
Early music seems to be thriving in many corners of America. But the future of early-music education at conservatories and universities looks much more complicated. While a few schools are adding students and degree programs, others are retracting, retrenching, or going dormant. Kyle MacMillan explores this issue in the forthcoming EMAg article The Ups (and Downs) of Collegiate Early Music (to be published on our website on May 6.
EMA is gathering collegiate educators to discuss the current situation and share ideas about how to combat budget cuts, communicate with administrators, increase student involvement, and more.