Oxford University considers ‘decolonising’ music syllabus Classic FM. In documents seen by The Telegraph, academics from the University of Oxford have proposed a lighter focus on Euro-American elite music, “arising from international Black Lives Matter demonstrations”. Academics said they want to address the “white hegemony” in Oxford’s music syllabus, and to better represent other forms of music. Possible changes to undergraduate courses include reducing the focus on canonic classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven, in a proposed move away from “white European music from the slave period”. However, the music faculty denies any proposals to remove Western notation from its curriculum.