Rethink the music curriculum around DAW literacy, AI literacy, rights and economics knowledge, and defended ensemble practice¶

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Description¶

The article proposes that music curricula need reconsidering, not merely amendment at the margins, and enumerates four directions: production and DAW literacy as a standard component at all levels; AI literacy for musicians as a practical and critical capacity to distinguish using AI as a shortcut versus a creative catalyst; critical and contextual knowledge of rights, economics, and the social role of music; and foregrounding ensemble and performance precisely because they are most resistant to AI substitution.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Curricula must move beyond adding an AI module or reactively banning AI tools, requiring more fundamental rethinking of what music education is for

Constraints¶

• The article warns ensemble and performance dimensions risk progressive marginalization under economic pressure and the convenience of digital tools

Target Learners¶

• music students at all levels of education

Target Learning Goals¶

• digital music production competence
• critical AI literacy
• understanding of music rights and economics
• embodied ensemble performance

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jean-Pierre Briot. (2026). Challenges for Musical Education in the Age of AI and Digital Transformation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05176