2002 - Sondra Wieland Howe

2002 - Sondra Wieland Howe is an independent scholar in Wayzata, Minnesota. She received an A.B. in music history from Wellesley College, A.M.T. in music education from Radcliffe College (Harvard Graduate School of Education), and an M.A. in musicology and a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Minnesota. She is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education, and Research and Issues in Music Education and pursues research on the history of music education, women in music, and music teaching in Meiji, Japan. Dr. Howe has published Luther Whiting Mason: International Music Educator (Harmonie Park Press, 1997) and numerous journal articles and book reviews. She is the Historian for the Minnesota Music Teachers Association and is active in the Society for American Music and the International Society for Music Education.