Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education

Editor: Janet R. Barrett

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Current Volume: 237-240 (2023-2024)
Issued quarterly (Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring)
ISSN: 0010-9894
eISSN: 2162-7223

About

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.


Outstanding Dissertation Award: Call for Nominations

The Council for Research in Music Education announces the reinstatement of the Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA), which recognizes excellence in research by doctoral students. 


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Editors

Editor
Janet Revell Barrett


BULLETIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Joseph Abramo, University of Connecticut
  • Randall AllsupTeachers College Columbia University
  • Mark R. CampbellSUNY Potsdam
  • Karin Hendricks, Boston University
  • Juliet HessMichigan State University
  • Maud HickeyNorthwestern University
  • Koji MatsunobuThe Education University of Hong Kong
  • Nicholas McBride, The College of New Jersey
  • Peter MikszaIndiana University
  • Mark MontemayorUniversity of North Texas
  • David E. MyersUniversity of Minnesota
  • Jared Rawlings, University of Utah
  • Alison M. ReynoldsTemple University
  • Lauren Kapalka RichermeIndiana University
  • David RickelsUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
  • Kathryn RoulstonUniversity of Georgia
  • Patrick SchmidtTeachers College, Columbia University
  • Christina Svec, Iowa State University
  • Bridget SweetUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Brent C. Talbot, University of Illinois at CHicago
  • David TeachoutUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Matthew ThibeaultThe Education University of Hong Kong
  • Jackie WigginsOakland University

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