New Periodicals

This semiannual column selectively lists newly issued periodicals; describes their objectives, formats, and contents; and provides information about special issues, title and format changes, mergers, and cessations. The following resources were frequently consulted when assembling this column: International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP; http:// music.chadwyck.com), Music Index (MI; http://www.hppmusicindex.com), RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM; http://www.RILM.org), OCLC WorldCat and Ulrich's Periodical Directory (http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb). All Web sites were accessed on 31 May 2006 unless otherwise specified.

New Titles

G. E. M. S. (Gender, Education, Music, and Society). Co-edited by Elizabeth Gould and Eleanor Stubley. Gender Research in Music Education International (GRIME International). Irregular. No. 1 (Spring 2002). ISSN 1710-6923. Online format (HTML). Access: http://music.boisestate.edu/gems. Inquires: Eleanor V. Stubley, McGill University, Faculty of Music, 555 West Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 1E3 or Elizabeth Gould, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2C5. E-mail: stubley@music.mcgill.ca or e.gould@utoronto.ca. Free.

G.E.M.S., a peer-reviewed online journal exploring gender, education, and music and society, places emphasis on how music education can be used to eliminate inequalities. The editorial board is extensive, including international researchers and educators with expertise in communications, composition, ethnomusicology, feminist theory, music education, musicology, philosophy and sociology.

G.E.M.S. is the official journal of GRIME, a special research interest group (SRIG) of MENC, the National Association for Music Education. Convened in 1991, GRIME provides a network for those interested in gender research relating to music education. Organizational meetings are held at MENC and at Feminist Theory and Music conferences. In addition to G.E.M.S., GRIME publishes a newsletter (http://post.queensu.ca/~grime/newsletter.html) and has an electronic mailing list (http://post.queensu.ca/~grime/grime-l.htm). The GRIME Web site includes information about the organization and a useful bibliography of gender research in music education, compiled by Patricia O'Toole and revised by Robbie MacKay and Mary Celeste Kearney.

International Journal of Community Music. Edited by David J. Elliott. New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Music Education Program. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 2004). ISSN 1550-7327. Online format (PDF or HTML). Access: http://www.intljcm.com. Inquiries: david.elliott@nyu.edu or kveblen@uwo.ca. Free.

This open-access, peer-reviewed journal founded by David J. Elliott publishes articles, discussions, and reviews on all aspects of community music. David Elliot and associate editor Kari K. Veblen have been influential in characterizing community music as a research area: in 1994 they were asked by the Community Music Activity Commission (CMAC), one of the seven International Society for Music Education (ISME) commissions, to formulate a working definition of 'community music' based on participant discussion (the most current reports from this commission may be viewed at http://www.isme.org/article/archive/6).

The journal adopts an open construal of community music, suggesting that non- specialists view it as including "music teaching-learning interactions and transactions that occur 'outside' traditional music institutions (e.g., university music departments, public schools, conservatories) and/or music teaching-learning interactions and transactions that operate in relation to traditional institutions." (http://www.intljcm.com/index.html) The geographically and disciplinarily diverse editorial board reflects the journal's sensitivity to the breadth of methodologies and topics their openness invites.

Because the journal wishes to create a forum for many views of community music, the editorial board plans to publish discussions, readers' notes, reviews and conference proceedings in addition to peer- reviewed research.

JEMS: Journal of Experimental Music Studies (JEMS). Edited by Virginia Anderson. Hosted by the Experimental Music Catalogue. Irregular. Issue 1 (March 2004). Online format (HTML). Access: http://www.users.waitrose.com/~chobbs/jems.html. Inquires: jems@experimentalmusic.co.uk. Free.

"JEMS is an online peer-reviewed journal devoted to experimental, systems and minimal and 'new' tonal and postmodern...