Community Music In Theory and In Practice [Paperback]

Community musicians move in many diverse settings, and facilitate local music activities in a wide array of community contexts including schools, hospitals, places of worship, music festivals, and prisons. Underscoring the importance of active participation and sensitivity to context, they integrate activities such as listening, improvising, inventing and performing while emphasizing equality of opportunity and fostering a diverse and welcoming environment for all. InCommunity Music: In Theory and in Practice, author Lee Higgins, a recognized leader in the study and advocacy of community music, investigates an interventional approach toward active music making outside of formal teaching and learning situations. Situating community music within today's wider musical landscape, Higgins guides the reader through a historical perspective on the movement and an examination of its traits of practice, and concludes with a discussion of future implications and directions for this distinctive and increasingly significant music-making discipline. The first full-length work on the subject,Community Music: In Theory and In Practiceis a must-read for anyone invested in music education, music therapy, applied ethnomusicology, or community cultural development, as well as the practitioners and participants of community music activities.

Contents
1. Opening
Part One: Inheritances and Pathways
2. Community Arts & Community Cultural Development
3. The Growth of Community Music in the UK
4. The Peterborough Community Samba Band
5. International Perspectives
6. Illustrations of Practice
7. Crossfields
Part Two: Interventions and Counterpaths
8. Acts of Hospitality
9. Approaches to Practice
10. Face-to-Face Encounters
11. Cultural Democracy Revisited
12. Another Opening
Notes
References

This book is certainly an event to celebrate!...Lee Higgins brings a rich background as community music practitioner and sl#.