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Book Reviews
Book Reviews

welcome alternative to our consum- the arts and smart, eff ective busi- as it brings together local high
erist and individualistic society. The ness practices. school singers with senior citizens
next chapter contains case studies As one might expect, singing in “greeting, sharing, singing to-
of music in the service of wholeness and choirs fi gure prominently gether and socializing result[ing]
and well-being, both physical and among these real-world case studies in a multidimensional experience
mental; as an example, included is throughout the book. These range of socio-relational development,
a study of Singing For Breathing, a from prison choruses, “conven- [the] robust physical and mental
group working in London hospitals tional” community chorus models, activity of singing/learning, and
using singing as physiotherapy for First Nations drum circles, singing the aesthetic-cognitive processes of
those with chronic lung disease. In programmes for new immigrant combining text and music for all

the final chapters, current research children, and many others. No mat- participants in a mutually benefi cial
strategies and methods employed ter their perspective, the reader is manner.” (p. 121)

by community music advocates are likely to find a point of intersection Engaging in Community Music could
discussed (including the unique dif- and inspiration in one or several of serve as a primary text in this bur-

ferences in research and practice these singing entities. geoning field, or as a supplemental
methodologies in community mu- This reviewer found the work resource text in a choral methods
sic making), and the author shares of The Intergenerational Choir course. It is an eye-opening and
great models of the intersection of (London, ON) to be one of these, thoroughly enlivening introduction
to the possibilities of music’s ability
to “reach the whole person” (p. 92),
including those in our communities
and in our care, and for this we are
grateful.
Hold your own. Ian Loeppky

Florence, Alabama

Julian Anderson:
Dialogues on Listening,
Composing and Culture
Julian Anderson and
Christopher Dingle,
The Boydell Press, 2020
458 pp. (hardcover), $80.00,
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