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Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education (ACT). Edited by Thomas Regelski. MayDay Group; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Semiannual (in practice; not formally limited to any number). Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 2002). In English; other languages considered. ISSN 1545-4517. Online (PDF; HTML starting with vol. 3) format. Access: http://mas.siue.edu/ACT/ (must include last backslash). E-mail: tom.regelski@helsinki.fi. Free.

"The Mayday Group is an international community of scholars and practitioners with a two-fold purpose: (a) to apply critical theory and critical thinking to the purposes and practices of music education, and (b) to affirm the central importance of musical participation in human life and, thus, the value of music in the general education of all people" (MayDay Group Web page, http://www.maydaygroup.org/). ACT, a refereed journal, reflects the organization's ideals, proposing "areas and strategies for broadly needed change in music ...

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