Packages and Subscriptions

F.A.E.M. Brochures Package. NASM stocks three position papers published by the Foundation for the Advancement of Education in Music. These elegantly printed documents encourage the development of common ground on policy matters that affect the promotion of music study. Each of the documents is available at a per-copy cost of $3.50, or all three brochures for $10.00.

• Entertainment, Education, and Music asserts that music has a value to civilization beyond entertainment and that education in music must be based on such understanding. Explores the relationships among these three concepts.
• Ideas, Decisions, and Music Study examines how decisions are made and shows the necessity of promoting sound, intellectually defensible ideas about the purpose and benefits of music study.
• Ideas, Policy, and Music Study shows how attempts to increase the value of music in the public mind can be complicated by the variety of specific ideas within the music community.  Discusses varying viewpoints on creativity, entertainment, competition, technology, etc.

All three FAEM Brochures
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WGAHE Brochures. The following were produced by the Working Group on the Arts in Higher Education.  These five brochures are suitable for policy development work at local and state levels. Each brochure is available at a per-copy price of $1.00. All five brochures for $4.00.

• Arts Education: Beyond Tradition and Advocacy is the Working Group's most popular brochure, giving convincing reasons for rigorous, sequential arts education at the K-12 level. Targeted to education decision-makers beyond the arts education community.
• The Arts, Liberal Education and the Undergraduate Curriculum addresses the importance of art in the education of all college students, the value of liberal education for artists, and the history of American practice in the arts.  Particularly useful in campus debates over curricular content and distribution.
• Higher Education and the Arts in the United States explains the various roles higher education plays in the American arts community.  Teaching, presentation, scholarship, and service are highlighted.
• The Structure of the Arts in the United States makes a compelling case for cooperation among the education, creation/presentation, and support sectors of the arts. Provides a basis for common local action.
• Teacher Education in the Arts Disciplines undertakes a comprehensive review of teacher preparation issues. Formal education, contextual influences, accountability, and a set of targeted recommendations are presented.

All five WGAHE Brochures
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Futures Publications Package includes Sourcebook for Futures Planning and all Supplements, and the Executive Summaries. $60.00
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Library Subscription Service. The 2010-11 library subscription (effective September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011) includes print copies, as they become available, of the NASM 2010-11 Handbook, the NASM 2010-11 Directory, the Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting, and the 2009-2010 HEADS Data Summaries for Degree-Granting Music Units. $85.00
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Individual Membership Subscription Service. $65.00
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