Pedagogies for Later-Life Music Learning and Participation

Facilitating Creative Musical Development in Later-Life
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-031-87138-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

This open access book presents evidence-based participant and facilitator perspectives on later-life music learning and participation. The chapters explore the principles and practices that can facilitate and support meaningful music-making in a range of non-formal later-life contexts, highlighting consistent as well as context-specific pedagogical issues. Case study examples are used to examine issues relating to pedagogy as improvisation, the use of technology to support creativity and meaningful music experience, facilitation of the use of music for creativity, sense of belonging, musical identities and musical development in later-life, and more. The book concludes with an innovative and creative pedagogical model to support critical reflection on values, frameworks, and practices in later-life music learning and participation. The book will be accessible and relevant for music researchers and educators, music education students and community music leaders alike.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Creech, Andrea

Enright, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Pedagogies for music learning and participation in later-life: Setting the scene( ).- Chapter 2. Relational pedagogies for later-life learning participation( ).- Chapter 3. Building community within online later-life creative community music( ).- Chapter 4. Embracing the unexpected: Improvisational pedagogy for collaborative music-making in a care home setting ( ).- Chapter 5. Later-life creative musical experience: Pedagogies for creativity in lifelong music learning and participation ( ).- Chapter 6. The Circle of Music Choir for those living with dementia, their partner caregivers, and teen volunteers: Incorporating technology as necessity ( ).- Chapter 7. Popular music as a resource for exploring later-life identities in music ( ).- Chapter 8. Facilitating later-life community music learning in offline and online contexts ( ).- Chapter 9. Adapting to change: A community band’s journey in using technology to continue music-making during the pandemic ( ).- Chapter 10. Pedagogies for later-life music learning and participation: critical reflections ( ).

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Creech is Professor of Music Pedagogy at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada. Andrea’s research has covered a wide range of issues in formal and informal music education contexts, including interpersonal dynamics in instrumental learning, informal learning, inclusion, lifelong learning and active ageing with music, and music for positive youth development.

Colin Enright is a music educator, conductor, and PhD candidate in Music Education at McGill University, Canada. Colin’s research is focused on group music in community and educational settings and its effects on mental health, resilience, and general wellbeing.