However, I do vividly recall learning how to play “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic in sixth grade-an activity that was intended as a treat for us after studying the recorder for at least a year, but which most of us found painfully embarrassing. Even as a musician who studies music education as the subject of my Ph.D., most of the particulars of elementary school general music class have faded from my memory. Many Americans have potent memories of their early years in music classrooms, squeaking out the melodies to patriotic tunes or outdated popular music hits on a plastic recorder.

Her current work is on character education and regional identity in music classrooms in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Gillian is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis. The article in its entirety is uploaded below. Gillian Irwin, 2017 American Fulbright Student Program Grantee, submitted her thoughts and observations on musical instrument Recorder (or Pianika in Indonesian) in Ethnomusicology Review’s Sounding Board: Crossing Border blog.

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