Music as Ethics

Music as Ethics offers a comparative ethnography of four musical communities in Virginia: a monastery, an intentional community, the Richmond city jail, and the city of Richmond, VA. While music's relationship to ethical life differs between each community, ethnographic research suggests that music can serve as a means to a more ethical lifestyle.

Andrew McGraw is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Richmond in Virginia. He has published extensively on music in Southeast Asia, music and ethics, and temporality in Balinese, Javanese, and Cuban musics. In Richmond he facilitates community gamelan and stringband ensembles and a music program in the city jail.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Conceptual Frame
Chapter 2: Holy Cross Monastery
Chapter 3: Twin Oaks Intentional Community
Chapter 4: Richmond Jail
Chapter 5: Richmond City
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Music as Ethics
Notes
References
Index