Vision 2020

In a report of the 1999 Housewright Symposium led by past MENC President June Hinckley, today’s outstanding music educators present a vision that will guide the future of music education through the next twenty years.

CLIFFORD MADSEN, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music, is Coordinator of Music Education/Music Therapy/Contemporary Media and teaches in the areas of music education, music therapy, research, and psychology of music. He serves on various international and national editorial and research boards and is widely published throughout scholarly journals in music education and therapy. In addition, he has authored and co-authored many books and is perhaps best known for Teaching/Discipline: A Positive Approach for Educational Development, Experimental Research in Music, Competency Based Music Education, Applications of Research in Music Behavior, and Vision 2020: The Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education. Dr. Madsen received the bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University and the Ph.D. from The Florida State University. He was appointed to the FSU faculty in 1961

Preface Clifford K. Madsen Introduction Kathleen D. Sanz and Mackie V. Spradley MENC: FROM TANGLEWOOD TO THE PRESENT Michael L. Mark WHY DO HUMANS VALUE MUSIC? Commission Author: Bennett Reimer Commission Members: John Buccheri Karl Bruhn Roy E. Ernst Terese M. Volk Iris Yob Response: Robert Glidden WHY STUDY MUSIC? Commission Author: J. Terry Gates Commission Members: Ed Calle Jennifer Davidson Jack Heller Daniel Scheuerer David Shrader Larry Wiliams Response: Samuel Hope HOW CAN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE CALLED FOR IN THE NATIONAL STANDARDS BEST BE TAUGHT? Commission Author: Paul Lehman Commission Members: William Anderson Ronald Brandt Kimberly Burns Willie Hill Will Schmid Regina Zakrajsek Response: Jane Walters HOW CAN ALL PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN MEANINGFUL MUSIC PARTICIPATION? Commission Author: Judith A. Jellison Commission Members: Chelcy Bowles James Byo Richard Chronister Craig Johnson Anne Miller Marvelene Moore Response: Warrick L. Carter HOW WILL SOCIETAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AFFECT THE TEACHING OF MUSIC? Commission Author: Carlesta Elliott Spearman Commission Members: Hal Abeles Donna Brink Fox Alexandria Holloway Gerald Kember Brian Moore Response: Sandy Feldstein WHAT SHOULD BE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND OTHER SOURCES OF MUSIC LEARNING? Commission Author: Cornelia Yarbrough Commission Members: Wilma Benson Robert A. Cutietta Randall DeWitt Jeffrey Kimpton Michael L. Mark Richard Zellner Response: Richard Bell THE HOUSEWRIGHT DECLARATION Authors Participants