Second Biennial Conference of the East Asian Regional Association of the International Musicological Society (October 2013): “Teaching Western Music History in 2013” in East Asia

  • Brian C. Thompson Chinese University of Hong Kong
Keywords: Asia, Music History

Abstract

The 2013 conference of the East Asian Regional Association of the International Musicological Society provided an opportunity to explore issues related to teaching music history in this part of the world. While the theme of conference suggested that Asian scholarship was bringing about a fundamental change in the ways in which academics view their work and music, contributors to the roundtable describe some challenges to teaching in Asia, but attitudes towards Western classical music among students remaining strong.

Author Biography

Brian C. Thompson, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brian C. Thompson is a lecturer in the Department of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he teaches courses on film music and Western music history. His publications on ninteenth-century music have appeared in the Journal of the Society for American Music, the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and other leading publications.
Published
2014-01-14