Association presented him with the National Advocacy Award. In addition to his formal presentations, Benham will be available for face-to-face opportunities for members to discuss practical solutions to individual situations where financial challenges exist. This additional occasion to interact with him will be an incredible service for our members.
restoration of over 2,000 teaching positions and the continuation of music programs for over 500,000 students. In addition to his work as consultant, he has been featured as a speaker at conferences throughout North America. He is a member of the ACDA and ASTA advocacy committees and the MENC Task Force on advocacy. His successes in saving school music programs have been documented in Music Educators Journal, Music, Inc., Wind Instrument Retailer, and The Instrumentalist. Benham is the recipient of the state and national Distinguished Service Award by the Minnesota Music Educators Association in 1994, and the Music Educators National Conference in 1998. In 2003 he was elected to the inaugural class as a Lowell Mason Fellow by MENC for his efforts in music advocacy. In 2010 the American String Teachers
Steven Morrison Featured Clinician Steven Morrison is Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education at the University of Washington. An instrumental music specialist, Morrison teaches courses in music education, classroom management, and research methodology and conducts the UW Symphonic Band. He has taught at the elementary, junior high, and senior high levels in Wisconsin,
Call for Papers The College Division Research Committee invites submissions from members in all TMEA divisions, including college students. Selected authors will present their research at an informal session in which interested music teachers can learn about the research and discuss applications to music teaching. Prepare an abstract of approximately 750 words that provides a concise yet thorough summary of the research, and paste it directly into the body of an email to Amy Simmons, Research Poster Session Organizer and Presider. At the top of the message, include the project title, author(s), institutional affiliations (of all), and the principal author’s email address, mailing address, and phone number. Each selected presenter will prepare a 40" × 40" poster that describes the research and will provide abstracts for interested individuals attending the poster session.
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2011
Submit to: Amy L. Simmons, PhD, TMEA Research Committee at amy.simmons@txstate.edu 50 Southwestern Musician | September 2011
Michigan, and Louisiana and has conducted and arranged for bands, orchestras, and chamber groups throughout the U.S. Morrison is Director of the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Culture and Learning, investigating neurological responses to music listening, perceptual and performance aspects of pitchmatching and intonation, and use of expressive gesture and modeling in ensemble teaching. His research also includes music preference and the variability of musical responses across diverse cultural contexts. Morrison’s articles have appeared in Music Educators Journal, Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, Music Perception, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, Southwestern Musician, Recorder: Ontario Music Educators Association Journal, College Music Society Newsletter, and Southern Folklore. Along with colleague Steven M. Demorest, his research into music and brain function has appeared in Neuroimage, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Progress in Brain Research, and The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Morrison will present sessions about the interaction between conducting gesture and the ways that we experience music, his recent research on how students in a musically and culturally diverse society process musical meaning, specific strategies for developing students’ problem-solving skills in the ensemble setting, and his insight regarding planning for a career in higher education.
Important Dates September—Renew your TMEA membership and register for the convention online. September—Renew your liability insurance (policies expired August 20). October 4—Convention housing reservation system available online. October 15—Call for Papers. December 31—TMEA convention mail/ fax pre-registration deadline. January 12, 2012—TMEA convention online pre-registration deadline. February 8–11, 2012—TMEA Clinic/ Convention in San Antonio.