If Colors Could be Heard - Narratives About Racial Identity in Music Education

A groundbreaking collection of first-hand accounts by music educators, artists, activists, and students from the Global Majority. Deeply personal narratives explore how race and ethnicity shape experiences in music learning, making, and teaching and paint a complex and vivid portrait of music education in the United States. 4 b&w illus.

About the author

Christopher Cayari is an associate professor of music at Purdue University West Lafayette-Indianapolis, Indiana. Jason D. Thompson is an inaugural faculty member at the nation's first Black Honors College at California State University, Sacramento. Rekha S. Rajan is an award-winning classically trained singer who has performed in musicals, operas, and operettas across the United States, and her bestselling children's literature books encourage young readers to explore the world around them through the arts.

Summary

A groundbreaking collection of first-hand accounts by music educators, artists, activists, and students from the Global Majority. Deeply personal narratives explore how race and ethnicity shape experiences in music learning, making, and teaching and paint a complex and vivid portrait of music education in the United States. 4 b&w illus.

Product details

• Assisted by: Christopher Cayari (Editor), Christopher (Purdue University Cayari (Editor), Rekha S. Rajan (Editor), Rekha S. (Columbia College Chicago) Rajan (Editor), Jason D. Thompson (Editor), Jason D. (Independent researcher) Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Intellect
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781835951675
• ISBN: 978-1-83595-167-5
• No. of pages: 301
• Series: Contemporary Music Making and Learning
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Instrument lessons; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories