Listed below are some of the acronyms and terminology that are used in the field of music education.
| AASA |
American Association of School Administrators
Organization of School Administrators |
| ACDA |
American Choral Directors Association
Organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching |
| ASBDA |
American School Band Directors Association |
| ASTA |
American String Teachers Association
The American String Teachers Association promotes excellence in string and orchestra teaching and playing |
| CBMR |
Center for Black Music Research |
| CMENC |
Collegiate Music Educators' National Conference
The Collegiate chapters of MENC across the nation |
| CMP |
Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance
A method developed in Wisconsin for teaching and lesson plans using the national standards |
| CMP |
Contemporary Music Project |
| CRME |
Council of Research in Music Education |
| JRMA |
Journal of Research in Music Education
Publication put out by MENC |
| Harvard's 'Project Zero' |
Project researching the artistic and aesthetic development of children, applying cognitive development to arts education. |
| Housewright Declaration |
A statement similar to the Tanglewood Symposium and Vision 2020, developed in September, 1999 |
| ISME |
International Society for Music Education
International society that promotes music education in over 60 countries that was formed in 1953 |
| MEJ |
Music Educators Journal
One of the magazines put out by MENC |
| MENC |
Music Educators National Conference
The Umbrella organization for all other music education groups. MENC provides support, resources, and networking for music educators at the national level |
| MIOSM |
Music In Our Schools Month
The MENC Sponsored Music Education Advocacy Month every March. |
| MMCP |
Manhattanville Music Curriculum Project |
| MTNA |
Music Teachers National Association |
| Multiple Intelligences' |
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, including music, which has strongly supported arts as basic education. |
| NAEP |
Music Teachers National Association
Conducts academic assessments regularly since 1970's. It restarted music assessments in 1997. |
| NAME |
National Association of Music Educators
The new name for MENC |
| NATS |
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Largest Organization of Singers in the world |
| NEA |
National Education Association |
| NFAA |
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts |
| NFMC |
National Federation of Music Clubs |
| NSOA |
National School Orchestra Association
The National School Orchestra Association promotes excellence in string and orchestra teaching and playing |
| St. Thomas Music Education Symposium |
A research conference promoting research, scholarship, and dialogue within the fields of music teaching and learning |
| Standards of music education |
Developed with the Consortium of National Arts Educations Associations, 1994. |
| Tanglewood Symposium |
Symposium addressing the role of music education in contemporary society, faced with rapid social, cultural, and economic growth. |
| Tri-M |
Modern Music Masters
A High School Music honors society, comparable to National Honors Society, with membership open to students involved in music |
| Vision 2020 |
Focuses on the future of music education by the year 2020, as the Tanglewood Symposium did in the 1960's |
| WMEA |
Wisconsin Music Educators' Association
The Wisconsin State division of MENC |
| WSMA |
Wisconsin School Music Association
The organization that schools belong to that sponsors Solo/Ensemble |
| Yale Seminar |
Seminar held at Yale in 1963 to identify and examine the problems facing music education |
