Due to the current recession, the American economy within the last few years has taken a nosedive, making it difficult for national, state, and local governments to support all the programs they currently have in place. There are difficult choices that need to be made about where to make sacrifices in their budgets so things can still run…

The nature of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), its birth, growth, and uncertain future, are examined. What the arts community is doing to insure a national arts environment is discussed. (RM)

A photo-essay of children who have studied the violin under the Suzuki system. (MF)

Describes the 50th anniversity celebration of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. (MF)

Musical theater should be an important part of a school's music program. The author describes the success of such a project and the enjoyment experienced by all concerned. (MF)

After giving an historical picture of music, the author points out the new directions and changes of music. (MF)

Indicates a new awareness of the arts in schools and colleges. (DS)

Discusses the musical program developed at the University of Redlands which features the band concert in combination with dance as a means of attracting audiences. (RK)

The author gives an historical description of bell ringing, and characterizes the bell-ringing process. (MF)

Describes how arts and humanities programs have been integrated into related or allied arts curricula in elementary and secondary schools. Ways to approach the learning and teaching of related arts are discussed. These include analogous concepts, common themes, historical eras, and art works that are combinations of different art forms. (AM)

Describes the efforts of Californians for Better Schools through the Arts to make the arts basic to education, including their unsuccessful attempt to qualify the California Arts Initiative for the 1980 state ballot. The initiative would have made arts education mandatory in California's elementary and secondary schools. (SJL)

Project SEARCH is a cooperative program developed for and by New York education administrators and teachers to develop products and processing for humanizing education. Its aim is to reorient teacher attitudes toward the arts through workshops that develop teachers' capacities for affective aesthetic response. Teachers then are guided in efforts…