Apparently noted musician/composer Quincy Jones “is rarely mentioned” in American music curricula, and as such a Hunter College music professor says this proves “racial segregation still shapes American classrooms.”
Philip Ewell, the music theory professor who called his (Communist) father “racist” for admiring (white) composers like Beethoven and Bach, believes Jones (pictured) is an “essential piece in the history of American music,” yet the ideology of white supremacy — “deeply rooted” in our society — refuses his recognition.
Elite music schools, such as Julliard and Eastman School of Music, continue to study mainly Western composers like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin, Ewell writes in The Conversation.