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A warm welcome to the November 2018 issue of IJME! We are delighted to announce ISME’s official appointment of Associate Professor Jane Southcott (Monash University, Australia) as the new co-editor for IJME. As a long-standing member of ISME and an editorial board member of IJME, Dr Southcott has extensive experience as a musician, music educator and researcher in the music education field. As a historian and phenomenologist, she has published widely and is a recognized scholar within the field both nationally and internationally. We are confident that Dr Southcott will contribute immensely to the scholarship of the journal.
IJME is also delighted to welcome our new editorial board members, Lindsey Williams, Tuulikki Laes, Edward McClellan, Patricia Gonzalez, and Leon de Bruin, along with Amanda Watson, Dawn Joseph and Marc Duby who will serve for a second term on the editorial board. Our new editorial board members have diverse and extensive research expertise and will add to our existing pool of distinguished scholars on the board.
Come the end of December 2018, we will see the retiring of two of our co-editors, Ruth Brittin and Bo-Wah Leung. It has been a tremendous pleasure working with Ruth and Bo-Wah over the last few years and we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to them on behalf of the entire editorial team. Also retiring from the editorial board will be Peter Webster, Deborah Confredo, Julie Ballantyne, Sang-Hie Lee, Brydie Bartleet, Chen Hsiao-Shien Jessie, Christian Onyeji, and Rita Yip. Our deepest gratitude for their tireless efforts in reviewing and upholding the professional standards of the field.
IJME has tried to provide abstract translations for our manuscripts over the years and we would like to continue to do so. We are currently experiencing a shortage of volunteer abstract translators for French, Spanish and Chinese. This is a call to our ISME members for assistance. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please contact our co-editor, Chee-Hoo Lum at
We are happy to present twelve diverse articles in this latest issue. This ranges from expert jazz educators’ experiences in teaching improvisation to inclusive representations in music education textbooks, and considerations of gender inclusion in Nepali music education to preservice teachers’ encounters with an adult community music ensemble. Happy reading!