Community music: a handbook

Mckay, GA 2005, Community music: a handbook , Russell House, Lyme Regis.

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Abstract

A book of ideas, a catalogue of experience, a mass of personal stories, a collection of inspiring musical exercises and a historical perspective. Community musicmaking is exploding across Britain and this book will help you develop new insights into the practice of running workshops and making new music with people, whatever their culture, skill or background. In McKay's own chapter in the book, as he writes: 'The aim of this chapter is twofold. First, it traces the historical development of the idea of community music. It does this with particular emphasis on community music’s relation to aspects of the 1960s countercultural project and its legacy. This involves looking at the role of free jazz in music education, links with the burgeoning community arts movement, the radical politics and social ideas frequently claimed by those central to community music. Community music remains imbued with the spirit of improvisation, and I think it important to acknowledge the special role played by that particular music (as opposed to, say, classical music outreach teams, grassroots folk or more recent world music projects) in its development. Second it narrates the development of the More Music in Morecambe community music project through the 1990s, its successes and (mini-)crises, its beliefs and practices. It considers the origins of MMM in some of the earlier musical/theatrical performance practice of Welfare State International, and locates MMM in the context of the rise of community music as a social-cultural phenomenon in Britain. This involves discussion of ways in which the radicalism or idealism of some of early community music has been knocked and/or maintained'.

Item Type:	Book
Editors:	Moser, Pete and McKay, George
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races Subjects / Themes > M Music and Books on Music > M Music Subjects / Themes > L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education Subjects / Themes > M Music and Books on Music > MT Musical instruction and study Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Publisher:	Russell House
Refereed:	Yes
ISBN:	9781903855706
Funders:	Arts Council England (ACE), More Music Morecambe
Depositing User:	Prof George McKay
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2009 15:14
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 22:10
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/2283

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