PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pascale, Louise
TI  - The Role of Music in Education: Forming Cultural Identity and Making Cross-Cultural Connections
AID  - 10.17763/haer.83.1.1682237405v8325k
DP  - 2013 Apr 01
TA  - Harvard Educational Review
PG  - 127--134
VI  - 83
IP  - 1
4099  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/83/1/127.short
4100  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/83/1/127.full
SO  - herp2013 Apr 01; 83
AB  - In this reflection, Louise Pascale describes the evolution, development, and outcomes of the Afghan Children's Songbook Project, which is reintroducing children's ethnic songs to the children of Afghanistan and Afghan expats as well as to American schoolchildren. Her reflection highlights the potential for music to unify and strengthen community, thus joining people together in a common experience. She explores the suppression and resurgence of musical culture in Afghanistan and the connection of this experience to music education in schools in the United States.