Abstract: The study of music as a subject is very vital since among other importance may lead to income generation through a teaching career, music production and marketing of music resources. Kenya National Examinations Council annual report for the last twenty-eight years indicates that the number of candidates who enrol for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education music has consistently declined from 2,544 in 1989 to 1,100 in 2017. Education Management Information System, indicate that the Muslim students who sat for KCSE between the years 2011-2015 in Mombasa County were three. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of Western secular music in the secondary school curriculum on the choice of music subject by Muslim students in Mombasa county, Kenya