EVALUATION OF CURRENT TREND IN MUSIC EDUCATION IN WUKARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study of Art music from an African and most especially Nigerian point of view is consistently attributed to music education in schools and churches. As an offshoot of colonization, it is identified and recorded as an important tool for integrating Western culture into the Nigerian system alongside other African countries. Musical art education without doubt has facilitated and improved the documentation of African indigenous musical culture. Art music is described by Omojola as a form of paper music that presents a great deal of attention on the musical, technical or artistic interest of a musical piece to satisfy aesthetic enjoyment, Omojola (1995, p.6). Obviously, the notable positive implication of Art music education is its enhancement of African music creativity and interpretation of traditional music styles within the scope of their socio-cultural, religious and philosophical contexts.