Community, commitment, and the ten 'commandments' : singing in the coro furlan Southcott, Jane and Joseph, Dawn 2011, Community, commitment, and the ten 'commandments' : singing in the coro furlan, in RIME 2011 : The proceedings of the 7th International Conference for Research in Music Education, [The Conference], [Devon, England], pp. 73-73. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Community, commitment, and the ten 'commandments' : singing in the coro furlan Author(s) Southcott, Jane Joseph, Dawn orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-900X Conference name International Conference for Research in Music Education (7th : 2011 : Devon, England) Conference location Devon, England Conference dates 12-16 Apr. 2011 Title of proceedings RIME 2011 : The proceedings of the 7th International Conference for Research in Music Education Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2011 Conference series Research in Music Education Conference Start page 73 End page 73 Publisher [The Conference] Place of publication [Devon, England] Keyword(s) choir Summary Successful ageing involves maintaining well-being and actively engaging with life through the making and sustaining of relationships within community. Membership of community music groups by older people can enhance quality of life, give a sense of fulfillment, offer the possibility for personal growth and create a platform through which they share and celebrate cultural identity and diversity. This study explores community and cultural engagement by members of the Coro Furlan, an Italian male community choir in Melbourne, Australia. This case study is part of a current wider research project, Well-being and ageing: community, diversity and the arts in Victoria (Australia), begun in 2008, which explores how the arts foster well-being in ageing communities. In this case study, members of the Coro Furlan volunteered to participate in a focus group interview in 2009. The transcript was analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis which seeks to explore the lived world of participants. Analysis of the data identified three broad themes: a sense of community, the maintenance of cultural identity and sustaining a sense of well-being through shared music making. The findings demonstrate the strength of the bonds formed by choir membership with high levels of commitment reflected in their ten ‘Commandments’ that were first documented in Italian in the 1970s. The choir members consider themselves to be the custodians of Friulian choral music in Australia, as well as performers of music from Italy and other countries. Singing in this choir has offered the predominantly older members an opportunity to value, learn, and share music in formal and informal settings. This paper identifies how music engagement can facilitate successful ageing through commitment to community, singing and following the ten ‘Commandments’ of the Coro Furlan. Language eng Field of Research 190409 Musicology and Ethnomusicology Socio Economic Objective 950101 Music HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035387 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts School of International and Political Studies Related Links Link Description Connect to conference website Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 14:22:57 EST Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 14:23:56 EST Wed, 15 Jun 2011, 11:43:51 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2011, 15:08:40 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2011, 15:21:14 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2011, 15:21:59 EST Fri, 08 Jul 2011, 10:18:45 EST Fri, 08 Jul 2011, 10:25:54 EST Fri, 08 Jul 2011, 10:30:13 EST Wed, 19 Sep 2012, 15:15:41 EST Thu, 20 Sep 2012, 09:18:29 EST Wed, 20 Mar 2013, 11:13:59 EST Mon, 13 Jan 2014, 14:33:57 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 19:44:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 221 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 14:22:42 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas