2001 NACTMUS Conference
Byron Bay: June 30- July 2, 2001
Creating Musical Futures:
Challenges to Music Education in the 21st Century
Abstracts of papers
Byron Bay: June 30- July 2, 2001
Creating Musical Futures:
Challenges to Music Education in the 21st Century
The impact of digital music and communications technologies on music production and consumption. Music making in a global context. Music marketing in the electronic age. The survival of local musics. The decline of live music. The blurring of genre boundaries. Threats to cultural and musical identity. Music multiskilling. Innovation in the musical arts. The role of music in multimedia arts. Future music interactivity. The technologisation of musicians. Intellectual property issues.
The changing face of music education. Curricula for a postmodern world. The education versus training debate. The relevance of the conservatorium concept. The value of the community service provided by music training organisations. Community access to music making and music learning. The privatisation of music education. Servicing a global market. Online delivery challenges. Global music education alliances. Future training methods. Future training facilities. Future music research.
The relevance of institutional offerings to the music industry (commercial and subsidised). The articulation of industry needs. Responsiveness to industry needs. Philosophical issues of vocational music education. Strategic alliances of music education with industry.