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Saturday, 31 January 2009

CFP: Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America (book)

MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Raymond Torres-Santos, Ph.D., General Editor

Professor of Music

William Paterson University

New Jersey, USA

OBJECTIVE OF THIS BOOK

The music of the Caribbean and Latin America has thrived for over five hundred years. While influential worldwide, this music has also been open to influence over time by pre-Columbian, European, African, and other techniques, approaches, and materials. Latin American and Caribbean countries share some musical characteristics, but there are many styles, musical systems, instruments, and forms unique to individual countries.

Music education also shares common characteristics worldwide, yet music education systems, whether formal or informal, are unique from place to place around the world. Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America will feature music education in fifteen Caribbean islands and Latin American countries. The islands and countries represented will be: Central America - San Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico South America: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina Caribbean - Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico The book is scheduled to be published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education, USA (www.menc.org) in 2010.

AT THIS POINT WE ARE ONLY ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS:

Central America - San Salvador, Costa Rica and Mexico

South America - Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru Chile and Uruguay

Caribbean - Cuba

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience for this book includes professors, educators, researchers, and students of music education. It will be marketed to academic libraries, multicultural educators, and music education departments and societies in the United States, as well as similar organizations in South America, the Caribbean, and throughout the world.

POSSIBLE TOPICS TO ADDRESSED IN THE CHAPTER

Topics to be addressed in each chapter may include: the early days, music education in Roman Catholic education/convents, Protestant education, public school/music in the schools, cultural life, music in the community, teacher training, private teaching, conservatory, and other institutions, music in university/higher education, instrumental and vocal music, festivals and competitions, teacher education and curriculum development, and professional organizations.

Submission Requirements

• 18-24 double-spaced, typewritten pages approximately 4500-6000 words maximum

• MS Word, Times Roman, 12-pt.

• Publishers’ formatting guidelines to be provided

• MSWord files as attachments or on CD

• Separate files for proposed graphs or tables

• Manuscript may be written in Spanish, translation into English may be provided, although preference will be given to chapters in English.

Note: If your manuscript comes in too long, you will be asked to cut it down in order to balance with the other chapters. As general editor, Dr. Torres-Santos will ensure the chapters are based on sound scholarship written in a style accessible to upper-level music education students and other educated adults, including native Spanish-speakers who have English as a second language.

Manuscript Review & Submission

Inquiries accepted until: Feb 1, 2009

Proposals (2-3 pages clearly explaining the chapters mission and concerns) accepted until: March 1, 2009

Manuscript deadline: April 1, 2009

Acceptance notifications sent: May 1, 2009

Production Schedule

First draft deadline: April 1, 2008

Review deadline: June 1, 2009

Final chapters due: July 1, 2009

Publication expected: 2010

Please direct inquiries to:

Raymond Torres-Santos, Ph. D.