Community Music at the Boundaries

Music lives where people live. Historically, music study has centred on the conservatory, which privileges the study of the Western European canon and Western European practice . The Eurocentric way music has been studied has excluded communities that are considered to be marginalized in one or more ways despite that the majority of human experiences with music is found outside of that realm. Community music has emerged as a counter-narrative to the hegemonic music canon: it seeks to increase the participation of those living on the boundaries.
Community Music at the Boundaries explores music and music-making on those edges. "The real power of community music," writes Roger Mantie in the foreword, "lies not in the fiction of trying to eliminate boundaries (or pretending they don't exist), but in embracing the challenge of 'walking' them." Contributions from scholars and researchers, music practitioners, and administrators examine the intersection of music and communities in a variety of music-making forms: ensembles, university and police choirs, bands, prison performing groups, youth music groups, instrument classes, symphonies, drum circles, and musical direction and performance. Some of the topics explored in the volume include education and change, music and Indigenous communities, health and wellness, music by incarcerated persons, and cultural identity. By shining a light on boundaries, this volume provides a wealth of international perspectives and knowledge about the ways that music enhances lives. Community Music at the Boundaries examines how music enhances the lives of those living in what might be considered marginalized settings. Built on foundational principles of community music, it addresses music and accessibility, health, justice and the prison system, faith, and education, by international contributors. Table of Contents


List of Figures


Territorial Acknowledgement


Foreword by Roger Mantie


Acknowledgments


Introduction by Lee Willingham


Part 1: Community Music: Walking the Boundaries of Contexts and Borders


1. The Problem of Community / Deanna Yerichuk and Justis Krar


2. Words of Choice: Challenging A Discourse of Disadvantage and Social Change in Community Music / Kathleen Turner


3. Collaborative Musical Experiences with Urban Families Experiencing Homelessness in the United States / Lindsey G. Castellano


4. Mind the Gap / Dave Camlin


5. The Borders are Open: Community Music in Higher Education / Glen Carruthers


Part 2: Community Music: Walking the Boundaries of Education, Ensembles and Changing Paradigms


6. Do, Review, Improve: Establishing a Framework for Quality Delivery within the Community Music Sector / Phil Mullen


7. A Music Educator's Journey Towards Addressing Gender Barriers in Music Education / Elizabeth Parker-Cook


8. Music-Making Opportunities for Children from Underserved Populations: Impact and Transformations through Community Youth Orchestras / Christine D'Alexander


9. Time to Face the Music: Possibilities for Community Music with Older Adults / Donald D. Coffman and William M. Dabback


10. And the Melody Still Lingers On: Building Social Capital Through Community Music Participation / Annie Mitchell


11. Mindfulness and Empathetic Considerations for Music Ensemble Directing / Brent Rowan


12. Musica Per Tutti – Community Music as Meaningful, Emancipatory and Affirming to Alternatives to Formal Music Education in Italy / Antonella Coppi and Johann Van Der Sandt


13. Music Technology as an Intuitive and Inclusive Pathway to Musical Thinking, Learning and Doing / Gena Greher


14. Dreaming Big with the Regent Park School of Music / Rich Marsella


15. Creative Community Composition / Pete Moser


Part 3: Community Music: Seeking Relationships with Indigenous Communities


16. Community Music at the Cultural Interface: What the Experiences of Working Alongside First Peoples Can Bring to Our Understandings of C