Source note · R020
Wellbeing in Brass Bands: The Benefits and Challenges of Group Music Making
Brass band members report friendship, purpose and musical challenge alongside pressures and physical concerns.
- Setting
- Community bands
- Kind of evidence
- Survey & observational
- Review extent
- Main text reviewed
What was studied
An online survey of 346 current adult brass band participants using self-reported experiences.
What it contributes
Members described valued social and musical experiences. They also reported anxiety, interpersonal difficulty, time demands, pain and concerns about hearing.
Where the evidence stops
The survey did not objectively test health outcomes or establish causation. A percentage summarizing coded quotations must not be presented as the percentage of people who benefited.
About this review
The main text was reviewed for its methods, reported findings and limits. This source note is an editorial summary, not a reproduction of the work.
Source note updated September 7, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.