Date

12-19-2023

Department

School of Music

Degree

Doctor of Music Education (DME)

Chair

Dan Hodges

Keywords

music education, microeconomics, sociology, impoverished music education programs

Disciplines

Economics | Music

Abstract

Despite much information in outreach in impoverished areas, research has yet to fully show the barriers to music education expansion in poverty-level South Carolina. This qualitative study is conducted using previous data for correlation through research analysis of social attitudes and resource-based barriers to participation rates and expansion of music education throughout South Carolina. Research discovered that impoverished students are much less likely to participate in music education and less than 25% of United States seniors, whether public or privately educated, are actively participating in music education programs. Lastly, statistics shows less than half of students with access to music education without social, funding, or resource barriers choose to participate. This study aims to examine why new students of various ages are not engaged in music programs, whether it be for resource, social culture, or financial reasons. The root cultural music poverty has been misrepresented in historical analysis and undermines impoverished music education participation rates within these poverty-level areas. Research sources includes numerical data and statistics accompanied with current scholarly literature analysis. This study advances the field of music education outreach by discussing the historical variables that influence participation levels and resource funding of musical arts. This project will also serve as groundwork for further exploration of microeconomic barriers and relationships to music education funding and resources in South Carolina.

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