1st Edition

Communities of Musical Practice

By Ailbhe Kenny Copyright 2016
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Every day people come together to make music. Whether amateur or professional, young or old, jazz enthusiasts or rock stars, what is common to all of these musical groups is the potential to create communities of musical practice (CoMP). Such communities are created through practices: ways of engaging, rules, membership, roles, identities and learning that is both shared through collective... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: A Place for Communities of Musical Practice

1. Defining communities of musical practice

2. Investigating communities of musical practice

Part 2: Illustrations of Communities of Musical Practice

3. A jazz community

4. A choral community

5. An online community

Part 3: Insights from Communities of Musical Practice

6. Understanding communities of musical practice

7. Fostering communities of musical practice.

References

Index

Biography

Ailbhe Kenny is Lecturer in Music Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. She is a Fulbright Scholar, holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and publishes internationally in journals, handbooks and edited volumes on music, arts and teacher education.