Source note · R025
Composing for Amateurs—A Practical Exploration of Interactive Creativity and Socio-musical Relationships
Submitted in 2021; doctorate awarded in 2022.
A composer’s work with amateur ensembles explores trust, challenge and flexible creative roles.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Qualitative & case studies
- Review extent
- Selected sections reviewed
What was studied
A practice-based doctorate drawing on work with choirs, brass ensembles and orchestras; submitted in 2021 and awarded in 2022.
What it contributes
The projects examine how creative decisions and relationships develop together, including difficult and unsatisfactory experiences.
Where the evidence stops
The composer also evaluates the practice. These contrasting cases do not test whether participatory composition improves retention or establish a universal model for amateur ensembles.
About this review
This is a targeted review of selected sections. The record should not be read as an appraisal of the entire work.
Source note updated September 7, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.