History illuminates our present lives and informs our future.

The youngest participants in a San Francisco Music Week sing "America" at Excelsior Playground circa 1925. Photo © MENC: The National Association for Music Education.
 

To celebrate its first hundred years, MENC created a collection of photographs, stories, and a chronology of music education in the twentieth century and beyond.

The hardcover book MENC: A Century of Service to Music Education, 1907–2007 offers readers a retrospective of the activities of people who helped music teaching evolve into a profession. Included are many facsimiles, photos, and quotes from leaders who have inspired thousands of students and given support to hundreds of teachers in training.

Read a review of the book by Diane Higgins, an independent piano teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina, on The Free Library.

Resource:  To order a copy of MENC: A Century of Service to Music Education ($29.95 plus shipping), call 888-263-4702, visit www.mtpublishing.com, and type "MENC" into the search engine.

--Ella Wilcox, June 24, 2008, © MENC: The National Association for Music Education (www.menc.org)