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This journal is devoted to the needs and interests of the school and college music teachers of Missouri and the United States. Articles in Volume 3, Number 1 are: "The Parker Road Project: An Experiment of the Effects of Young Audience Concerts and a Related Curriculum on the Cognitive and Affective Development of Elementary School Children" (J. Milak); "The Cumulative Attainment by Missouri High School Seniors of the Musical Learnings Stated in the Music Curriculum Guides Published by the Missouri State Department of Education" (D. L. Oakley); "The Structural Organization of the Subject Matter of Music for Elementary and Junior High Curricula" (M. T. Hagan); "A Study of Musical Achievement of Children in an Economically Depressed Area" (W. Lathom); "The Derivation and Early History of the Saxophone" (R. A. Ameduri); "Sir Carl Busch: His Life and Work as a Teacher, Conductor, and Composer" (D. Lowe); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=7). Articles in Volume 3, Number 2 are: "A Century and a Half of Missouri Music" (J. L. Ralston); "Orthodontic Treatment as a Factor in the Selection and Performance of Brass Musical Instruments" (N. Bjorstrom); "The Significance of the Wind Ensemble in American Music Education" (D. Gephardt); "Inter-Subject Involvement" (M. F. Hunt); "The Twentieth Century: A Secondary Teacher's Guide for the Introduction of Twentieth Century Music with Emphasis Upon American Composers" (D. L. Turpin); "Music and Media" (M. O. Johnson); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=7). Articles in Volume 3, Number 3 are: "Verbal-Descriptive and Performance Responses of Kindergarten Children to Selected Musical Stimuli and Terminology" (N. van Zee); "Personalized Instruction: Some Reasons Why" (T. Hagan); "Learning Centers in Elementary School Music" (M. Lackey); "A Comparison of Two Methods for Teaching Musical Form to Seventh Grade General Music Classes" (J. W. Burton); "Instruction in the Music Conservatories of St. Louis, 1870-1930" (E. Headley); "Contemporary Concepts of Career Education in Music and Their Relationship to John Dewey" (M. S. Milak); "Black Music: Pathmaker of the Harlem Renaissance" (M. Blum); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=4). Articles in Volume 3, Number 4 are: "Humanism and the Whole Note" (G. H. Rosenberg); "Music in Open Education: Its Relationship to Individualization through the Use of Learning Centers with Emphasis on Elementary Education" (K. D. Rollins); "A Study of Placement, Proficiency and Competency Evaluation of Student Achievement in Music History and Music Theory in Missouri Institutions of Higher Education" (A. LeBlanc; H. LeBlanc); "A Matrix for Instrumental Competencies" (J. A. Middleton); "Research in Music Education for Young Children" (M. P. Zimmerman); "General Music: A Music Educator's Proving Ground" (C. D. Duncan); "The Degradation of the Blues" (K. Wexler); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=14). Articles in Volume 3, Number 5 are: "The Influence of Gestalt Psychology on Elementary Music Education and Pedagogy: Proposals for a Curriculum (K-6)" (R. Boyer); "The Esthetic Theories of John Dewey and Their Effect on Music Education Practices of Today" (R. C. Cereghino);"Characteristics of the Adolescent: Implications for the Listening Repertoire" (M. P. Zimmerman); "A Brief Historical Study of the Singing Schools and Shape Notes and Implications for Music Education Today" (F. Willman); and "Selected Abstracts in Music Education" (n=9). (BT)

This journal is devoted to the needs and interests of the school and college music teachers of Missouri and the United States. Articles in Volume 2, Number 1 are: "Progress Report on the Action Research Project in the Schools of Missouri" (D. Anderson); "Tension and Motion as Factors in Expressive Conducting" (J. A. Labuta); "Programmed Instruction and Music Education" (R. Hutcheson); "Factors Influencing the Choice and Pursuance of a Career in Music Education" by A. Zimmerman (reviewed by E. Burgstahler); "The Development and Use of the Renaissance Trombone" (J. Nicholson); "A Study of the State Music Festivals in Missouri from 1959 to 1966" (M. O. Johnson); and "Taste, Music, and Education" (J. G. Faulkner). Articles in Volume 2, Number 2 are: "Progress Report on the Action Research Project in the Schools of Missouri" (F. B. McCurry); "Notes on Musical Taste" (C. A. Roeckle); "Music Reading" (Y. B. Pierce); "The Use of Notated Examples in Fifth Grade Music Appreciation Class" (H. Oberdin); "Ramos and Some Polemic Theorists of the Renaissance" (R. C. Jones); "Individualized Instruction for General Music Classes Involving the Use of Slides Projected in Synchronization with Pre-recorded Tape" (L. B. Hilton); "Pilot Experimental Programs for Developing High School Ensemble Music Classes (Band, Orchestra, Chorus) into Courses Representing an Academic Discipline" (A. W. Bleckschmidt; P. J. Newell); and "Reviews of Dissertations" (J. Galloway; F. B. McCurry; M. O. Johnson). Articles in Volume 2, Number 3 are: "Wind Instruments in the Seventeenth Century" (R. Coleman); "The Emergence of the Public Concert" (P. Rueb); "A Study of the Relation between the Objectives and Subjective Measurement of the Quantitative Differences in Tone Quality among Various Makes of Clarinets" (R. Warner); "An Application of Certain Learning Theories to the Teaching of Musical Rhythm" (J. Milak); "An Experiment in Programming Rudiments of Music for Fifth Grade Students Compared to Conventional Instructional Methods" (R. Wardenburg); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=8). Articles in Volume 2, Number 4 are: "Research in Music Education: Functions and Constraints" (H. Cady); "The Black Musician in American Society" (T. Brooks); "Selected Conditions Associated with the Mobility of Missouri Secondary Public School Music Teachers" (W. H. Bodanske); "A Selected List of Art Songs in French" (E. C. Cramer); "The Evolution of Symphonic Instrumentation in the Nineteenth Century" (D. V. Joseph); "The Integration of Music Learnings in the Junior High Choral Class" (R. H. Ball); "A Summary of the Evolution and Development of the Cadenza in the Violin Repertory through the Use of Examples" (J. A. Ozipko); and "A Study of the Relationship of Singing Accuracy to the Pitch-Making Abilities of Eighty-one Subjects (Dissertation Abstract)" (I. C. Powell). Articles in Volume 2, Number 5 are: "Research in Action: The Transfer of Research in Music and Music Education into the Classroom" (J. R. Stephenson); "Programmed Instruction and Music Education" (D. L. Turpin); "Music Education and the Blind" (J. T. Gagnepain); "Improved Teaching through the Use of the Videotaperecorder" (P. D. Rodabaugh); "Development of a Methodology for Transcribing the Organ Music of Bach for Band" (J. M. Burk); "Humanities, Integrated Arts, and Aesthetic Education" (W. D. Gaver); and "Dissertation Abstracts" (n=7). (BT)

The research projects reported in this bulletin represent the scope of thinking being done by those in the music teaching field, by college students, and by students in Missouri's secondary schools. Articles in Volume 1, Number 1 are: "Toward the Development of a Music Curriculum Based on the Maturation of the Child" (A. Kitto); "Musical Values and the String Class" (J. Lang); "The Slow Learner in the High School General Music Class" (A. Olsen); "Music for the Academically Talented High School Student" (M. H. Wurtz); "Instrumental Music and the Cerebral Palsied Child" (W. H. Knirr); "Research and Progress in the Allied Arts" (D. G. Bowling; L. Karel); "Survey of Musical Style for Band" (D. K. Anderson); "Principal Instrumental Forms of the Baroque Era" (W. Morie); "Trends in Piano Class Instruction 1815 to 1962" (W. H. Richards); "Musical Taste as Indicated by Records Owned by College Students with Varying High School Music Experiences" (T. E. Birch); "A Study in Improving the Interpretation of Selected Arias from Standard Operas" (P. W. Walker); and "A Method of Teaching Elementary Vocal Music Reading Based on Principles of Fixed Pitch" (A. M. Geders). Articles in Volume 1, Number 2 are: "Directions for Improvement of Research in Music Education" (C. A. Burmeister); "Twentieth Century Music for Elementary School Children" (B. Thompson); "Teaching Music Classes through Closed-Circuited Television" (R. O. Garcia); "Report on the Ford Foundation Composer Project in University City" (D. Morrill); "Sixteenth Century Polyphony" (S. Dorn); and "The Philosophies and Attitudes of Selected Music Teachers toward Music Education" (M. O. Johnson). Articles in Volume 1, Number 3 are: "Status Studies and Recommendations of the Missouri Music Educators College and University Division in the Areas of Music History Teaching, Music Theory Teaching, and Music Student Teaching Practices" (M. H. Wurtz; L. Karel; L. Bulgin); "Bases for the Appearance of Musical Instruments in Visual Works of Art" (E. E. Rousseau); "Some Notes Concerning Performance of Renaissance Choral Music" (O. Johnson); "Haydn, Music, and Literature" (W. Prante); and "An Investigation of the Effect of Three Contrasting Types of Music on the Electric Potential Generated by the Human Brain" (F. B. McCurry; R. K. Watkins; I. Hirsh). Articles in Volume 1, Number 4 are: "The Senior Comprehensive Examination as a Means of Improving Music Theory Teaching in Missouri Colleges and Universities" (L. Karel); "Structural Learning and Music Reading" (B. Cook); "The French Horn, A Right Handed Instrument" (K. Schultz); "An Exploratory Study in a Use of the Violin and Recorder as Teaching Tools in Elementary School Music Classes" (C. Hoffer); and "An Appraisal of Group Singing of Sixth Graders, in Twenty-five Elementary Schools, in a Midwestern City of One Hundred Thousand" (C. Hansford; P. Mathews; C. Hoffer). Articles in Volume 1, Number 5 are: "Missouri Music Educators Association and Action Research in the Schools of Missouri" (D. Anderson); "Automated Teaching System for Functional Piano Skills" (D. Ellingson); "Gottfried Reiche, Notes on His Art, Life, Instruments, and Music" (D. Urban); "A Study of the Ratings Received by Missouri High Schools Participating in the District Music Festivals from 1959-1965" (M. O. Johnson; K. Toalson; G. C. Alter; R. A. Wolter; B. E. Markley); "A Study of the Effectiveness of Music Lessons Presented via Closed Circuit Television as Compared with Lessons Presented Directly in the Class Room" (R. Garcia); and "Developing Patterns of the Undergraduate Music Education Curriculum in the United States" (C. L. Lee). (BT)