Source note · R042
Online Group Music-Making in Community Concert Bands: Perspectives From Conductors and Older Amateur Musicians
Online band activity maintained some contact while exposing limits of technology and shared music making.
- Setting
- Community bands
- Kind of evidence
- Qualitative & case studies
- Review extent
- Selected sections reviewed
What was studied
Six interviews in Montreal’s New Horizons setting: three younger conductors and three older amateur musicians aged 67–79.
What it contributes
Participants described continuity, teaching adaptations and technical barriers during online group activity.
Where the evidence stops
People without the skills or resources to participate were not represented. There was no follow-up of return to in-person activity. A related book chapter concerns the same ensemble but a different participant group.
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
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.