The Rehearsal and Performance of Holiday Music: Philosophical Issues in "Stratechuk v. Board of Education"

Autor/in	Perrine, William M.
Titel	The Rehearsal and Performance of Holiday Music: Philosophical Issues in "Stratechuk v. Board of Education"
Quelle	In: Philosophy of Music Education Review, 24 (2016) 2, S.131-150 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1063-5734
DOI	10.2979/philmusieducrevi.24.2.02
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Court Litigation; Holidays; Constitutional Law; Religious Factors; School Policy; Theater Arts; Performance; Music Activities; Philosophy; State Church Separation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Rechtsstreit; Holiday; Feiertag; Ferien; Staatsrecht; Schulpolitik; Theaterwissenschaft; Achievement; Leistung; Musikalische Aktion; Philosophie; Kirche-Staat-Beziehung
Abstract	This philosophical study addresses the implications of the legal case "Stratechuk v. Board of Education" ruling that a policy prohibiting the performance of religious-themed holiday music did not violate the United States Constitution. Two questions are investigated: the differences between the classroom study and public performance of religious music, and the study of holiday music as a subgenre of religious music. Conclusions suggest that a school policy delineating between the rehearsal and performance of sacred music fails to appreciate the interrelationship of these musical practices. While this type of policy attempts to resolve controversy by moving sacred music out of public performance spaces it does not succeed in addressing the underlying philosophical tensions involved in the curricular use of sacred music. Further, a policy that allows the musical celebration of only secular aspects of particular holidays unnecessarily privileges secular over religious meanings and thus limits students' contextual understanding of the holiday. The academic performance of sacred music within the comprehensive study of a given holiday should not constitute an endorsement of particular religious beliefs, or violate an appropriate position of religious neutrality. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01