Engaging in Community Music

Engaging in Community Music: An Introduction focuses on the processes involved in designing, initiating, executing, and evaluating community music practices. Designed for both undergraduate and graduate students, in community music programs and related fields of study alike, this co-authored textbook provides explanations, case examples, and 'how-to' activities supported by a rich research base. The authors have also interviewed key practitioners in this distinctive field, encouraging interviewees to reflect on aspects of their work in order to illuminate best practices within their specializations and thereby establishing a comprehensive narrative of case study illustrations.

Lee Higgins is the Director of the International Centre of Community Music in York St John University, UK, and is the current President of the International Society of Music Education (2016-2018). Lee Willingham is Associate Professor in music and directs the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Introduction 1. Music and Meaning in Community Contexts 2. Negotiated Curriculum, Nonformal and Informal Learning 3. Community Music, Inclusive, Empathetic Perspectives 4. Strategic Leadership and Facilitation 5. Mindfulness, Activism and Justice 6. Wholeness and Wellbeing 7. Culture of Inquiry 8. Careers and Management 9. Ways Forward