Marguerite Vivian Hood
President of MENC
1950-52
Date of birth: 1903:
Died: 1992:
Education: 1923
- BA,
1941
- Masters in Music,
1947 -
Honorary Doctorate,
Work:
1923-1930 - taught public school in Havre and
1930 - appointed
1942 - professor of
music education,
Arbor
1942 - appointed
chair, music department,
Public Schools
1972 - retired from
the
Specialty areas: Music education
Publications:
Hood, Marguerite
V. “Can Festivals take the Place of
Contests?” Music Educators
Journal. (October 1936): 27-28.
Hood,
Marguerite V., and E.J. Schultz. Learning Music Through Rhythm.
&
Hood, Marguerite
V. “The Log Schoolhouse Goes Musical.” Music Educators Journal.
(March 1932): 30-31.
-----. “Music in American Education – Our Heritage
Demands Action, Not Defense.”
Music Educators Journal. (February-March 1952): 17-19.
-----. “Non-Performance Music
Classes in Secondary Schools.” Music Educators
Journal. (May 1967): 75-77, 79.
-----. “Our Changing School Music
Programs.” Music Educators Journal. (February-
March 1962): 34-38.
-----. “Planning the Grade - Music
Program in Small Towns.” Music Educators Journal.
(October 1938): 58-59.
-----. “Practical Listening Lessons – Are They
Possible?” Music Educators Journal.
(May 1931): 21-22, 56, 58.
-----. “Teaching Music in a
One-Room Rural School” Music Educators Journal.
(February 1935): 20-21.
-----. Teaching Rhythm and Using Classroom Instruments.
Prentice-Hall, 1970.
-----, Glenn Gildersleeve and Helen S. Leavitt. Singing Days: The World of Music.
Hood, Marguerite V.,
et al. On Wings Of
Song The World of Music.
1949.
Hood, Marguerite V. The World of Music.
-----. “Yearbook Indigestion?”
Music Educators Journal. (December
1938): 27-28.
Professional accomplishments:
1930 - appointed
1942-58 - conducted
the Philadelphia Orchestra at the University Musical Society's
Annual May Festival
1945-47 - president
of the North Central Division of MENC
1947 - Honorary
Doctorate,
1949 - served as Chair of the Editorial Board of the Music
Educators Journal until her
presidency
1950-52 - President of the MENC
1972 – Award of Merit,
1974 - was made an honorary member of ISME
1986 - elected to the MENC Hall of Fame
1987 – Special 50th Anniversary Award,
Biography:
Marguerite Vivian Hood (1903-1992)
was a prominent music educator, a leading figure nationally and internationally,
and a dedicated teacher throughout her career. Hood began her service to the
MENC as President of the North Central Division (1945-47). In 1949 she became
Chair of the Editorial Board of the Music Educators Journal, and
according to Mark and Gary, was the only woman ever to chair the board. After
presiding over nine issues, she was elected president of the MENC for the
1950-52 biennium. Following her presidency, Hood
served as chairman of the MENC commission on accreditation. In 1953 she began
her association with ISME, attending the first meeting in
Quotes:
From a 1952 article entitled “Music in American Education – Our
Heritage Demands Action, Not Defense,” Music Educators Journal:
Fortunately, the morale of music educators is
generally good. We like our work, we see endless possibilities for good results
from it, and we are so busy trying to do it well that we have little time to be
distracted by petty attacks. One wonderful thing about music education is that,
as a profession, instead o worrying about criticisms, it takes a refreshing
enjoyment from self-evaluation, and constantly improves itself. …
We are diametrically opposed to the
ridiculous premise which has sometimes existed that
music educators need not be real and skillful musicians. No one has to sell us
on the necessity for fine musicianship, although it is often difficult to bring
attention to the fact that courses that were originally planned for the
training of skilled concert performers or composers sometimes waste many
precious college hours without achieving much in the way of specialized
technical skills needed by music educators. We even face the amazing idea that
second best in teachers and in practice facilities will suffice to make good
musicians of music education students, but not of anyone else![1]
We cry for professional recognition, but
sometimes forget that such recognition must be preceded by active participation
in many affairs – civic, musical and educations – not just as directors of
performing organizations, but as interested, intelligent participants in the
planning and working out of general activities of the groups.[2]
Music education has nothing to fear but
itself and its own failure to be part of the world around it – and its failure
to assert itself as a profession regularly and consistently, not just when its
own rights and privileges are attacked. No heritage as great as ours can be
maintained by good teaching only, or even by a fine defense. The responsibility
is ours for constructive action, with music educators learning to contribute
their part to leadership not only in this, our won field, but also in all
related fields that affect us, in both local and widespread situations.[3]
Sources Used:
Arneson, Arne Jon. The Music Educators Journal Cumulative Index
1914-1987. Stevens
Point,
Hood, Marguerite
V. “Music in American Education – Our
Heritage Demands Action,
Not Defense.” Music Educators Journal.
(February-March 1952): 17-19.
http://www.geocities.com/michmea/awards.htm.
http://www.mtmusiced.org/index.html.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/SCPA/MENC/hood.html.
Mark,
Michael L., Charles L. Gary. A History of Music Education.
National Association for Music
Education, 1999.
For more information, consult the following sources:
http://www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/SCPA/MENC/hood.html.
Mark,
Michael L., Charles L. Gary. A History of Music Education.
National Association for Music
Education, 1999.
--Submitted by Diana Hollinger,
December 2002