About

In partnership with Routledge, ISME publishes two series of books about music education, each with a dedicated theme:

• Global Issues in music education:  proposals for monographs, edited books and practitioner-facing publications are welcome from researchers and practitioners presenting a key theme within one area or collaborations from cross-commission groups (including commissions and special interest groups). Publications within this strand will focus critical thought in a single issue and/or drive policy and practice forward through new resources, approaches, pedagogies and insights.
• Specialist themes in music education: proposals for edited books and practitioner-facing publications are welcome from Commissions, Special Interest Groups, Forum and Standing Committees. Publications within this strand will draw on the cutting-edge research being carried out within ISME areas and provide a site for deep critical interrogation of the issues at hand and/or resources for practitioners based on the work of the Commission/SIG/Forum/Standing Committee. Mini-series (of up to three progressive and connected publications) are also welcome in this strand. Examples of mini-series might be a scholarly work with accompanying practitioner resources, or a sequence of books to launch a new area of work.

These provide members of ISME and their colleagues with the opportunity to participate in specialist music education publications of scholarly and instructional work.

Editorial board

Senior Editor for the Routledge book series is Prof. David Hebert.

A review panel will be convened for each proposal drawing on expertise relevant to the book proposal. The review panel will comprise a member of the ISME Routledge Book Series Editorial Board and reviewers relevant to the proposed topic from different geographical locations and cultural perspectives.

Editorial Board Members

• Emily Akuno
• José Luis Aróstegui
• Pamela Burnard
• Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
• Chee Hoo Lum
• Gwen Moore 
• Susan O’Neill
• John O’Flynn

Publications Committee 2024-2026

Process

An informal discussion with the Senior Editor, Prof. David Hebert, is encouraged in the first instance.

Downloadable below are:

• A call for authors outlining the vision for the series
• Proposal guideline
• Proposal Process
• Author Guidelines

Questions

Questions about any of the strands above should be directed by email to the Senior Editor, Prof. David Hebert

Published books

Click here to see all of the published books in the ISME Routledge series or click on the image below to see individual books.