Extending a nascent line of Asian philosophical research in music education, we mine Indian philosophies of music and education. Three key questions guide our project: (1)What are Vedic philosophies of music? (2)What are Vedic philosophies of education? (3)Taken together, what insights can we draw for contemporary music education writ large? To address our questions, we analyze key passages from the "Upanishads" and synthesize ideas from these texts. A quartet of inter-related ideas emerge from our analysis: the "guru," the "shishya," "vidya," and "moksha." In brief, the "guru" (teacher) is revered as one would god, for it is the teacher who leads the "shishya" (student) toward "vidya" (knowledge) and through that toward "moksha" (liberation of the soul), which can also be attained via making music, such as the singing of "Om" (the absolute sound). In addition to proffering insights for contemporary music education, particularly in terms of how the ancient Vedic "guru-shishya parampara" adds nuance to contemporary discussions on the master-apprentice model of music education, we imagine how music education philosophy might look like if it were to be sung.