Advocacy in Schools
A brochure prepared by MENZA which will help parents, teachers and all those interested in ensuring that a comprehensive music education is available in all NZ schools.
Download here. (Pdf 180kb)

Why Music?
At the METANZ Hui in October 2007 one of the questions asked was, "Why music?" In this research undertaken by Karen Carter for MENZA, Year 6-13 students explain what it means to them. Download the report here. (Pdf 188kb)

National Review of School Music Education
The Australian government commissioned a report in 2005. A document outlining the key messages from the report entitled 'Augmenting the Diminished' can be downloaded here. (Pdf 652kb)

METANZ - STATE OF PLAY
In June 2006 the trustees of METANZ compiled a document outlining some of the pertinent issues in Music Education in New Zealand, including a recommendation for a National Commission on Music Education. Download the document here. (144 kb)

The National Association for Music Education
The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.

A public service of the music coalition
Music and the arts are vital to every child's education. Is your child's music program in danger of being cut? This site offers effective tips for taking action and the latest evidence of music's importance.

International Foundation for Music reserach
The European Music Journal
American Music Conference
The National Association for Music Education

International Society for Music Education
For all of its fifty years, theInternational Society for Music Education(ISME) has argued that music is an essential part of the education of all people, in every corner of the world. Music educators and supporters continually find themselves needing to justify why music is important in our schools and community.

Why does our profession need advocacy
Michael L Mark
Why is it important that music education advocates serve as a voice of the profession to civic officials? Why do we need anybody to advocate for us? (16.5kb pdf document)

Benefits of Music Education
A recent Rockefeller Foundation Study discovered that music majors have the highest rate of admittance to medical schools, followed by biochemistry and the humanities.

Why music is an essential liberal art
An article from the Autumn 2006 edition of American Educator by Peter Kalkavage.

Sir Ken Robinson - creativity expert at the Australian Arts and Education Symposium 13 September 2005
Download the pdf (404kb) here