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A Short History of NAME


The history of NAME is long and distinguished and there are significant milestones by which the development of music education in the UK can be traced.
In 1996 the formation of The National Association of Music Educators resulted from an amalgamation of MANA (The Music Advisers National Association) and The Association for the Advancement of Music Education (AATEM).

In June 1942 and the war-torn gloom of that year, Dr Charles Hooper of Bradford, both Inspector of Schools for Bradford and also Music Adviser, arranged for the first annual conference of MANA to take place in London assisted by Cyril Winn, HM Staff Inspector for Music at the Board of Education. Eleven people attended along with representatives from the BBC. Items on the agenda in 1942 were: the musical training of teachers, instrumental playing in schools and where was the money to be found for developing music education.....what price progress 56 years on!


Highlights in the Development of the Association :1947

Music Advisers National Association formally established. Chair: Edmund Priestly of West Riding; Secretary: Dr Hooper; Executive member: Cyril Perfect of Northumberland.

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