The Music Education area of the School of Music welcomes noted scholar Randall Everett Allsup, Teachers College, Columbia University. Allsup presents "Instrumental Music Education, Identity and Social Justice" as part of his residency at Ohio State.
This presentation will explore the possibilities of social justice through the lens of music education, community and an affirmative concept of “difference.” [Allsup] will look at how two musical organizations — both located in the disputed territories of Israel and Palestine — employ vastly different methods as they seek to promote peace and mutuality. Each group, however, is constituted differently by the music they make, leading to particular constraints and particular affordances. Each group approaches the concept of identity differently. Do some musical forms lend themselves more easily to a vision of social justice? What is a teacher’s responsibility when working within a discipline that has not previously considered obligations like justice, repair and respect for diversity?
Randall Everett Allsup is associate professor of music and music education at Teachers College, Columbia University in the City of New York. Allsup earned degrees in music performance and music education from Northwestern University and Columbia University. His doctoral thesis, Crossing Over: Mutual Learning and Democratic Action in Instrumental Music Education was awarded “Outstanding Dissertation of the Year” by the Council on Research in Music Education. In 2009, he was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach and conduct research at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Allsup is the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award at Teachers College.
Allsup has written over 50 research publications, including a recent book from Indiana University Press (2016) titled Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education. Allsup has served on the editorial board of top-tier journals such as the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Music Education Research, Philosophy of Music Education Review and Research Studies in Music Education. He is former chair of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education. Randall Allsup is the proud sponsor of 27 completed dissertations at Teachers College.
Allsup will repeat this presentation at 12:40 p.m. in Weigel Hall, Room 177 (MUS 4572 class).
The STEAM Factory and the Music Education area host Allsup's presentation on Monday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. — 400 West Rich Street in downtown Columbus:
"Art and Science, and STEM to STEAM: Some Distinctions and Convergences."
All lectures are free and open to the public.
