Unit 1 Warming-up
Reading Focus
Why Study Music?
Extension
Music Education in Ancient Times
Cultural Perspective
Chinese People in Australia Today

Unit 2 Warming-up
Reading Focus
Family Ties
Extension
Versions， Interpretations and More
Cultural Perspective
String Quartet No． 13 and the Fate ofthe Composer

Unit 3 Warming-up
Reading Focus
Book Review
A History of Singing by John Porter and Neil Sorrell
Extension
Peter Grimes
Cultural Perspective
Britten's introduction to Peter Grimes

Unit 4 Warming-up
Reading Focus
What is Gamelan?
Extension
Collision of Cultures
Cultural Perspective
Colin McPhee

Unit 5 Warming-u p
Reading Focus
Arts Education in America
Extension
Music and Well-Being
Cultural Perspective
What is Language Loss?

Unit 6 Warming-up
Reading Focus
Music-making of Popular Musicians in the West
Extension
The Way Asian Popular Musicians Learn
Cultural Perspective
East Meets West

Unit 7 Warming-up
Reading Focus
On Being a Conductor
Extension
FXR
Cultural Perspective
Orchestras： A New Model for Effective Management

Unit 8 Warming-up
Reading Focus
Minimalist Music： Where to Start
Extensio n
The other Adams
Cultural Perspective
Modem Film Music： does Minimalism have a part to play?

Unit 9 Warming-u p
Reading Focus
The Arts in Education
Extension
Teaching the "Hard to Reach"
Cultural Perspective
Language acquisition and the advantages of being a musician

GIossary
Glossary of Music Terms
List of Personalities from the Texts