Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53988#.VN21JSzQrzE Author(s) G. C. Abiogu 1 , I. N. Mbaji 1 , A. O. Adeogun 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria . 2 Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria . ABSTRACT This paper is a conceptual clarification of the nexus between music education and youth empowerment. It is also an exposition of how music education can be utilized for the empowerment of the Nigerian youths with a brief incursion into the meaning of education and its need for national development. The paper considers music education as a performance art which involves unique educational activities designed to enable the youths to achieve self-realization and life adjustment in the society. The conceptual clarifications touch upon some philosophical principles which guide music education in its...
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