Posted by MENC Staff on February 20, 2006 at 13:10:51:
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February 17, 2006 MENC Member Update: News and Opportunities for Music Educators
PARTICIPATE: The World's Largest Concert for Feed The Children - Why Participate?
INTERACT: February Question of the Month - MENC Online Resources
MENC ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN: Help Get "Why Music?" PSAs Played on Your Local Radio
2006 NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Tickets for Family and Friends
ADVOCACY RESOURCE: MusicFriends February E-Newsletter
INTERACT: MENC's February Mentors
ONLINE RESOURCE: Copyright Awareness Week, March 6-10
NATIONAL ANTHEM PROJECT: Road Show Schedule Updates
PARTICIPATE: Call for Proposals, 2006 MENC North Central Division Conference
MEMBER RESOURCE: "Lift Every Voice: Celebrating African-American History Month"
MEMBER OFFER: February Specials
NEWS: "Patterns of brain activity differ with musical training, not cultural familiarity"
Coming Up ... March is Music In Our Schools Month - Visit http://www.menc.org/miosm !
PARTICIPATE: THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONCERT FOR FEED THE CHILDREN - Here's a great reason to get involved with the WLC and FTC: kids helping kids. This simple statement captures it all. There are many children who do not even have the basic necessities of life. This is a chance for you, as teachers, to lead your students in a common goal: to raise money for a good cause and teach them about the importance of giving, while reinforcing the importance of a high-quality music education for all. With your support we can achieve this goal and make this effort a huge success! Visit http://www.menc.org/guides/wlc/tg06/learn.html to learn how you can get involved and to see a list of all those who have donated to date!
INTERACT: February Question of the Month: Please tell us what you think of MENC online resources, such as the teachers' guides, online publications, position papers, and more. Your feedback will help MENC fine-tune the MENC website! Visit http://www.menc.org/contest/quesform.htm to participate and view results.
MENC ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN: "WHY MUSIC?" RADIO PSA SERIES - MENC's 2006 Music In Our Schools Month radio public service announcement campaign about the importance of supporting school music launches March 1. Read the press release at http://www.menc.org/publication/press/releases/06_psa.html for information on participating musicians. Help MENC get the PSAs played by calling your radio stations! In particular, alert your local public radio station to the February 23 satellite feed. For details on how to help, visit http://www.menc.org/information/advocate/psa.html .
2006 NATIONAL CONFERENCE UPDATE: EVENTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! - Want to bring family or friends to the MENC national conference's evening ticketed events and the Sunday Gospel Brunch? Tickets are now available to the general public. To order, contact MENC Member Services at 1-800-828-0229 or download the ticket order form at http://www.menc.org/connect/conf/natl06/TicketOrderForm.pdf . Visit
http://www.visitsaltlake.com/slsolution/menc/2B_menc2.htmlfor more information.
ADVOCACY: MUSICFRIENDS FEBRUARY E-NEWSLETTER - Read the February 2006 E-Newsletter at http://www.musicfriends.org/newsletter.html . Spread the word about this free membership program for music education advocates by forwarding this link to colleagues and friends!
INTERACT: MENC'S FEBRUARY MENTORS - MENC members are invited to post questions for expert educators on the band, orchestra, chorus, and general music network communities. February's mentors are: Band- Michael P. Hewitt; Chorus - Martha Springstead; Orchestra- Augustus Brathwaite; and General Music-Mary Jane Belz. To view their biographies or for more information, visit http://www.menc.org/networks/mentors/mentorsmain.html .
ONLINE RESOURCE: COPYRIGHT AWARENESS WEEK - MENC is pleased to support The Copyright Society of the USA for the fifth annual Copyright Awareness Week (CAW) March 6-10, 2006. The goal of the event is to teach students basic concepts about copyright to encourage greater appreciation of the efforts of creative people and the protections the law affords them. For more information including free resources for teachers, visit http://www.menc.org/information/copyright/awarenessweek.html .
NATIONAL ANTHEM PROJECT: ROAD SHOW SCHEDULE - The National Anthem Project Road Show continues its journey across the country. Visit http://www.tnap.org/roadshow.html to view schedule and location updates.
PARTICIPATE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 2006 MENC NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION CONFERENCE - The Nebraska Music Educators Association will sponsor the North Central Division MENC Conference at its annual conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, November 16-18, 2006. MENC members may propose an educational interest-session by completing the form at
http://www.unl.edu/NMEA/North%20Central/nc%20call%20proposals.pdf . Deadline: March 1, 2006. Watch http://www.unl.edu/NMEA/ for details on the conference.
MEMBER RESOURCE: "LIFT EVERY VOICE: CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH" - MENC presents online music resources for celebrating African-American History Month in February. Visit http://www.menc.org/guides/aahistory/AfricanAmericanHistory.html to view free online teaching materials, suggested readings, and links to more information on the musical contributions of African-Americans.
MEMBER OFFER: FEBRUARY SPECIALS - In recognition of African American History Month, World Musics and Music Education: Facing The Issues is just $12.00. Also, don't miss out on the MIOSMŽ calendar magnets before they are gone - one free with any MIOSM purchase. Visit http://www.menc.org/publication/books/specials/specials.html .
NEWS: Read "Patterns of brain activity differ with musical training, not cultural familiarity" at http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=2195 .