Musikalische Bildung im Ökosystem Musik

Music education is far more than just instruction, nurturing young talent, or cultural participation: it is a vibrant network of people, institutions, practices, and ideas. The volume *Musical Education in the Music Ecosystem*, edited by Michael Dartsch and Jürgen Oberschmidt, brings together contributions that reveal the full breadth of this network. The starting point was the German Music Council’s conference of the same name, whose ideas are further developed and explored here.

The authors explore the conditions, opportunities, and challenges of music education in a changing society. They examine early musical education, schools and music schools, transculturality, inclusion, social spaces, community music, music education, vocational training, and the role of cultural institutions, initiatives, and civil society actors. It becomes clear that music education does not arise in isolation, but rather through the interplay of many institutions and living environments—in daycare centers and schools, music schools and colleges, orchestras and choirs, families, clubs, cities, and communities.