Music Education in the News

For Your Teacher
Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month.  May is Asian and Pacific American Appreciation Month – View these music resources!

Melody Hounds^®: Summer Teaching Opportunity
The Melody Hounds program seeks MENC members to teach youth keyboard classes for 2006 summer camps in the following states: MA, CT, NJ, PA, GA, KY, and VA.  Curriculum and training provided to instructor free of charge. MENC members with basic keyboard skills, including retired, collegiate, and Tri-M members, are invited to apply for these paid positions.

In addition, Melody Hounds seeks MENC members to teach early-childhood music and movement classes starting immediately in the following states: MA, CT, NJ, NY, PA, VA, MD, IL, TN, AL, MT, MI, GA, and KY. Melody Hounds^® is a new multi media preschool music project. It features a puppet TV show called "Lomax...The Hound of Music^(TM)", created by the award winning writers from Sesame Street^® and Between the Lions^®, set to air on PBS this year. The curriculum will mirror the TV show and be taught by trained instructors in YMCAs across the country using Dr. John Feierabend's First Steps in Music curriculum.

For Music Students
Calling all buglers!
Don’t miss your opportunity to participate in the 2006 National Moment of Remembrance. The White House Commission on Remembrance celebrates each Memorial Day by organizing memorial services around the country. Your help is needed to play “Taps” at historical sites across the nation! Learn more about the event from the official White House Commission on Remembrance Web site. Contact Shannon Kraus, Government Relations Project Manager, for more information or performance opportunities.

Scholarship Resources
MusicFriends knows how tight college budgets can get—especially when you’re trying to find the funds to complete your education. If you’re in the market for money for school, check out these scholarship web sites.

Advocacy Tools, News and Alerts
New MENC Legislative Memo
Read this memo to find the latest news and get the most current information on music education legislation. This monthly advocacy newsletter is published by the MENC Government Relations Department to keep music advocates informed about federal legislation policy, as well as share advocacy tips from around the country. Sign up to receive this newsletter!

Music Vocabulary
Meter signature--The numbers placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate the meter of the music. The upper number indicates the beats in a measure; the lower number tells what kind of a note will receive one beat.