Popular Music Education for the Populous - ASME conference 2021

A growing number of international students enrolling in Contemporary Popular Music courses has caused educators to consider broadening their perceptions on curricula content and the definitional boundaries of ‘popular music’ to cater for the expectations of a culturally diverse cohort. Also, students applying to study in CPM courses are coming from an increasingly diverse academic background, many having had no formal music training. Course designers have managed to construct courses offering a broad equity of access to students from diverse cultural backgrounds, and with non-traditional musical training. This paper presents findings regarding students’ and educators’ perceptions on the diverse curricula and pedagogies employed to cater for the increasingly diverse cohort. The study found Australian tertiary institutions delivering CPM courses have engaged with an eclectic array of pedagogical practices in order to maximise student agency and included a broad, globally informed classification of genre. The discussion regards the consequences of these developments in Australian CPM education regarding the influence on, and response to, industry and broader socio-cultural factors present in Australia.
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