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The MayDay Group (MDG) is an international think-tank of music educators, and the main alternative to NAfME since its founding in the 1990s. [1] Founded in 1993 by Thomas A. Regelski and J. Terry Gates, [2] MDG publishes two peer-reviewed journals, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, and TOPICS for Music Education Praxis, and have held yearly colloquia since 1993. [3] MDG colloquia are based on the Action Ideals, provoking music educators to further critical thought. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Music education philosophy: Changing times," Music Educators Journal, 2002. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2307/3399880
  2. ↑ Mueller, Renate (2002). Richard Colwell, Carol Richardson (ed.). The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. Oxford University Press. p. 589. ISBN   9780199771523.
  3. ↑ see http://www.maydaygroup.org/about-us/history/
  4. ↑ "Roots and Development of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (1985–2015)," Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2017. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1536600617703724
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