{"id":264698,"date":"2020-08-10T02:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=264698"},"modified":"2020-08-10T02:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:06:14","slug":"music-education-has-a-race-problem-and-universities-must-address-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/10\/music-education-has-a-race-problem-and-universities-must-address-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Music education has a race problem, and universities must address it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So in this moment of intense reliance on music, we should pay attention to what might otherwise look like a petty squabble in a minor academic discipline. At the 2019 Society for Music Theory conference, music theorist Philip Ewell delivered a keynote lecture titled \u201cMusic Theory\u2019s White Racial Frame.\u201d (File Photo: Spencer Imbrock\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the start of the pandemic, people have been turning to music to process the anxiety of living in the shadow of death<\/a>. In global Black Lives Matter protests, music also plays a role, forging community and celebrating resilience. We can be more grateful than ever for music\u2019s power to express feelings and ideas too complex for words.<\/p>\n

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So in this moment of intense reliance on music, we should pay attention to what might otherwise look like a petty squabble in a minor academic discipline. At the 2019 Society for Music Theory conference, music theorist Philip Ewell delivered a keynote lecture titled \u201cMusic Theory\u2019s White Racial Frame<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n