"Amid new challenges and demands facing higher education and the public marketplace in the 21st century, music faculty are increasingly aware of the need to reimagine classical music performance training for future students, reshaping longstanding educational experiences. But how can faculty, under urgent pressure to act, be certain that their changes are effective, strategic, and beneficial for students and institutions? In this book, Michael Stepniak and Peter Sirotin address these questions with perspective rooted in extensive experience as music educators and performers. Bringing a healthy skepticism to the assumptions and realities of classical music education today, they illuminate areas of unavoidable challenge as well as areas of possibility and hope. An essential read for education leaders contemplating how classical music can continue to thrive within American higher education"--