This paper contains the frontmatter and preface material for the Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education.

This paper focuses on music trends in Recife, Brazil in 2000-01. It explores how alternative music communicates a contemporary regional identity in Northeast Brazil, is affected by cultural politics, and circulates within the musical market, in order to show how the perceived demands of globalization, such as the need to consume the products of the global entertainment industry, intersect with the dynamics of a regional music community. It was presented at the first Associação Brasileira de Etnomusicologia conference held in Recife in November 2002.

This article discusses Ibero-American musicology in relation to the manuscript produced by the Franciscan Fray Gregorio de Zuola.

Article discussing the application of an ergonomically modified keyboard to reduce piano-related pain.

The newsletter for the North Texas State University School of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the School of Music.