Community Music: History and Current Practice, its Constructions of 'Community', Digital Turns and Future Soundings
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Salford
Department Name: Sch of Media, Music & Performance
Abstract
The UK has been a pivotal national player within the development of community music practice. In the UK community music developed broadly from the 1960s and had a significant burgeoning period in the 1980s. Community music nationally and internationally has gone on to build a set of practices, a repertoire, an infrastructure of organisations, qualifications and career paths. There are elements of cultural and debatably pedagogic innovations in community music. These have to date only partly been articulated and historicised within academic research.
This document brings together and reviews research under the headings of history and definitions; practice; repertoire; community; pedagogy; digital technology; health and therapy; policy and funding, and impact and evaluation. A 90-entry, 22,000 word annotated bibliography was also produced (McKay and Higham 2011). An informed group of 15 practitioners and academics reviewed the authors? initial findings at a knowledge exchange colloquium and advised on further investigation. Some of the gaps in research identified are: an authoritative history, an examination of repertoire, the relationship with other music (practice), the freelance practitioner career, evidence of impact and value, the potential for a pedagogy.
This document brings together and reviews research under the headings of history and definitions; practice; repertoire; community; pedagogy; digital technology; health and therapy; policy and funding, and impact and evaluation. A 90-entry, 22,000 word annotated bibliography was also produced (McKay and Higham 2011). An informed group of 15 practitioners and academics reviewed the authors? initial findings at a knowledge exchange colloquium and advised on further investigation. Some of the gaps in research identified are: an authoritative history, an examination of repertoire, the relationship with other music (practice), the freelance practitioner career, evidence of impact and value, the potential for a pedagogy.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
George McKay (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
McKay, George
(2012)
Annotated Bibliography of Community Music Research Review
McKay G
(2012)
Community music: History and current practice, its constructions of 'community', digital turns and future soundings, an Arts and Humanities Research Council research review
in International Journal of Community Music
Description | The UK has been a pivotal national player within the development of community music practice. In the UK community music developed broadly from the 1960sand had a significant burgeoning period in the 1980s. Community musicnationally and internationally has gone on to build a set of practices, arepertoire, an infrastructure of organisations, qualifications and career paths. There are elements of cultural and debatably pedagogic innovations incommunity music. These have to date only partly been articulated andhistoricised within academic research. This document brings together and reviews research under the headings of history and definitions; practice; repertoire; community; pedagogy; digitaltechnology; health and therapy; policy and funding, and impact and evaluation. A 90-entry, 22,000 word annotated bibliography was also produced (McKay and Higham 2011). An informed group of 15 practitioners and academics reviewed the authors' initial findings at a knowledge exchange colloquium and advised onfurther investigation. Some of the gaps in research identified are: an authoritative history, an examination of repertoire, the relationship with other music (practice), the freelance practitioner career, evidence of impact and value,the potential for a pedagogy. |
Exploitation Route | Of relevance and interest to community music and community arts practitioners. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education |
URL | http://georgemckay.org/jazz/community-music/ |
Description | They have been used in practitioner field of community music itself. |
First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
Sector | Creative Economy,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | Community gardening, creativity and everyday culture |
Amount | £79,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/J006866/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2012 |
End | 07/2013 |
Description | Community gardening, creativity and everyday culture |
Amount | £79,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/J006866/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Innovative Practice in Living Archives, Digital Creativity and Music-Making |
Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Department | Research England |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2020 |
End | 11/2020 |
Description | Understanding changing community cultures and histories and patterns of connectivity within and between communities |
Amount | £359,888 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/K503368/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2012 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | Understanding changing community cultures and histories and patterns of connectivity within and between communities |
Amount | £359,888 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/K503368/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2012 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | Community Music: unorthodox music education and improvisation in Britain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Conference paper, European Jazz / Rhythm Changes HERA project international conference, Amsterdam Conservatium, NL A conference paper on the place of UK free improvised music in the development of radical education practice of community music in the 1960s and 1970s . An audio recording of the presentation can be accessed here: http://www.rhythmchanges.net/george |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | UEA London Lecture 2019: Popular music and disability |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | C 150 people attended a public lecture, one of an annual series organised by University of East Anglia, called the UEA London Lectures. The topic drew on McKay's research expertise in popular music and the disabled body, different embodiments and voices from rock n roll onwards. There were many questions and lively debate from audience members, scholarly, informed, anecdotal, and personal. This continued in a very lively way at the post-lecture reception. A pre-lecture short film showing McKay introducing the topic was made as taster and is available on Youtube. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnXvwpJvsmE |
Description | University of Sheffield, Digital Folk conference, speaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An AHRC Connected Communities project event. Part of a day about collaborative research across music, technology, industry, academia. Discussion about community music practice and history, enhanced awareness of participatory arts reported |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Unpicking community music research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Article in UK's practitioners' magazine Sounding Board, written for community musicians. about the AHRC scoping review and the project symposium Community musicians reported bak that this article helped inform their understanding of academy research in the field, and its possible value. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |