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Music education \u2013 which traditionally has been\u00a0heavily reliant on large ensembles and classical music<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is changing with the times. Not since the introduction of the\u00a0school wind ensemble in the 1920s<\/a>\u00a0or the growth of\u00a0marching band in the 1950s<\/a>\u00a0has music education undergone such a transformation.<\/p>\n

The changes occurring now have been developed to bring more students into school and community music classes at all levels of education, from kindergarten to college.<\/p>\n

As a\u00a0music education professor<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and as one who is\u00a0conducting research on how to create new classes<\/a>\u00a0that go above and beyond the traditional band, choir and orchestra offerings \u2013 I believe this is one of the most exciting times in the world of music education. Here are five ways that music education is changing in America\u2019s schools:<\/p>\n

1. Students are making their own songs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In 2021, Florida became the first state to offer an\u00a0All-State Popular Music Collective<\/a>\u00a0for students in high school. As members of the collective, the state\u2019s best student pop singers, drummers, guitarists, DJs, bassists and keyboardists perform their original music in an auditioned group. They perform music from hip-hop to pop and rock.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Missouri started\u00a0The Collective<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 its version of the Florida offering. Students send in an audition video. If selected, they become a member of a band of around 15 people who write songs together and perform at the state conference, along with the best concert band, concert choir and orchestra students in the state.<\/p>\n

As of now,\u00a015 states are offering a similar type of experience<\/a>\u00a0for their students.<\/p>\n

There are a growing number of opportunities for students to study\u00a0hip-hop<\/a>\u00a0at the collegiate level. Schools like the\u00a0University of South Florida<\/a>, where I teach, have joined established programs at the\u00a0University of Southern California<\/a>, the\u00a0University of Miami<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Belmont University<\/a>\u00a0as places where you can learn how to make hip-hop as well as pop, rock and country, among other styles.<\/p>\n

2. Smaller ensembles<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the middle of the 20th century, school music focused on\u00a0large ensembles<\/a>\u00a0performing primarily classical music arrangements. Since the 1990s, offerings like\u00a0winter drumline<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 with marching percussion and color guard \u2013 and\u00a0complex theatrical marching band shows<\/a>, which incorporate contemporary instrumentation, have extended those offerings and broadened the spectrum of acceptable styles.<\/p>\n

Modern bands<\/a>\u00a0have popped up in schools all over\u00a0North America<\/a>, featuring smaller, more\u00a0contemporary instrumentation<\/a>, modern musical instruments and tools that sometimes includes\u00a0turntables and effects processing<\/a>. They seek to look more like the\u00a0world of music outside of the school<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Teaching that focuses more on the student<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For much of the past 100 years, music teachers have focused on being able to teach large numbers of students \u2013 that is, 100 or more. Instructors across the U.S. and Canada teach\u00a0marching bands<\/a>\u00a0made up of 200-plus students.<\/p>\n

Music instructors are some of the only teachers in the school who want more students in their classes. Pedagogical practice consists of managing large groups of students as efficiently as possible. But this approach tends to discourage individual voice and autonomy. That\u2019s changing. With\u00a0smaller ensembles<\/a>\u00a0comes more room for\u00a0multiple student creativities<\/a>\u00a0and more\u00a0flexible performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Technology driven performances<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Music education has become more and more technology driven, both in its\u00a0performance<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0delivery<\/a>. In smaller ensembles and in pop music, it\u2019s important to\u00a0understand how mixers, public announcement systems and all digital instruments work<\/a>. You do not have to know how to set up a mixing console to have a successful traditional concert band performance.<\/p>\n

Maschine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Push<\/a>\u00a0are two instruments that have become popular for creating beats and multilayered ambient textures. They satisfy a desire among students to create music that they might hear on the radio but also maybe in a video game that they\u2019re playing or in a movie that they\u2019re watching.<\/p>\n

Turntables have gone from being carried around by DJs \u2013 along with crates of records to scratch \u2013 to hardware devices. Musical effects that are triggered by the performer or someone offstage are\u00a0common practice in the professional world of music making<\/a>. These practices are\u00a0spilling over into music education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5. Recording in addition to performing<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ever since 1877<\/a>, people have been recording musical sounds. Over that time, individuals have been honing their abilities to\u00a0record other musicians<\/a>. It has become an art in its own right.<\/p>\n

The life of a musician is made up of two primary focuses:\u00a0performing and recording<\/a>. While performing is a part of school music education, recording has been almost entirely ignored as something that students do, until now.<\/p>\n

Teachers have been able to easily record students\u2019 music only via\u00a0digital audio workstations<\/a>\u00a0over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

We are in a new era when school recording studios are more the norm and\u00a0contemporary and commercial music have entered schools of music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About\u00a01 in 5 students in high school are part of a music program<\/a>, largely through traditional bands, choirs and orchestras. But that number could shift as music education continues to evolve to become more about the students and the music that\u2019s dear to them, not just the classics and traditions of old.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Clint Randles is Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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