The Commonwealth Caribbean comprises a diversified population spread over a geographically large area. Having been colonies, the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean inherited a system of education modelled in education in the 19th-century Britain. Although most of these countries gained political independence from Britain during the past 30 to 40 years, and major changes have been made in education, commonalities continue to exist in the aims, structure, and management of education systems-and commonalities exist therefore in music education.