A Music Education Blog Collective

Greg Sandow ponders why the classical music world fails to attract “young” audiences. He claims that advertising in classical music falsely believes that the word “beautiful” will entice 20- to 40-year-olds. “‘Beautiful,’ at best, means not much more than ‘pretty,’ these days,” Sandow writes, “and music that only can […]

How has the field of music education dealt with hip hop culture or rap music let alone issues of race and class when discussing listenership? Baakari Kitwana author of the recent book “Why White Kids Love Hip Hop”wrote a recent article in the Village Voice that looked at the fact that most “conscious” hip hop […]

Having trouble holding back the excitement of students wanting to remix their latest composition project with world news? Have no fear, the BBC is here to save the day! Even the UK Penguin book publising company is appropriating remix culture.
The UK is not the only country holding remix contests. The CC Mixter based in […]

Forget students asking you to play the latest movie theme music, soon you are going to get requests to play video game theme songs at your next concert. How do you feel about that?
You can get a taste of what it might be like when the Detroit symphony orchestra plays its “Dear […]

Empowered mothers rock out in momapalooza. Will some of our students be future participants?