Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education

Editor: Janet R. Barrett

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Current Volume: 2022-2023

Issued quarterly (Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring)

ISSN: 0010-9894

eISSN: 2162-7223

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The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education provides a forum where contemporary research is made accessible to all with interest in music education. The Bulletin contains current research, and reviews of interest to the international music education profession.

Dr. Janet R. Barrett is editor and works with an advisory committee of music education's most prestigious researchers. The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education provides an outlet for scholarly publication and is one of music education's leading publications.

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Editor
Janet Ravell Barrett

BULLETIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Joseph Abramo, University of Connecticut
Randall Allsup, Teachers College Columbia University
Mark R. Campbell, SUNY Potsdam
Karin Hendricks, Boston University
Juliet Hess, Michigan State University
Maud Hickey, Northwestern University
Koji Matsunobu, The Education University of Hong Kong
Nicholas McBride, The College of New Jersey
Peter Miksza, Indiana University
Mark Montemayor, University of North Texas
David E. Myers, University of Minnesota
Jared Rawlings, University of Utah
Alison M. Reynolds, Temple University
Lauren Kapalka Richerme, Indiana University
David Rickels, University of Colorado at Boulder
Kathryn Roulston, University of Georgia
Patrick Schmidt, Teachers College, Columbia University
Christina Svec, Iowa State University
Bridget Sweet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brent C. Talbot, University of Illinois at CHicago
David Teachout, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Matthew Thibeault, The Education University of Hong Kong
Jackie Wiggins, Oakland University

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