Frank Abrahams is Professor of Music Education and Chair of the Music Education department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey. His lessons form the foundation for the general music curriculum at Westminster Academy, the laboratory school of the Music Education department and Westminster Conservatory, and his pedagogical ideas provide the framework for Westminster’s undergraduate and graduate music education curricula. Abrahams is a frequent presenter at the Music Educators National Conference and is co-author of Case Studies in Music Education. He is also co-author of a chapter in the forthcoming text, Perspectives on Urban Music Education, published by MENC, the national association for music education.
Keywords: critical pedagogy, community music, music education, Brazil, Paulo Freire

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