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Challenging Classical Music’s Genre Conventions: Findings from a Project on Youth Voice in Instrumental Education

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores classical music education through analysing findings from a project on embedding ‘youth voice’ within instrumental teaching and learning. Drawing on theorizations of classical music as a genre, I describe how the young people in this project saw classical music’s genre conventions as working against a youth voice approach. The article also outlines the ways in which youth voice was shaped through social relations in this space as well as the ‘institutional ecology’ of music education. I argue that embedding youth voice approaches in instrumental education will only be effective if the genre itself is open to transformation.

Source: Journal of the Royal Musical Association

DOI: 10.1017/rma.2024.13

Author: ANNA BULL

Language: English

Topic: Diverse Music Education Insights

Subfield: Music

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450

OpenAlex ID: W4404249029

FWCI: 26.36

Cites: 41

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10