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April, 1952
REVIEW
VOL. Ill - No. 4
THE
PIONEER
PUBLICATION
2,865th Issue
OF T H E M U S I C
INDUSTRY
Group Piano Demonstration by Teen Agers
a Feature of MENC Annual Convention
T
HE 32nd Annual Meeting of the
Music Educators National Con-
ference took place in Philadelphia,
March 21st to 26th. The attendance
which was anticipated as 6,000 before
the five-day session was swelled to
8,000 music educators who attended
and visited the exhibits. Each day the
program started at 7:30 in the morn-
ing and lasted well into the evening.
It covered topics ranging from rhythm
studies for elementary pupils to inter-
national relations with music educa-
tors. The theme of the Convention was
"Music in American Education" and it
emphasized the importance of keeping
music instruction in step with the
changing curriculum and the part music
plays in community life.
The biennial convention of the Music
Educators is held in cooperation with
the National School Band, Orchestra
and Vocal Association, the College
Band Directors National Association,
and the Music Education Exhibitors As-
sociations. Others participating in the
program include school administrators,
directors of school curriculums, music
educators and their pupils and per-
forming groups, members of the music
industry, and representatives of educa-
tion systems in Belgium, England,
Canada, Australia, West Africa, Japan,
Turkey, France, Wales, Austria, and
Sweden.
In addition to the general sessions
and special discussion groups, the con-
vention featured all types of musical
performance varying from hymn sing-
ing to a concert by the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
The keynote address at the opening
session was given by Willard E. Goslin,
chairman, division of educational ad-
ministration and community develop-
ment, George Peabody College.
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Other major addresses during the
convention were made by Mrs. Frances
Elliott Clark, of Murray, Utah, presi-
dent, MENC Founders Association;
Ernest O. Melby, dean, school of edu-
cation, New York University; William
Schuman, president, Juilliard School of
study, what music ought to do for a
community, and television-radio in
music education.
Other musical groups participating in
the convention included: the Army Air
Force Band, Cincinnati Conservatory
Brass Ensemble, Cornell College Choir,
THESE NEW ROCHELLE SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN PRIVATE
LESSONS DEMONSTRATED CLASS PIANO INSTRUCTION AT THE CONVENTION.
Music, New York City; Howard Y. Me-
Clusky. president, Adult Education As-
sociation of the United States of
America, and professor, College of
•Education, University of Michigan;
William M. Cruickshank, director, Edu-
cation for Exceptional Children, Syra-
cuse University; and James L. Mursell,
chairman, Music Department, Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Among the various topics discussed
in special meeting were: allotments of
critical materials and school music pro-
grams, music education in the com-
munity, music trends in secondary
schools, music in the rural school,
what teenagers do not like about piano
Mount Vernon, Iowa, Elizabeth (N. J.)
Recreational Band, and the Peabody
Conservatory Madrigal Singers, Balti-
more.
One of the features of the program
on Tuesday, March 25th, was a piano
instruction demonstration and clinic in
the Rose Garden, which was conducted
by Mrs. Fay Templeton Frisch, Chair-
man of the Piano Instruction Com-
mittee, who this year succeeded Dr. Ray
Burrows, who conducted this part of
the program for the last five years, but
is now acting in a consulting capacity.
The first clinic took place at 8:30 a.m.
and at 3:30 p.m. there was another
demonstration, a photograph of which