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This article is twofold: it explores the integration of transcultural music within American schools and specifically identifies the rationale and method to incorporate samulnori, a Korean percussion genre, into Western classrooms.* 6) Historically, many American music programs centered around the Western canon. However, as multiculturalism continues to foster, providing students with a global perspective of music promotes cultural and social awareness and contributes to developing musical skills not easily attainable from Western repertoire. Thus, this paper advocates for transcultural music education and discusses how to overcome challenges associated with performing global music in Western classrooms. Recognizing the benefits of world music pedagogy, the paper then explores how samulnori,** 7) a genre not frequently played in Western schools, can be adapted for the new context. Rationales for implementing the