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Music Program Numbers & School Population

• Number of Students in Choir- 150• Number of Students in Band- 85• Number of Students in Orchestra- 20• Number of Students in Guitar- 30• Total Students in Music Program- 285• School Enrollment- Approximately 1,500

• 81 % of the school population not enrolled in school music program

Dilemma:How can the music program

be adjusted to include other types of music and

get more students involved?

Discourses and Power

Discourses are “conversations with a specific vocabulary that intentionally creates ignorance or knowledge.” - Foucault

A discourse “supplies a number of interlocking assumptions about the nature of the world.”

- Vaugeois

= Academic Music

= Not Academic

Music

Rehearsal Settings and Structures

Race and Gender

At My School:The majority of students are white (63%)

and female (75%)School wide, white students make up 50% of the student body, and females

make up only 49% of the student body. Possible Implication: To non-members, choir may seem like it’s a club for white

females.

Are we practicing “safe” multiculturalism?

Engendered Music

Masculine & Feminine Instruments

Masculine & Feminine

Subject Matter

Sexuality Public schools are hetero-centric in nature, and

the music classroom is usually no exception.

“Our sex is not something that lies beyond the discursive realm but is always produced as a

reiteration of hegemonic norms.” - Butler (Nayak and Kehily p. 465)

Possible Solution:

Create a popular music class that is based on

student interests and is student driven.

Possible Obstacles

• Rejection by local administration• Funding• Needing to submit curriculum ideas to

district officials• Finding a balance between student

expression and school policy

Performance Based

Based on cultural/musical interests of the student

Explore Career Opportunities Outside of Classical Performance

Integration of Music Technology

Students can create/perform music they find meaningful