Community Music Today

Kari K. Veblen (Canada, USA) is Assistant Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Music Education at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at University of Western Ontario, Canada. A musician and educator, Dr. Veblen studies international trends in Community Music and writes on the intersections of music, education, the arts, and society and pursues a twenty-five year fascination with transmission of traditional Irish/Celtic/diasporic musics. An international representative to the NAfME Adult and Community Special Research Interest Group, she has served on many professional boards, including the ISME board. She is associate editor of the International Journal of Community Music.Stephen James Messenger (USA) is a public school teacher who works with a diverse student body at the secondary level (his training includes special education, the teaching of Reading, and English as a Second Language) and is a visiting instructor in English Composition at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the public honors college of the University of Maryland system, where he teaches English composition focused on the students’ musical lives. An active musician, Dr. Messenger plays guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, and bass guitar and participates in a variety of on-line musical communities. His research interests include popular culture, poetry and imagistic interdisciplinary work, Blues and American roots music, Mexican folk art, and British motorcycles.Marissa Silverman (USA) is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at the John J. Cali School of Music of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey and active professional flutist in New York City. Previously she taught secondary school band, general music, and English literature in New York City. A Fulbright Scholar, her research interests include urban music education, music and social justice, interdisciplinary education, community music, secondary general music, curriculum development, and topics in the philosophy of music and music education. In addition to articles in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Silverman has published invited book chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Music Education Philosophy, Music, Health and Wellbeing, and The Oxford Handbook of Music Education.David J. Elliott (Canada, USA) is Professor of Music Education at New York University. Author of Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education (Oxford 1995) and Praxial Music Education: Reflections, and Dialogues (Oxford: 2005), Dr. Elliott lectures and presents worldwide. He is currently Chief Editor of Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education and serves on several other editorial boards. As an award-winning composer and arranger, Dr. Elliott has published many choral and instrumental works (Boosey and Hawkes, New York). His primary interests are music education philosophy, curriculum, creativity, composition, and community music.

This compendium of essays offers rich perspectives on Community Music, and communities making music, in a broad spectrum of contexts in the world. It is a grounded response to the question, “What is Community Music?”, such that by reading of music in mainstream and marginalized communities, inside and outside institutions, in venues ranging from after-school programs to settlement houses, elder-homes, and prisons, there emerges an understanding of music-making together, in socially-conscious collectives, as a precious human need--a vital piece of who we humanly are. Musicians, teachers, and scholars across the fields of music, education, therapy, and the “ologies” will find relevant reading for their thought and practice.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFOREWORDLee HigginsLIST OF FIGURESChapter 1. The Tapestry: Introducing Community MusicKari VeblenSection I: COMMUNITY MUSIC IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Chapter2.North America: Historical FoundationsJeff Bush, Andrew KrikunChapter3.Community Music in the United KingdomKathryn Deane, Phil Mullen Chapter 4.Community Music in the Nordic Countries: Politics, Research, Programs, and Educational SignificanceSidsel Karlsen, Heidi Westerlund, Heidi Partti, Einar Solbu Chapter5.Community Music in Africa: Perspectives from South Africa, Kenya, and EritreaElizabeth Oehrle, David Akombo, Elias Weldegebriel Chapter6. Community Music in Australia and New Zealand AotearoaBrydie Leigh Bartleet, Shelley Brunt, Anja Tait, and Catherine TrelfallChapter 7. Community Music in East Asia Chi Cheung Leung, Mari Siobara, Christine Yau Section II:INTERCONNECTIONSChapter8.Intergenerational Music Learning in Community and SchoolsCarol Beynon, Chris Alfano Chapter9.Music Learning as a Lifespan EndeavorDavid Myers, Chelcy Bowles, Will DabbackChapter10.Community Music Through Authentic Engagement:Bridging Community, School, and University ProgramsSylvia Chong, Deborah Rohwer, Donna Emmanuel, Nathan KruseRineke SmildeChapter11.Digital Community: Sharing, Teaching, ExploringStephen J. Messenger III: MARGINALIZED MUSICS AND COMMUNITIES Chapter12. Marginalized Communities: Reaching Those FallingOutside Socially Accepted NormsSheila Woodward, Catherine Pestano Chapter13.Person Growth through Music: The Oakdale PrisonCommunity Choir and Community Music for Homeless PopulationsIn New York CityMary Cohen, Marissa SilvermanChapter14.Reaching out to Participants who are Challenged Donald De Vito, Arthur Gill Chapter15.Diverse Communities, Inclusive PracticeMagali Kleber,Dochy Lichtenstein, Claudia GluschankofIV: PERFORMING ENSEMBLES: ARTISTRY, ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICEChapter16.Community Choirs: Expressions of Identity through Vocal PerformanceSusan Avery, Casey Hayes, Cindy Bell Chapter17.Instrumental Ensembles: Community Case Studies from Brazil and the USADon Coffman, Joel Barbosa Chapter18.Expressing Faith through Vocal PerformanceHussein Janmohamed, Cindy Bell, Mehnaz Thawer Chapter19.Community Music andSustainability Worldwide: Ecosystems of Engaged Music MakingHuip Schippers, Richard Letts Chapter 20.Resources in Community Music Janice Waldron, Steven Moser, Kari VeblenAbout the Authors