The research projects reported in this bulletin represent the scope of thinking being done by those in the music teaching field, by college students, and by students in Missouri's secondary schools. Articles in Volume 1, Number 1 are: "Toward the Development of a Music Curriculum Based on the Maturation of the Child" (A. Kitto); "Musical Values and the String Class" (J. Lang); "The Slow Learner in the High School General Music Class" (A. Olsen); "Music for the Academically Talented High School Student" (M. H. Wurtz); "Instrumental Music and the Cerebral Palsied Child" (W. H. Knirr); "Research and Progress in the Allied Arts" (D. G. Bowling; L. Karel); "Survey of Musical Style for Band" (D. K. Anderson); "Principal Instrumental Forms of the Baroque Era" (W. Morie); "Trends in Piano Class Instruction 1815 to 1962" (W. H. Richards); "Musical Taste as Indicated by Records Owned by College Students with Varying High School Music Experiences" (T. E. Birch); "A Study in Improving the Interpretation of Selected Arias from Standard Operas" (P. W. Walker); and "A Method of Teaching Elementary Vocal Music Reading Based on Principles of Fixed Pitch" (A. M. Geders). Articles in Volume 1, Number 2 are: "Directions for Improvement of Research in Music Education" (C. A. Burmeister); "Twentieth Century Music for Elementary School Children" (B. Thompson); "Teaching Music Classes through Closed-Circuited Television" (R. O. Garcia); "Report on the Ford Foundation Composer Project in University City" (D. Morrill); "Sixteenth Century Polyphony" (S. Dorn); and "The Philosophies and Attitudes of Selected Music Teachers toward Music Education" (M. O. Johnson). Articles in Volume 1, Number 3 are: "Status Studies and Recommendations of the Missouri Music Educators College and University Division in the Areas of Music History Teaching, Music Theory Teaching, and Music Student Teaching Practices" (M. H. Wurtz; L. Karel; L. Bulgin); "Bases for the Appearance of Musical Instruments in Visual Works of Art" (E. E. Rousseau); "Some Notes Concerning Performance of Renaissance Choral Music" (O. Johnson); "Haydn, Music, and Literature" (W. Prante); and "An Investigation of the Effect of Three Contrasting Types of Music on the Electric Potential Generated by the Human Brain" (F. B. McCurry; R. K. Watkins; I. Hirsh). Articles in Volume 1, Number 4 are: "The Senior Comprehensive Examination as a Means of Improving Music Theory Teaching in Missouri Colleges and Universities" (L. Karel); "Structural Learning and Music Reading" (B. Cook); "The French Horn, A Right Handed Instrument" (K. Schultz); "An Exploratory Study in a Use of the Violin and Recorder as Teaching Tools in Elementary School Music Classes" (C. Hoffer); and "An Appraisal of Group Singing of Sixth Graders, in Twenty-five Elementary Schools, in a Midwestern City of One Hundred Thousand" (C. Hansford; P. Mathews; C. Hoffer). Articles in Volume 1, Number 5 are: "Missouri Music Educators Association and Action Research in the Schools of Missouri" (D. Anderson); "Automated Teaching System for Functional Piano Skills" (D. Ellingson); "Gottfried Reiche, Notes on His Art, Life, Instruments, and Music" (D. Urban); "A Study of the Ratings Received by Missouri High Schools Participating in the District Music Festivals from 1959-1965" (M. O. Johnson; K. Toalson; G. C. Alter; R. A. Wolter; B. E. Markley); "A Study of the Effectiveness of Music Lessons Presented via Closed Circuit Television as Compared with Lessons Presented Directly in the Class Room" (R. Garcia); and "Developing Patterns of the Undergraduate Music Education Curriculum in the United States" (C. L. Lee). (BT)