Dimensions
138 x 210 x 7mm
Tertiary music education is commonly understood as preparing
students for a career as a performer. This, however, fails to address
fundamental shifts in the ways most of us now typically encounter, and think
about, music in our lives; nor does it acknowledge the diminishing funding base
that supports traditional modes of teaching. It is time to rethink both how,
and why, we teach music on campus. In
addressing the issues the author draws upon his experience since being
appointed in 2012 to lead the government-initiated takeover by Australian
National University of the revered Canberra School of Music, a time of intense
controversy.
