Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why Was This Book Written? -- What Do We Mean by Community Music? -- Organisation -- Key Features -- 1 Music And Meaning in Community Contexts -- A Musical Society -- How Meaning Is Constructed -- Authentic Self-Identity within the Music Community Collective -- Music Meaning, Perception and Mediation -- Gerard Yun: Meaning Making with Music in Cross-Cultural Contexts -- Patricia Shehan Campbell: Facilitation and Education in Diverse Cultural Settings through Applied Ethnomusicology -- Questions and Topics for Discussion -- References -- 2 Negotiated Curriculum, Non-Formal and Informal Learning -- Formal Education as Socialisation -- Pedagogy for Diverse Community Contexts -- Gillian Howell: Participatory Music with New Arrivals and their Teachers -- Facilitation as Enabling Music Interactions -- Informal Learning -- Non-Formal Learning -- Brent Rowan: Community Wind Bands - 'Your Best is Good Enough!' -- Intergenerational and Lifelong Learning -- Andrea Creech: Making Music with Older People -- Negotiated Curriculum -- Don Coffman: Building Community through Wind Band -- Conclusion -- Questions and Topics for Discussion -- References -- 3 Inclusive and Empathetic Perspectives -- Participatory Music as 'Open-Door' Policy -- Process and Musical Potential -- Phil Mullen: Community Music Engagement with Children and Young People in Challenging Circumstances -- Culturally Responsive Workshop Characteristics -- Donald Devito: Engaging with an Adaptive Curriculum for Diverse Learning Contexts -- Inclusive Action in Participatory Music, Personal and Social Well-Being -- Kelly Laurila: Keeper of Song, Mino Ode Kwewak N'Gamowak (Good Hearted Women Singers) -- Questions and Topics for Discussion