Chances and Choices

In Chances and Choices, author Stephanie Pitts investigates the long term aims, impact and effects of music education in a school setting. Evaluating the extent to which school music provides a foundation for lifelong involvement and interest in music, Pitts integrates wide-ranging empirical data with a critical review of historical and contemporary debates on the purposes and practices of music teaching and learning. Poised to shed new light on the long-term effects of music education, this book is an important resource to understand how we can encourage lifelong involvement with music and general engagement in cultural activities in every individual.