Resources

Here you’ll find resources for Community Music research and practice, as well as ways for students to get involved in LCMC, including volunteer positions and research positions.

Have a resource to add to our list? Email LCMC@wlu.ca. 

Research Resources

Community Music Learning (Youtube Channel)

Community Music Learning is a channel about negotiation – collaboration – dialogue in community music. CML is hosted by a collaborative international network of community music scholars to provide access and share learning in international community music thinking and practice. The channel emerged out of a winter school at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service in 2020.

Collaborators include: Wilfrid Laurier University, Community Music Netzwerk Deutschland, Community Music Activity Commission, Konzerthaus Dortmund, York St. John's University UK, University of Limerick Ireland, University Hildesheim Germany, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf Germany.

Submissions to the channel can be sent to: alicia.banffy-hall@hs-duesseldorf.de. 

International Journal of Community Music

Launched in 2007, the International Journal of Community Music (ICJM) is a peer-reviewed journal on scholarship focusing on community music in theory and in practice.

The journal also has a podcast ICJM Conversations, available on all podcast platforms and on YouTube): 

• YouTube playlist
• Apple Podcasts

Social Impact of Music-Making Network (SIMM)

Based in Belgium, the SIMM network brings together scholars examining the social impact of music making, with annual symposia and student training opportunities.

International Journal of Music Mediation (IJMM)

Launched in 2024, the IJMM is an interdisciplinary, English-language, double-blind peer-reviewed open access journal dealing with music mediation as a hybrid discipline in all its facets. The journal includes scholarly articles, practice reflections, interviews and conference reports.