 Poster

January 5, 2024Colloquium, MDG35, Newsfeed

MDG35 Deadline Extension to Jan 14, 2024

The MayDay Group is extending the deadline for MayDay Group Colloquium 35: Theory & Philosophy at University of Victoria, Canada (June 9-12, 2024), to January 14th, 2024. We hope to see you there!

****************

The MayDay Group invites scholars, music makers, educators, and innovators from around the globe to submit proposals to this year’s colloquium centered on the following action ideal:

Theory and Philosophy

We actively engage with and generate theory and philosophy to understand the relationship(s) between musical actions and their contextual meanings and values.

We account for the fullest range of meanings and modes of thinking inherent in individual and collective musical actions. This requires asking new questions and developing robust toolkits for understanding and theorizing how we position and are positioned as part of larger groups and practices operating within multiple layers of social, cultural, spiritual, geographical, historical, and political contexts. In so doing, we work to avoid the trappings of narrative frameworks that may oppress or misrepresent the contexts in which we seek greater theoretical and philosophical understandings. We embrace pluralism in knowledge construction (e.g., Indigenous, queer, feminist) which promotes interpretations of musical actions from multiple worldviews and creates more equitable representation.

What are the problematics of using Western theories and philosophies to understand the relationship between non-Western musical actions and their contextual meanings and values?

What are the possibilities and limitations of embracing pluralism in knowledge construction in music education through multicultural, intercultural, cross-cultural, transcultural, and syncretic lenses?

How do we avoid theoretical and philosophical extractivism when interpreting musical actions from worldviews that are not our own to create more equitable representation?

What are new questions and toolkits for understanding and theorizing the positionality of music educators and education inherent in pluralist contexts?

Is there a particular non-Western philosophical lens that might transcend the issues we are dealing with in music education? How might it inform what we do in music education?

Utilitarian, Aesthetic, and praxialist music education philosophies have shaped and guided music education practices in many countries. What might be the next historical turn in music education philosophy?

COLLOQUIUM FORMAT

Presentations—better understood at MayDay Colloquia as provocations—are designed to stimulate discussion and debate. Therefore, each presenter will be allocated 45 minutes, to include no more than 25 minutes for the presentation and no fewer than 20 minutes for discussion. Proposals that go outside the conventional scope of a provocation are encouraged. Musical engagements will also be considered. Projectors, speakers, and screens will be available, but it is completely acceptable to use no supporting technology. Presenters must register and are expected to attend the colloquium. Extenuating circumstances to in-person presentations will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the colloquium coordinator if accommodations are needed due to political or health-related issues.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS

Please submit both: a proposal of no more than 800 words (references not included in word count) and an abstract of no more than 100 words as email attachments. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. State your name, institutional affiliation, email address, and other contact information in the body of the email only. There should be no identifiers on proposals or abstracts. Submit by ~~January 7, 2024~~ January 14, 2024 (Midnight, Pacific Standard Time) to: MayDayGroup35@gmail.com

Proposals will be reviewed anonymously by committee and evaluated according to the following criteria: clarity of ideas, contribution to/interest for the profession, relevance and contribution to theory, and connection to the action ideal.

Registration will open April 1, 2024. If accepted, the primary presenter and any co-presenters must register for the conference no later than May 1, 2024, or forfeit their acceptance.

Registration information will be posted on the MDG 35 Colloquium website at https://bit.ly/MDG35.

Accepted abstracts will be posted to the Colloquium website by May 1, 2024 and cannot be changed after that date.

QUESTIONS? Please contact us at: MayDayGroup35@gmail.com

December 5, 2023Newsfeed, Newsletter

Newsletter (December 1, 2023)

We are excited to announce the Call for Proposals for MDG Colloquium 35, held June 9-12, 2024 at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada! Please see below for more information and deadlines.

We are also excited to announce another issue of ACT. This issue is dedicated in memory of Dr. Janice Waldron and features papers based on MDG 33 at The University of Windsor.

Please also a number of conferences, workshops, calls, and position vacancies listed below.

Do you have a conference, call, or position you would like shared through the Mayday Newsletter? If so, please send all pertinent information to kbylica@bu.edu.

Special Announcements:

Call for Proposals: Mayday Colloquium 35 – deadline January 7
New issue of Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education published
Call for Papers – Special issue of ACT: Music Education in the Age of Capitalist Realism – deadline January 1

Conferences, Workshops, & Calls

EAS Conference Call for Proposals – deadline December 4
EAS Doctoral Student Forum – deadline January 15
Call for Editorial Board Nominations Contributions to Music Education – deadline December 22
QMUE 5 Call for Proposals – deadline December 5
SIMM Seminar 7 Call for Proposals – deadline December 15
NIME Conference Call for Proposals – deadline December 30

Position Vacancies

Assistant Professor of Music Education – University of Northern Colorado – deadline December 14
Assistant Professor of Music Education – University of Alaska Anchorage – deadline December 14
Assistant Professor of Music Education – Fort Hays State University – deadline December 10
Assistant Professor of Music Education – University of Akron – deadline December 17
Assistant Professor of Music Education – University of Illinois Chicago – deadline December 4
Assistant Professor of Music Education/Director of the Online MM Program – Bowling Green State University – deadline December 8

Read the full newsletter here: https://conta.cc/3GquaqV

November 17, 2023April 8, 2024Colloquium, MDG35

MDG 35 Colloquium Lodging

MDG 35: The 35th MayDay Group Colloquium “Theory and Philosophy” will be held June 9–12, 2024, and it will be hosted by the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, in collaboration with the School of Music, at the University of Victoria in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Come join the fun! Proposals are due by January 7, 2024.

University of Victoria Visitor Accommodation dormitories

The organizing committee has reserved a limited number of rooms for the nights of June 8-11 at the University of Victoria visitor accommodation on campus and at the Day’s Inn Victoria on the Harbour, located in downtown Victoria about 7 kilometres (about 4.5 miles) from the university.

UVic accommodation is $63 (plus 16% tax) CDN per night for a single room with shared bathroom, all linens, and basic WIFI. Rooms must be booked no later than May 5. Please contact visitoraccommodation@uvic.ca to reserve your room, mentioning the MayDay Group Colloquium 35 in your query.
https://www.uvic.ca/residence/visitors/dormitory/index.php

Day’s Inn on the Harbour

Days Inn Victoria on the Harbour accommodation is $149 (plus 16% tax) CDN per night for a standard queen room. Rooms must be booked no later than May 5. Please contact the Days Inn at 250-386-3451 directly to reserve your room, mentioning the MayDay Group Colloquium 35 in your query.
Located downtown in the scenic Inner Harbour 8 km from UVi
https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/en-ca/days-inn/victoria-british-columbia/days-inn-victoria-on-the-harbour/overview?CID=LC:iqv0j1dklijly45:06289

A reminder about accommodation –

1) UVic accommodation is $63 (plus 16% tax) CDN per night for a single room with shared bathroom, all linens, and basic wifi. Rooms must be booked no later than May 5. Please contact visitoraccommodation@uvic.ca to reserve your room, mentioning the MayDay Group Colloquium 35 in your query.

2) Days Inn Victoria on the Harbour accommodation is $149 (plus 16% tax) CDN per night for a standard queen room. Rooms must be booked no later than May 5. Please contact the Days Inn at 250-386-3451 directly to reserve your room, mentioning the MayDay Group Colloquium 35 in your query.