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The Educational Function of Mid-Twentieth Century ROK Military Music Organizations

Kim Heejin 1

1이화여자대학교

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This article discusses mid-twentieth century ROK (the Republic of Korea) military band organizations, exploring their historical significance from educational perspectives rather than focusing on their military activities. These organizations functioned as the most expansive source of wind instrument performance education in the ROK at this time. In order to explain this educational role, this article details the musical training provided within each military band unit as well as the educational goals, scope and curriculum of the ROK Army Music School and the ROK Navy Music School in comparison with the wind instrumental music performance programs at the contemporary higher education institutions. A number of characteristics of the military allowed its music organizations to successfully act as an educational system: 1) the power of the state during the emergency of the Korean War allowed for the rapid growth of wind instrumental music education as part of its military music system; 2) tight military regulations led to intensive musical training; 3) musical communities easily developed within military camps as band members lived close together, thus allowing for extended teaching/learning experiences during free time as well as during on-duty hours; 4) the military demand for an ever-expanding repertory provided military musicians with strong motivation for the arrangement and composition of wind instrumental music as well as for the improvement of their performance skills; and 5) the ROK military’s employment of diverse types of music, it’s collaboration with musicians in various fields of music, and its military collaboration with the US provided opportunities for the study of a broad range of music in the military band organizations. By focusing on the ROK military music organizations' educational role, this article provides new insights into the military music organizations. Also, by detailing these often understated educational activities within the mid-twentieth-century military organizations, this article adds to the understanding of the history of wind instrumental music education in Korea.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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