2006 Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Observations about Music Education Research in MENC'S First and Second Centuries

Abstract

Jere T. Humphreys is the recipient of the MENC 2006 Senior Researcher Award. The following speech was presented on April 20, 2006, at a special session of the Society for Research in Music Education at the National Biennial In-Service Conference of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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