| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The tapestry: introducing community music -- Community music in North America: historical foundations -- Community music in the United Kingdom -- Community music in the Nordic countries: politics, research, programs, and educational significance -- Community music in Africa: perspectives from South Africa, Kenya, and Eritrea -- Community music in Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa -- Community music in East Asia -- Intergenerational music learning in community and schools -- Music learning as a lifespan endeavor -- Community music through authentic engagement: bridging community, school, university, and arts groups -- Digital communities: sharing, teaching, exploring -- Marginalized communities: reaching those falling outside socially accepted norms -- Personal growth through music: Oakdale Prison's community choir and community music for homeless populations in New York City -- Reaching out to participants who are challenged -- Diverse communities, inclusive practice -- Community choirs: expressions of identity through vocal performance -- Instrumental ensembles: community case studies from Brazil and the United States -- Expressing faith through vocal performance -- Community music and sustainability worldwide: ecosystems of engaged music making -- Resources in community music |
| Summary |
Community Music Today highlights community music workers who constantly improvise and reinvent to lead through music and other expressive media. It answers the perennial question "What is community music?" through a broad, international palette of contextual shades, hues, tones, and colors. With over fifty musician/educators participating, the book explores community music in global contexts, interconnections, and marginalized communities, as well as artistry and social justice in performing ensembles. This book is both a response to and a testimony of what music is and can do, music's place in people's lives, and the many ways it unites and marks communities. As documented in case studies, community music workers may be musicians, teachers, researchers, and activists, responding to the particular situations in which they find themselves. Their voices are the threads of the multifaceted tapestry of musical practices at play in formal, informal, nonformal, incidental, and accidental happenings of community music |
| Notes |
"Published in partnership with NAfME: National Association for Music Education." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Community music.
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Music -- Social aspects.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Community music
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Music -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Veblen, Kari K., editor.
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National Association for Music Education.
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| LC no. |
2012032635 |
| ISBN |
9781607093213 |
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1607093219 |
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9781299141445 |
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1299141447 |
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