One of the most thorough reference books available that addresses what may be the most important topic in music education today. This text provides extensive information and an effective summary of the practice of music advocacy, compiling research and thirty years' experience of one of the nation's most successful advocates for music education. It gives music educators, administrators, school board members, and community advocates step-by-step procedures for saving and building school music programs. An important resource that every music educator should have in his or her library.