by Michael D. Clark
It’s a 21st century, high-tech lure to solve an old high school problem: how to reel in non-musically inclined students to the world of music. And it’s working well at Lebanon High School, where a Non-Traditional Music (NTM) program is so popular it already has a waiting list of students eager to sign up. For decades, national surveys have shown that up to 80 percent of students in the average high school have little or no experience – nor any interest – in playing musical instruments or participating in choral programs. But thanks to advancements in computerized music technology in the last decade, students who wouldn’t be caught dead trying to learn how to play an oboe or violin are increasingly learning through a technologically augmented type of music instruction.
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