Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness and maleness are woven …
Drawing on original interviews with improvising musicians, on critical pedagogy and cultural studies, and on the authors’ personal histories with improvised music as a form of …
El Sistema is a nationwide, state-funded music education program in Venezuela. Founded in 1975 by economist and musician JosÉ Antonio Abreu, the institution has weathered seven …