Current music schools feature a limited variety of musical instruments and techniques in their curriculum, mostly consisting of western Classical music and the required instrumentation. I hope that in the coming years post secondary music schools could replace the current music history and music theory classes and replace them with selection of different course groupings consisting of a theory and history class. These course groupings would each be focused on one particular style of music being Western classical, Jazz, African, Asiatic, Middle eastern, South American, Rock, and Hip-Hop with more being added as music progresses around the world. Students would be required to complete four course groupings of their choosing during their degree with each set of courses lasting one term each and have a live ensemble component for students to get hands-on experience with the selected styles. In the third year of their studies students would be able to either continue exploring the different musician styles or continue their studies in a specific musical style to a more advanced level. This would lead to students being able to get a degree in one of the specific styles of music mentioned previously alongside a degree in composition, education or performance. 

 

Part two

Consider the following quotation in relation to your work on your instrument

 

“The practice that neutralizes the common sense intuition of the most privileged members of society as objective knowledge.”

As I progressed in my studies on the trombone I started to do large amounts of research into the mechanics of how the instrument functioned in search of ways to improve. In learning this information I began to disregard the larger more abstract aspects of playing the trombone and focused on minute details such as raising my tongue as I played higher pitches since I knew that was one thing that helped higher pitches sound. By doing this I ignored the fact that it did not feel natural to do the things I was doing and that it also was not improving my playing.