I was reading ahead a little in the articles and the third article really got my interest. I know that we are not yet on this article, but the article is on multiculturalism in schools. This is something we often talk about at Westminster…authenticity. In the article little in the articles and the third article really got my interest. I know that we are not yet on this article, but the article is on multiculturalism in schools. This is something we often talk about at Westminster…authenticity. In the article Campbell talks about there being instructional packages with fully Campbell talks about there being instructional packages with fully notated melodies. I know that I believe that authenticity is important, and that I would rather learn about the culture rather then using a packet of notated melodies. But I was wondering what everyone else in the class thought about the idea of authenticity. Also how far is too far when studying different cultures? Another issue that I read about was covering all the cultures very shallowly or covering the ones that affect the students more and doing it in depth. How would you make the call on this?

“The multicultural music education movement (which some have called world music education) has been primarily about musical diversity, with less regard for the cultural interfaces, contexts, and processes of the music. Perhaps this is because it is easier and far more economical to publish instructional packages complete with fully notated melodies than it is to run institutes for teachers in which culture-bearers transmit the music (and not incidentally, cultural constructs, too) in a traditional time-honored manor” (Campbell31).