Source note · R001
Pedagogies for Later-Life Music Learning and Participation: Facilitating Creative Musical Development in Later-Life
Later-life music learning calls for responsive teaching, meaningful choices and attention to who can take part.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Reviews & synthesis
- Review extent
- Selected chapters reviewed
What was studied
An edited scholarly collection of cases and conceptual chapters, largely about older adults in Canadian music settings. Selected chapters were reviewed.
What it contributes
The chapters offer examples of adapting instruction, creative activity and technology to participants. Relationships and individual choice matter alongside musical development.
Where the evidence stops
The cases mostly concern people already participating, often with substantial resources. Some chapters share settings or participants. The collection does not establish a universal teaching method or a clinical effect.
A shared ensemble setting with different participants
The later-life learning book includes Montreal New Horizons work, and the online band article concerns the same ensemble. The reviewed chapter and article use different participant groups; a shared setting does not mean identical samples.
About this review
The appraisal covers selected chapters and relevant limitations, not all chapters of the edited collection.
Source note updated September 7, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.