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The International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education will be founded at the Philosophy of Music Education International Symposium 5 to be held at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.A., June 4-7, 2003.  Click here for the Call for Papers.  Click here for details regarding the Symposium Site. 

Since 1990, four international symposia have been held in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. (1990), Toronto, Canada (1994), Los Angeles, U.S.A. (1997), and Birmingham, U.K. (2000).  These symposia have attracted philosophers, musicians, teachers, and others interested in the philosophy of music education from around the world to discuss important matters concerning music teaching and learning.  They have been led by Estelle Jorgensen, David Elliott, Anthony Palmer and Frank Heuser, and Mary Reichling and Forest Hansen, respectively.   The papers and some of the responses presented have been published in essay collections and refereed journals such as the Philosophy of Music Education Review and the Journal of Aesthetic Education.  All of the papers and most of the responses for the Birmingham symposium (PME 4) have appeared in recent issues of the Philosophy of Music Education Review. 

At the Birmingham symposium (PME 4), an international task force was appointed under the leadership of Estelle Jorgensen, Editor of the Philosophy of Music Education Review, to form a permanent society for the philosophy of music education.  For information concerning this planning group, click here.  For a draft of the Bylaws, click here.  This society will provide an international forum for philosophers of music education and others interested in their work to discuss philosophical issues having to do with music education around the world.  It will construe music education broadly to include the gamut of institutions in which it is conducted, levels of instruction from elementary to advanced, throughout life from young childhood to old age.  And it will offer musician-educators perspectives on the normative aspects of their lives and work. 

The formation of a society will consolidate what is presently a loosely knit international network of scholars, performing musicians, composers, teachers, and students interested in philosophical issues having to do with music education. Its international perspective will be especially helpful in an era in which people around the world are increasingly interconnected and internationalized, separated and balkanized.  As well as nurturing philosophical scholarship in music education, it will provide a vehicle for music education philosophers to converse with international policy makers. 

To become involved in the formation of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education or receive information about its work and symposia, contact Estelle Jorgensen by email at jorgense@indiana.edu.