Kari K. Veblen 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 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 imaginistic interdisciplinary work, Blues and American roots music, Mexican folk art, and British motorcycles.

Marissa Silverman 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 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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOREWORD
Lee Higgins
LIST OF FIGURES

Chapter 1. The Tapestry: Introducing Community Music
Kari Veblen
Section I: COMMUNITY MUSIC IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
Chapter 2. North America: Historical Foundations
Jeff Bush, Andrew Krikun
Chapter 3. Community Music in the United Kingdom
Kathryn Deane, Phil Mullen

Chapter 4. Community Music in the Nordic Countries: Politics,
Research, Programs, and Educational Significance
Sidsel Karlsen, Heidi Westerlund, Heidi Partti, Einar Solbu

Chapter 5. Community Music in Africa: Perspectives from South Africa,
Kenya, and Eritrea
Elizabeth Oehrle, David Akombo, Elias Weldegebriel
Chapter 6. Community Music in Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa
Brydie Leigh Bartleet, Shelley Brunt, Anja Tait, and Catherine Trelfall

Chapter 7. Community Music in East Asia
Chi Cheung Leung, Mari Siobara, Christine Yau
Section II: INTERCONNECTIONS
Chapter 8. Intergenerational Music Learning in Community and Schools
Carol Beynon, Chris Alfano

Chapter 9. Music Learning as a Lifespan Endeavor
David Myers, Chelcy Bowles, Will Dabback

Chapter 10. Community Music Through Authentic Engagement:
Bridging Community, School, and University Programs
Sylvia Chong, Deborah Rohwer, Donna Emmanuel, Nathan Kruse
Rineke Smilde

Chapter 11. Digital Community: Sharing, Teaching, Exploring
Stephen J. Messenger

III: MARGINALIZED MUSICS AND COMMUNITIES

Chapter 12. Marginalized Communities: Reaching Those Falling
Outside Socially Accepted Norms
Sheila Woodward, Catherine Pestano

Chapter 13. Person Growth through Music: The Oakdale Prison
Community Choir and Community Music for Homeless Populations
In New York City
Mary Cohen, Marissa Silverman

Chapter 14. Reaching out to Participants who are Challenged
Donald De Vito, Arthur Gill

Chapter 15. Diverse Communities, Inclusive Practice
Magali Kleber, Dochy Lichtenstein, Claudia Gluschankof

IV: PERFORMING ENSEMBLES: ARTISTRY, ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Chapter 16. Community Choirs: Expressions of Identity through
Vocal Performance
Susan Avery, Casey Hayes, Cindy Bell

Chapter 17. Instrumental Ensembles: Community Case
Studies from Brazil and the USA
Don Coffman, Joel Barbosa

Chapter 18. Expressing Faith through Vocal Performance
Hussein Janmohamed, Cindy Bell, Mehnaz Thawer

Chapter 19. Community Music and Sustainability Worldwide:
Ecosystems of Engaged Music Making
Huip Schippers, Richard Letts

Chapter 20. Resources in Community Music
Janice Waldron, Steven Moser, Kari Veblen

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