Source note · R060
Development and Maintenance of Identity in Aging Community Music Participants
Retired musicians describe different ways of maintaining identity across community ensembles.
- Setting
- Community bands
- Kind of evidence
- Qualitative & case studies
- Review extent
- Selected sections reviewed
What was studied
An ethnographic dissertation involving seven people with eight affiliations across four Washington State ensembles.
What it contributes
The accounts show variation in how music, retirement and ensemble participation fit into personal identity.
Where the evidence stops
Selected retirees do not represent all older adults. Participants and affiliations must not be counted interchangeably. Tacoma Concert Band in this study is unrelated to Tulsa band lineage.
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.