A male student wearing headphones leans over a mixing board and turntables as he looks into a laptop off-screen, while another male student to the left looks on.

Step into a music class today and you might just find laptops, turntables and MIDI controllers alongside the clarinets, recorders or violins most people expect to see. From elementary school through post-secondary, some teachers are expanding the definition of music education and encouraging more students to try music-making.