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Chapter 4 - Music across Six Senior Centers

from Part II - An Experiential View of Music in Senior Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

Lisa J. Lehmberg  and
C. Victor Fung
Lisa J. Lehmberg
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
C. Victor Fung
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
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This chapter brings a deeper dive into the types of musical activities found in six senior centers. Music-related activities fell into four categories: (a) passive listening to music, (b) active listening to music, (c) purposeful or deliberate movement to music, and (d) music-making. Descriptions of each type of activity are illustrated with the words of those who participated in them or led them, as well as senior center managers and staff. Musical activities included concert, German, polka, and jazz bands; ukulele and guitar groups; a harmonica club; choirs and choruses; and karaoke groups. The chapter closes with insights drawn from this close-range view of music in senior centers, organized under the emergent themes of (a) active and welcoming, (b) variety and choice, (c) prevalence, (d) musical development, (e) enjoyment, and (f) connection.

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music educationmusic participationmusic listeningmusical activities in senior centersmusic-makingmovement to musicolder adult music participationsenior center clientssenior center staff
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Music, Senior Centers, and Quality of Life , pp. 65 - 99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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