The Ideology of Competition in School Music

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Sean Robert Powell (Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, University of North Texas)

The Ideology of Competition in School Music

Sean Robert Powell (Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, University of North Texas)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 May 2023

Theory of music & musicology; Choral music; Philosophy & theory of education

"The Ideology of Competition in School Music explores competition as a structuring force in school music and provides critiques of that system from multiple philosophical and theoretical perspectives. Competition is seen by many music teachers, students, and supporters as natural and inevitable--a taken-for-granted aspect of music education or an irresistible force, rather than a choice. This book uncovers this ideological nature of competition and examines its effect on student learning, teacher agency, and equity within music education. It considers ways in which music educators might reconsider the role of competition in their teaching practice and offers alternative frameworks for organizing school music.

In this book, author Sean Robert Powell views competition as a microcosm of the wider neoliberal capitalist society, in which subjects are interpellated in an antagonistic competitive field as market logic dictates a system of accountability, reduction, and audit culture. Music teachers, students, and education administrators, consciously and unconsciously, reinforce, replicate, and sustain the competitive structure, even if they do so while expressing a cynical disavowal. Powell considers competition broadly, including, for example: formal competitions between schools in which ensembles are given numerical scores and ranked; ""festivals"" in which groups are given ratings based on pre-given criteria; state, regional, and national honor ensembles; hierarchical arrangements within school music programs; or simply the pursuit of social prestige, reputation, and ever-higher performance standards. Although the book provides examples from the competitive landscape of school music in the United States (and, especially, Texas, considered a ""hyper"" example of competitive culture), Powell's analyses and discussions are relevant to readers in any context around the world. Although the degree to which competitive achievement as an explicitly-stated aim of instruction varies from program to program and location to location, the ""realism"" of neoliberal capitalism--and its effect on all aspects of education--is a global phenomenon."

By: Sean Robert Powell (Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education University of North Texas)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9780197570838
ISBN 10: 0197570836
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 01 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. It's Easier to Imagine the End of Music Education Than the End of Competition Chapter 3. The One-Dimensional Music Program Chapter 4. Cynicism Chapter 5. The Lost Trophy Chapter 6. Contingency | Agency | Act Chapter 7. Solidarity Bibliography Index

Sean Robert Powell is Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education at the University of North Texas, where he teaches graduate courses in sociology, philosophy, qualitative research, and music teacher education. Dr. Powell has served as a member of the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education; Journal of Music Teacher Education; and Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education. He also serves as the Chair of the Society for Music Teacher Education. An active scholar, his research interests include competition, agency and structure, identity, post-qualitative inquiry, neoliberal education policy, music teacher education, and social theory.