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Chaired by First Lady Laura Bush , and sponsored by the American military, various corporations, and educational organizations, the National Anthem Project is among the largest arts education partnership projects ever devised. The project has been warmly received by many American school music teachers, yet a number of leading music education professors in the USA and abroad have expressed concerns regarding its implications. The issue of whether American public schools should encourage students during wartime to participate in an unprecedented plethora of activities involving The Star Spangled Banner and its lyrics (e.g. "conquer we must, when our cause it is just") remains an open question. The project's emphasis on a single militaristic song appears to some experts to offer limited musical benefits to music students and may run counter to key concepts in the education field, such as multiculturalism and international understanding. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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