A cellist argues that classical music gives the most comprehensive music education a classroom can provide.
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber will present an argument for the superiority and comprehensiveness of classical music in classroom music education programs. Lloyd Weber argues that classical music forms the basis of all other musical styles: a musician trained classically can pick up a variety of other styles such as hip-hop and R&B. On the other hand, Lloyd Weber claims, a hip-hop artist is limited to his or her particular genre. In a debate scheduled to occur in London next month, Lloyd Weber hopes to convince conference attendants that classical music should be emphasized as the predominant musical style in classroom education.
What do you readers think? Is classical music really all-encompassing and foundational to the other music styles? Or is Julian Lloyd Weber trying to privilege white European music over African-American and other ethnic minority styles?
