Community music: Australia’s ‘unsung hero’
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Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2009
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Community music is a vibrant and widespread phenomenon in Australia, enriching the lives of millions of people across the country. It is flourishing in every imaginable location from bustling urban centres to remote outback towns, and people are participating in vast numbers. Notwithstanding this vibrancy, much of this activity remains hidden from the outside world. This invisibility seems to stem from community music’s greatest strength: strong local engagement and support, often leading to relative independence from external drivers and forces.Community music is a vibrant and widespread phenomenon in Australia, enriching the lives of millions of people across the country. It is flourishing in every imaginable location from bustling urban centres to remote outback towns, and people are participating in vast numbers. Notwithstanding this vibrancy, much of this activity remains hidden from the outside world. This invisibility seems to stem from community music’s greatest strength: strong local engagement and support, often leading to relative independence from external drivers and forces.
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Journal Title
Music Forum
Volume
15
Issue
4
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© 2009 Music Council of Australia. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Musicology and Ethnomusicology