As I was doing my philosophy assignment, a thought came to mind in terms of exposer to different cultures.
Most religious music that I have sung at least in my High School and Middle School was mostly christian or Jewish based. Do you believe that we should sing other religious repertoire? Should we even sing it in public schools or stay secular?
I believe that some of the repertoire I have sung in the past were great and I see nothing wrong but at the same time , I would have loved to sing other religious pieces. Maybe something tibetan or even islamic , which I have heard choral music being done when I went to Egypt once.Just a thought.
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The reason that most religious music sung by choirs is christian or Jewish is becuase it is more readibly available. I think that if it was easy to get music from other religions then it would be performed more. I dont think that teachers are necessarily choosing to exclude such repetiore but that it is not as familiar to them.
It's also more geared to a Western ear. not that we should be teaching other modes and types of music, but it's easier for kids to learn.
I do remember once or twice doing an indian piece. But it was incredibly intimidating to go through, and so we had to be taught a different way than just reading and solfeging or our normal sightsinging sort of rehearsing.
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