音乐是美育的有机组成部分,也是素质教育的内容之一。音乐教育是实施高校素质教育的有效手段。在学生音乐教育中,开展音乐欣赏课程,同时结合艺术素质拓展实践活动,可以提升大学生的审美观,陶冶情操,发展学生的想象力、创造力,从而培养全面发展的人。作为一种教育思想,素质教育以育人为本。学习兴趣是推动学生学习的强大动力。音乐教育不仅要尊重学生的主体地位,发挥学生学习的主动性,而且还要引导他们自尊、自重、自主、自律。 Music is an integral part of aesthetic education, but also one of the elements of quality education. Music education is an effective way to implement the quality education in colleges and universities. In the music education of students, carrying out the course of music appreciation, combined with the practice of art quality to expand practice, can enhance the aesthetic outlook of college students, cultivate the sentiment, develop students’ imagination and creativity, so as to cultivate all-round development of people. As a kind of educational thought, quality education should be based on educating people. Learning interest is a powerful motivation to promote student learning. Music education should not only respect the dominant position of students, give full play to the initiative of students, but also guide them to be self-respect, self-respect, self-discipline and self-discipline.