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University of Miami uses hip-hop to broaden music education
Original: Using hip-hop to open up music across the spectrum
The University of Miami is highlighting an initiative that uses hip-hop as a gateway to music education across a wide range of styles. The approach treats hip-hop not as an outsider genre but as a bridge that can draw students into composition, theory and performance, opening music-making to people who might not connect with classical traditions. It reflects a wider push in academia to diversify how music is taught and who feels invited to study it.
Why now: Music education programmes increasingly embrace hip-hop, drawing attention to how universities broaden access to the arts.
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- Using hip-hop to open up music across the spectrum · University of Miami News
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