Based on topics that frame the debate about the future of professional
music education, this book explores the issues that music teachers must
confront in a rapidly shifting educational landscape.
The book aims to challenge thought and change minds. It presents a star
cast of internationally prominent thinkers in and beyond music
education. These thinkers deliberately challenge many time-worn
traditions in music education with regard to musicianship, culture and
society, leadership, institutions, interdisciplinarity, research and
theory, and curriculum. This is the first book to confront these issues
in this way.
This unique book has emerged from fifteen years of international dialog
by The MayDay Group, an organization of more than 250 music educators
from over 20 countries who meet yearly to confront issues in music
teaching and learning.