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International Journal of Community Music (IJCM)

IJCM publishes research articles, practical discussions, timely reviews, readers' notes and special issues concerning all aspects of Community Music.

The editor is Professor Lee Higgins, Director of the ICCM. The editorial board is composed of leading international scholars and practitioners spanning diverse disciplines that reflect the scope of Community Music practice and theory.

The inaugural issue of the International Journal of Community Music was published in 2008. 

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Transform: New voices in community music research

Transform is an open-access, online, peer-refereed journal for emerging scholars working in the field of community music.

Flowing from the organized and curated by the ICCM, students and early career researchers make-up the editorial and production team. Transform provides its collaborators with a 360º experience of the scholarly publication process.

The inaugural issue of Transform: New voices in community music research was published in November 2018.

Publications

2020

  • Ethno Research: Pilot Reports 2019 (2020). https://www.ethnoresearch.org/publication/pilot-case-studies-2019/
  • Currie, R., Higgins, M., Brindle, T., & Clift, S. (2020). Singing for Health in Morecambe.
  • Higgins, L. (2020). Rethinking Community in Community Music: The Call, the Welcome, and the 'Yes’. In B. Jansen (Ed.), Rethinking Community through Transdisciplinary Research (pp. 231- 246). Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Higgins, L. (2020). Improvisation as experience in music education: Context and ideas. In K. S. Astuti, G. McPherson, B. Sugeng, N. Kurniasari, C. Drake, Ashadi, E. Retnowati, & A. C. Pierewan (Eds.), 21st Century Innovation in Music Education (pp. 1-8). London: Routledge.

2019

  • Currie, R., & Higgins, L. (2019). From Problem to Progression: [Re}conceptualizing a Young People's Music Program in the UK. In B. Kaufman & L. Scripp (Eds.), Music Learning as Youth Development (pp. 95 - 112). New York: Routledge.
  • Campbell, P. S., & Higgins, L. (2019). Intersections between ethnomusicology, music education, and community music. In S. Pettan & J. T. Titon (Eds.), Public Ethnomusicology, Education, Archives and Commerce (pp. 156-188). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Higgins, L. (2019). Community Music: In Theory and in Practice (Korean Translation). New York: Oxford University Press.

2018

  • Bartleet, B.-L., & Higgins, L. (Eds.). (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Community Music. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Coffman, D., & Higgins, L. (2018). Community Music Ensembles. In G. McPherson & G. F. Welch (Eds.), Vocal, Instrumental, and Ensemble Learning and Teaching: An Oxford Handbook of Music Education (Vol. 3, pp. 301-316). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Higgins, L. (2018). The Community in Community Music. In G. McPherson & G. F. Welch (Eds.), Special Needs, Community Music, and Adult Learning: An Oxford Handbook of Music Education (Vol. 4, pp. 104-119). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Higgins, L., & Bartleet, B.-L. (2018). The Community Music Facilitator and School Music Education. In G. McPherson & G. F. Welch (Eds.), Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence: An Oxford Handbook of Music Education (Vol. 2, pp. 277-294). New York: Oxford University Press.

2017

  • Higgins, L., & Willingham, L. (2017). Engagement in Community Music: An introduction. New York: Routledge.
  • Higgins, L. (2017). Community Music verstechen - Theorie ans Praxis. In B. Hill & A. d. Banffy-Hall (Eds.), Community Music - Beiträge zur Theorie und Praxis aus internationaler und deutscher Perspektive (pp. 45-61). Waxmann: Münster.
  • de Bánffy-Hall, A., Higgins, L., & Kellmeyer, T. (2017). Community Music meets Stadttheater. Theater der Zeit(26), 140-142.

2016

  • Higgins, L. (2016). My Voice is Important Too: Non-Formal Music Experiences and Young People. In G. McPherson (Ed.),The Child as Musician (2nd ed., pp. 594-605). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • 히긴스, 리. (2016) 세계 생활예술오케스트라 포럼 발표집. (Korean translation: Community Orchestras and Community Music: Working Together Towards a Dynamic Future). 서울. 세종문화회관.

2015

  • Higgins, L. (2015). Hospitable Music Making Community Music as a Site for Social Justice. In C. Benedict, P. Schmidt, G. Spruce, & P. G. Woodford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice and Music Education (pp. 446-455). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Campbell, P. S., & Higgins, L. (2015). Intersections between ethnomusicology, music education, and community music. In S. Pettan (Ed.), Applied Ethnomusicology. (pp. 638-688). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Higgins, L., & Campbell, P. S. (2015). Ideas for Instrumental Music Making. In S. L. Burton & A. H. Snell (Eds.), Engaging Music Practices: A sourcebook for Instrumental Music. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Education.
  • Mantie, R., & Higgins, L. (2015). Paideia con Salsa: Charles Keil, Groovology, and the Undergraduate Music Curriculum. Symposium, 55.
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