MNMA
Music Notation Modernization Association | 1985-2007
MNMA Membership
Australia
Keller, John
Parncutt, Richard
Belgium
Rombaut, Gustaaf
Canada
Grogono, Clive
Patterson, David
Chile
Doggenweiler, Rene
China
Gan, Jianqiu
Ge Jian Kang
Huang You Pu
Kong Pengyu
Liu, Yonghai
Shi, Sunei
Sun, Guangjun
Sun, Zhongyan
Wang, Yinxuan
Zhou, Jiaji
England
Asher, John
Casburn, Frank William
Collins, Anne
Forrest, Kenneth S.
Montaigue, Deive
Robinson, Helen
Roche, Peter
Stuckey, Bob
France
Charnoz, Gerard
de Buur, Jeanette
Waller, Dominique
Germany
Beyreuther, Johannes R.
Rieder, Harald
Greece
Chlitsios, George
Netherlands
de Vries, Leo
van Marissing, Peter
Wijmenga, Gjalt
Philippines
Mitchell, Blake M.
Ukraine
Kogut, Gennadiy
USA
Edwards, Christopher M.
Gaare, Mark
Haggan, Vin
Hunter, Bruce
Johnston, Michael
Keislar, Douglas
Laschober, Michael
Lippens, Andre
Luther, Steve
Morris, Paul
Nicholeris, Carol
Poulson, Neil J.
Reed, Scott
Reed, Thomas S.
Rose, Vincent
Sadlier, Ronald F.
Vandervoort, Paul
(Data from 01/2005)
The Music Notation Project was established in January of 2008 to carry on the work begun by its predecessor, the Music Notation Modernization Association (MNMA). [more info]
The MNMA was an international nonprofit organization founded in 1985 by Thomas Reed. Dedicated to exploring ways to make reading, writing, and playing music easier to learn and enjoy, its members included musicians, teachers, composers, and notation inventors from around the world. At its height membership in the MNMA included about one hundred and thirty individuals from seventeen different countries (see the partial list on the right).
The MNMA conducted a research project that entailed collecting and evaluating a large number of alternative notation systems. This research was in pursuit of its goal of determining which notation system or systems is the most promising as an alternative to, or potential replacement of, traditional notation. This effort spanned several years and was concluded in 1999.
The MNMA published books, conference proceedings, and dozens of quarterly newsletters. They document its research project, extensive debates, and hundreds of notation proposals. A number of major universities carry them in their libraries, or you may order them here: Place an Order
Over the course of its history the MNMA held five international conferences, about one every three years. They were an opportunity for MNMA members to meet one another and exchange ideas face to face. Attendees convened from all over the world to present papers on topics related to music notation. These papers were then published in conference proceedings.
Website and Internet Presence
The MNMA website was originally developed by Michael Laschober. In March of 2004 Paul Morris re-designed the site and became the MNMA webmaster. See the archive of news from the MNMA website. The MNMA Forum was initiated in October of 2004. It has now become the Music Notation Project Forum.