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Music participation for older people: Five choirs in Victoria, Australia

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posted on 2024-06-05, 10:56 authored by Dawn JosephDawn Joseph, J Southcott
In Australia and across the globe music participation by older people active in the community has the potential to enhance quality of life. A recent review of the literature found clear evidence of numerous benefits from participation in active music making that encompass the social, physical and psychological. This article reports on five phenomenological case studies of community singing groups comprised of older people active in the community in Melbourne, Victoria. These studies are part of a research project, Well-being and Ageing: Community, Diversity and the Arts in Victoria that began in 2008. Interview data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis and are reported under three overarching themes: Social connection, A sense of well-being, and Musical engagement. For older people in these studies singing in community choirs offered opportunities for social cohesion, positive ageing, and music learning that provided a sense of personal and group fulfilment, community engagement and resilience.

History

Journal

Research Studies in Music Education

Volume

40

Pagination

176-190

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

1321-103X

eISSN

1834-5530

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, The Author(s)

Issue

2

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD