Mary E. Hoffman

MENC President 1980-1982

Born in 1926

Died in 1997

 
B.S.  Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania
Master of Music Columbia Teachers College, New York

Taught in public schools in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut

Was a supervisor of music in Philadelphia and Milwaukee

Taught at Columbia Teachers College and Temple University

Was an associate professor of music at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,

1979-1997

Was a composer, arranger, popular clinician, and guest conductor

Significant Publications:

Hoffman, Mary E. Pragmatic view of the general music curriculum (Spoken word

recording), 1985.

Beer, Alice S. & Hoffman, Mary E. Teaching music, what, how, why, Morristown, NJ:

General Learning Press, 1973.

An authors of the World of Music, Silver Burdett Music, and The Music Connection. 
 
Significant Personal Accomplishment:

Inducted into the Music Educators Hall of Fame, Music Educators National

Conference, 1998

Sources Used:

Howe, Sondra Wieland. Leadership in MENC: The female tradition. Bulletin of the

Council for Research in Music Education, 141, 59-65, 1999.

Other Sources:

Goals and objectives for the eighties. Music Educators Journal, 67, 48-49, 1980.

MIOSW commentary. Music Educators Journal, 67, 64, 1981.

Ideas and ideals from experience. (the pupil is more important than the subject being

taught). Music Educators Journal, 76, 26-29, 1989.

[obituary] Teaching Music, 4:6, 19, 1997.

Frock stars: five up-and-comers turn out in looks from insurgent girl designers. Spin, 13,

134, 1997.

Catchin' up. Living Blues, 135, 10, 1997.

Three join Hall of Fame. Teaching Music, 5, 24, 1998.

MENC: policy, advocacy, and enlightened self-interest. The Quarterly Journal of Music

Teaching and Learning. 5:2, 44-49, 1994.