Decolonising the music curriculum should be an adagio movement

Careful thought is required before Western art music is condemned and cast out, says James Olsen

Published on
September 23, 2022
Last updated
September 23, 2022
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'Decolonising' should not be about throwing things out of your curriculum but about bringing in aspects that have been historically neglected. You do nobody a service by neglecting 'classic' Western music however much music from other sources you choose to replace it.... unless you want to turn out narrowly-educated students who cannot appreciate the diversity of musical traditions the world has to offer. Doing so is what 'decolonisation' is supposed to be trying to avoid, not exacerbate.

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