Allen Perdue Britton
Symposium, March 6, 2000

"The Historian's Perspective: A Symposium in Tribute to Allen P. Britton"

was held at the University of Maryland, College Park on March 6, 2000. The one-day event took place at the Inn and Conference Center in College Park under the cosponsorship of the MENC, the History Special Research Interest Group, and the School of Music and Performing Arts Library of the University of Maryland. The symposium highlighted the unique perspective that historical scholarship gives to the current practice of music education in recognition of Allen Britton's many scholarly contributions. Papers presented will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education.

Program schedule

8:30 --- Continental Breakfast
9:00 --- Introductions and Welcome to the University of Maryland
9:30 --- Michael Mark, Baltimore, MD

"Karl Marx and Allen Britton"

10:00 -- Nancy Vogan, Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada

"The Mary Miller and Robert Moor Books, and Other 18th-Century Tunebooks"

10:30 -- Roger Rideout, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"The Father of Us All: Allen P. Britton's Tenure as Editor of the Journal of Research in Music Education"

11:00 -- Break

11:15 -- Terese Volk, Wayne State University

"Little Red Songbooks: Songs for the Labor Force of America"

11:45 -- Sondra Wieland Howe, Minneapolis, MN

"American Women Music Educators: 1900-1950"

12:15 -- J. Scott Goble, Seattle, WA

"The MENC Presidency of Allen P. Britton in Historical Perspective"

12:45 -- Lunch

1:45 --- Greetings from MENC
2:00 --- Gordon Cox, University of Reading, UK

"A House Divided? Music Educators in the UK during the Schools Council Era of the 1970s"

2:30 --- Mei-Ling Lai Kou, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

"The Development of Music Education in Taiwan (1895-1995)"

3:00 --- Break

3:15 --- Estelle R. Jorgensen, Indiana University

"On Cultivating Scholarly Dispositions in the History of Music Education"

3:45 --- George N. Heller, University of Kansas

"Allen Perdue Britton and 'The Study of Music, An Academic Discipline'"

4:15 --- Open Forum
5:00 --- Reception

Book of Greetings

We are creating a Book of Greetings to send to Allen Britton after the Symposium. If you wish to have your greeting or tribute included in this book, please send it to Marie McCarthy by e-mail at mm148@umail.umd.edu, or mail it to the following address:

Dr. Marie McCarthy
School of Music
2110 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742