The new policies present an even greater challenge because the “vast bulk of tutors for techniques are white men,” the board reportedly griped. That instruction “structurally centers white European music” which causes “students of color great distress,” according to the report. Students should also be given the option to omit certain musical proficiencies from their curriculum, such as being trained to play the keyboard or conducting orchestras. The board is looking to rectify what it says is a “white hegemony” that encompasses the standard use of musical notation-symbols labeled by the kooky professors as a “colonialist representational system,” according to the report.īasic musical notation instruction amounts to a “slap in the face” for some pupils because of a “connection to its colonial past,” the board is said to have lamented.
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Oxford University faculty members are advocating to ban sheet music and diminish attention placed on classical European composers, arguing both make the prestigious UK school an accessory to “ white supremacy.”Īrising from international Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the university’s faculty board proposed a series of alterations to “enhance the diversity” of the music program, the Telegraph reports, pointing to internal documents about the new measures.