Hey all,
First post under my current user name. I made a new Facebook account so I couldn't get into my old account, which was through my Facebook...
Anyway, I've recently realized that I'm interested in the history of music education as an academic subject. I'm currently halfway done with my master's program in music ed at Oberlin and my plan for now is to finish the degree and get a teaching job for next year no matter what comes next. That said, I've known I wanted to get a doctorate for a very long time so this post is not about whether I should pursue one, but rather what type of doctorate I should look at.
My question is - if one were to seriously consider academically studying the history of music education (in the United States), would it be better to look into a) a music education PhD and focus research/dissertation on historical music education or b) a music history/musicology PhD with a research focus on music education?
I've thought it through somewhat and I can see the merits to both. My undergraduate degree is in piano performance and pedagogy and my master's will be in instrumental music teaching so my guess is it would make me a little more unique to have "musicology" or "music history" as my next label, but I'd imagine that might take longer than a music ed PhD since I believe that would require me to also go through an MA in musicology in the process, at least depending on the school.
Thanks.
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