Towards a Global Community: The International Society for Music Education 1953-2003

by Marie McCarthy

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Mission

The mission of the History Standing Committee is to identify and create opportunities to celebrate and showcase the history of the Society and music education internationally. To accomplish this mission, the work of the committee will include:

• acting as a liaison between the ISME Board and the Curator of the Special Collections in Performing Arts at the UMD where the ISME Archives are housed;

• encouraging ISME officers to submit materials to the ISME Archives;

• submitting all documents created by the Committee to the Archives;

• and soliciting grants for developing and maintaining the Archives.

• recommending policies, guidelines and criteria to the BOD on how ISME may effectively document the history of the Society and music education internationally;

• planning and offering history sessions at the ISME biennial world Conference;

• maintaining and updating a history section within the ISME website;

• producing historical materials that can be disseminated in ISME publications, journals, newsletters and the ISME web;

• interviewing prominent music educators worldwide, so that their contribution can be properly recognized and documented in articles and resources produced by the Society;

• serving as a resource for ISME members who are interested in historical aspects of music education internationally; and

• developing closer ties with national organizations and other networks that have an interest in historical issues in music education internationally.

Committee Members

• Chair: Marie McCarthy (Ireland/USA)
• Robin Stevens (Australia)
• Gordon Cox (UK)
• Ana Lucia Frega (Argentina)
• Masafumi Ozawa (Japan)