Music education policy round table

The music education policy roundtable is a music education advocacy and public policy group made up of an alliance of organizations dedicated to ensuring the presence and perseverance of school music programs operated by certified music educators teaching sequential, standards-based music education to students across the nation^[which?]. It was founded in June 2012 by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and American String Teachers Association (ASTA). The organization was formalized in June 2012 with a roundtable discussion in front of the executive members of the fifty state music education organizations. The group lobbies the government for higher music education standards a few times a year.

The alliance of organizations that sit on the round table include:

Inaugural Members[edit]

The very first meeting of the original “Music Education Policy Roundtable,” took place on February 7, 2011 at the NafME Headquarters (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education). This was prior to its formalization as a coalition, the inaugural members included::

• Michael A. Butera – National Association for Music Education (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education)
• Mike Blakeslee – National Association for Music Education (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education)
• Marlynn Likens – National Association for Music Education (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education)
• Chris Woodside – National Association for Music Education (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education)
• Nancy Townes – National Association for Music Education (then MENC: The National Association for Music Education)
• Donna Sizemore Hale – American String Teachers Association
• Mary Jane Dye – American String Teachers Association
• Deb Bissen – American String Teachers Association
• Laurie Lock – VH1 Save the Music Foundation
• Chris Purifoy – Innovate School Music (iSchoolMusic.org)
• Narric Rome – Americans for the Arts
• Heather Noonan – League of American Orchestras
• Catherine Davies – Chorus America
• Sam Hope – National Association of Schools of Music
• Leo Coco – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

References[edit]

1. http://advocacy.nafme.org/the-music-education-policy-roundtable/
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150429235258/http://blog.ischoolmusic.org/blog/ism-joins-the-nafme-roundtable-for-advocacy-in-the-fight-for.html
3. http://advocacy.nafme.org/the-music-education-policy-roundtable/
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130225155601/http://www.aosa.org/mepr.html
5. https://archive.today/20130411184946/http://www.sbomagazine.com/431262/news/quadrant-arts-education-research-joins-music-education-policy-roundtable/
6. http://www.grammy.org/news/academy-joins-music-education-policy-roundtable
7. http://www.restoringmusic.org/musiceducationpolicyroundtable
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20140920110842/http://www.chrispurifoy.com/about/
9. http://www.musiccouncil.org/national-music-council-and-music-education-policy-roundtable-summary-recent-hill-education-activities/
10. http://www.amparents.org/music-education-policy-roundtable-calls-on-candidates/