The Tanglewood Symposium: Popular Music Pedagogy from 1967 to Today

The Tanglewood Symposium of 1967 is an event now looked back on as a watershed moment in the field of music education. At the Symposium, societal happenings of the day provided the background for the discussions, including the Civil Rights movement and the explosion of rock’n’roll. At the Symposium, members held important conversations about popular music and the future of music education. This article analyzes the documentation surrounding the Symposium and suggests areas of music education that still remain a part of the hidden curriculum supporting inequity and how these areas can be brought to light and addressed in popular music pedagogy today