GO Project

A steering committee was appointed along with eight subcommittees, each of which was charged with the investigation of, and recommendations for, specific aspects of music education.

The Commission on Organizational Development was to prepare the way for recommended changes in organization, structure, and function of the Conference, including all of its federated and affiliated units.

The National Commission on Instruction was created to monitor the way music was being taught in the schools.

Its first study resulted in the publication of The School Music Program: Description and Standards (1974, revised in 1986).

The two editions of The School Music Program are considered to be the precursors of the National Standards for Arts Education, published in 1994 in line with Goals 2000.