Friday, March 2, 2012

Excerpt Chapter III: Conservatory Trained Faculty vs. the Liberal Arts


Chapter III (The University Music Schools and Their Problems) excerpt:

"Fatigue sets in as a result of the frustration between what university music schools are and what they ought to be. The problems begin in the music school when universities, that are becoming increasingly provincial, pit school against school, department against department for dollars. University money is distributed to schools within the university based partly upon the number of students declaring majors in the respective schools. Music schools bolster the number of documented music majors, accepting and unduly encouraging too many students who should not, in fact, be accepted as majors by the school. It is nearly impossible to find a remedy because the music schools that promise to provide high quality education for its students often begin the process dishonestly."

Chapter III of U.S. Crisis: Art, Education and Society takes readers inside the Music School by discussing the incompatibility between conservatory trained music faculty members and the proper delivery of General Education courses at liberal arts institutions. Additionally we explore the influence that a "music-rich", "general education poor curriculum"   has upon its graduates as people, citizens, parents, performers, and teachers. We touch upon the characteristic domination of product over process in today's music schools.
                                                                                                                               
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