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Welcome

We are pleased to announce that the International Journal of Community Music is now available in both print and electronic formats from Intellect Publishers. See “Subscriptions” for ordering information.

This site will continue to operate permanently as an “Archive” of all articles from our previous online issues.

The International Journal of Community Music is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research articles, practical discussions, timely reviews, readers’ notes and special issues concerning all aspects of Community Music.

Our editorial board is composed of leading international scholars spanning diverse disciplines.

"Community Music" has many meanings and takes many forms depending on several variables. For example: (a) the people involved (e.g., "community music workers" and/or musicians, clients, or students); (b) the communities and institutions involved; (c) the aims, purposes, or needs that a Community Music program intends to achieve; (d) the relationships between a given Community Music program and its geographical, social, economic, religious, cultural, and/or historic circumstances; and (e) the financial support a Community Music program receives, or not.

Accordingly, the Editorial Board of the IJCM holds an open concept of Community Music.

For readers who wish a basic starting point, we suggest (we merely suggest) that Community Music may be thought as...music teaching-learning interactions and transactions that occur ‘outside’ traditional music institutions (e.g., university music departments, public schools, conservatories) and/or music teaching-learning interactions and transactions that operate in relation to traditional institutions.

We wish to thank everyone who has visited the online IJCM since 2004. Please continue to support our community of scholars and practitioners through the new IJCM, the Community Music Activity Commission of the International Society for Music Education (www.isme.org), and your national and regional community music associations.

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