Volume 22 Number 1: Editorial

This issue of Visions of Research in Music Education features articles that explore diverse areas of inquiry and expand the boundaries of music education. From early childhood music, songwriting, and preservice general music teacher preparation, to online learning, percussion methods course reflections, and non-traditional backgrounds of music teachers, the authors present a collection of important and timely considerations. Taken separately, these articles depict individual portraits of pedagogical and contextual issues within the profession. As an amalgam, however, these articles form an interconnected chain of trends representing the current landscape of music education; the diversity of issues presented here parallels the diversity now in the profession. Furthermore, at the end of this issue, a historical reprint and a book review offer additional portrayals of contextual learning in music, and serve as indicators of where the profession has been and where it could be going.