Despite repeated calls for change to assure the relevance of curricular content and skill develop... more Despite repeated calls for change to assure the relevance of curricular content and skill development to music outside the academy, the academy has remained isolated, resistant to change, and too frequently regressive rather than progressive in its approach to undergraduate education. While surface change has occurred to some extent through additive means (i.e., simply providing more courses, more requirements, and more elective opportunities), fundamental changes in priorities, values, perspectives, and implementation have not occurred. The Task Force on the Undergraduate Music Major (TFUMM) has concluded that without such fundamental change, traditional music departments, schools, and conservatories may face declining enrollments as sophisticated high school students seek music career development outside the often rarefied environments and curricula that have been characteristic since music first became a major in America’s colleges and universities.
Despite repeated calls for change to assure the relevance of curricular content and skill develop... more Despite repeated calls for change to assure the relevance of curricular content and skill development to music outside the academy, the academy has remained isolated, resistant to change, and too frequently regressive rather than progressive in its approach to undergraduate education. While surface change has occurred to some extent through additive means (i.e., simply providing more courses, more requirements, and more elective opportunities), fundamental changes in priorities, values, perspectives, and implementation have not occurred. The Task Force on the Undergraduate Music Major (TFUMM) has concluded that without such fundamental change, traditional music departments, schools, and conservatories may face declining enrollments as sophisticated high school students seek music career development outside the often rarefied environments and curricula that have been characteristic since music first became a major in America’s colleges and universities.
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