The purpose of this paper is to look briefly at some of the more important factors shaping the music curriculum during the last decade; to provoke discussion about some of the present issues by asking a series of questions; and to suggest some ways in which it might be possible to influence for good the Primary Music Curriculum in the next ten years.
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