What Challenges Face Music Education Today?

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Ted Wiprud
Ted Wiprud is Director of Education for the New York Philharmonic. Among his duties are staging the Young People's Concert series originally made famous by Leonard Bernstein. Prior to this, he worked for several years doing music education and community outreach work for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, partnering with the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Public Library and places of worship around Brooklyn to bring music into these unconventional spaces. He is also a composer.

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Ted Wiprud is the Director of Education for the New York Philharmonic. He discusses the challenges faced by music education programs in schools and in cultural organizations, and why despite any hardships, music education remains a vital, critical part of the mission of such institutions.

Shoot Date: November 2006