A seminar exploring music's social nature, with special attention to the ways 'culture' influences music perception, cognition, and value, and the way musical practices, in turn, influence culture and social relations. Issues addressed include: music education as intercultural education; music, gender, and power; the educational implications of cultural relativity; music education as an agent of social reproduction and/or transformation; social relations implicit in various musical and instructional practices; and music education's moral significance.