Paul Van Bodegraven

MENC President 1964-1966

Born:

Died:

Degrees:

B.S.M., Oberlin Conservatory

M.A. and Ed.D., School of Education, New York University

Teaching Employment:

Supervisor of Music, Port Washington, N.Y.

Faculty Member, MacMurray College

Faculty Member, University of Missouri

Department of Music Chairmen in School of Education, New York University

Significant Publications:

Wrote numerous articles, instructional materials, books on music education

_______. “The development of musical understanding through performance,”

Music Educators Journal 41, No. 5, (April-May 1955): 29-30.

_______. “Equality of opportunity in music education,” Music Educators Journal 39,

No. 1, (September-October 1952): 20-21.

_______. “Essentials in the instrumental program,” Music Educators Journal 27, No. 5,

March-April 1941): 28, 66-67.

_______. “Gehrkens: scholar and teacher. Music Educators Journal 39, No. 5

(April-May 1953): 27-28.

_______. “Is it true, what they say about….,” Music Educators Journal 36, No. 1

(September-October, 1949): 11-12.

_______. “Looking forward in music education,” Music Educators Journal 28, No. 4

(February-March, 1942) 150.

_______. “Music education in transition,” Music Educators Journal 51, No. 6 (June-July

1965): 26-29, 106.

_______. “Music reading,” Music Educators Journal 35, No. 4 (February-March 1949):

71-72.

_______. “Problems in music teacher preparation,” Music Educators Journal 33, No. 1

(September –October 1946): 28-29.

_______. “Soft spots in the teacher training program,” Music Educators Journal 48, No. 5 (April-May 1962): 47-49.

_______. “The time to call a halt is now,” Music Educators Journal 37, No. 1

(September-October 1950): 23-24.

Von Bodegraven, Paul, & Wilson, Harry R. The School Music Conductor. Chicago:

Hall & McCreary, 1942.

Professional Accomplishments:

President of Missouri Music Educators Association

Editor of Missouri Music Educators Association

Member of the Board of Directors MENC/four-year-term

Editorial Board of music Education Journal/six-year-term

Research Council/four-year-term

Personal Biography:

Notable Quotes:

“It is understandable that those of us in the arts have been slow to accept the thesis that: Whatever exists at all, exists in some amount; anything that exists in amount can be measured; but there is a growing conviction that the program of music education has matured to a point where there should be a core of specific and measurable outcomes of experiences in all phases of music and these outcomes should be common for all students, whether they are trained in Oregon, Alabama, or Ohio.”

Paul Van Bodegraven

Music Educators Journal, June-July 1965