Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
Introducing musical participation -- Becoming a musician : dilemmas and definitions -- Music and individual experience : learning, self-discovery and development -- Music and group experience : rehearsing and performing with others -- Identifying with music : preservation and promotion -- The participant audience : listening and belonging -- Fostering musical participation : educational perspectives and implications -- Conclusions : understanding musical participation.
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'Valuing Musical Participation' explores the musical involvement of participants in a variety of settings in an attempt to arrive at an understanding of their motivations, values and experiences and so to theorise more widely about the contribution of music to social and personal fulfilment.