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| Id | 829 | |
| Author | Habron J., Butterly F., Gordon I., Roebuck A. | |
| Title | Being well, being musical: Music composition as a resource and occupation for older people | |
| Reference | Habron J., Butterly F., Gordon I., Roebuck A.; Being well, being musical: Music composition as a resource and occupation for older people ;British Journal of Occupational Therapy vol:76 issue: 7.0 page:308.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883044725&doi=10.4276%2f030802213X13729279114933&partnerID=40&md5=3a28b97cbdbe22bda18b709a506a4969 |
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| Abstract | Introduction: Participatory music making for older people has tended to focus on singing and performance. In a community music project undertaken by Manchester Camerata (a chamber orchestra), Blacon Community Trust and a small group of older adults, participants were given the opportunity to compose individual pieces of music interactively with professional musicians. This paper reports the findings of the research project. Method: An arts-based research method was adopted and incorporated action research and interpretive interactionism to articulate the experiences and perceptions of participants. Participants and Manchester Camerata musicians also worked together to represent the thematic findings of the research in a group composition. Findings: The findings demonstrate that individual and group music composition contributed to a sense of wellbeing through control over musical materials, opportunities for creativity and identity making, validation of life experience and social engagement with other participants and professional musicians. Conclusion: The results emphasised occupation as essential to health and wellbeing in the later stages of life. The findings also highlight the particularly innovative aspects of this research: (i) the use of music composition as a viable arts-in-health occupation for older people and (ii) the arts-based research method of group composition. |
Introduction: Participatory music making for older people has tended to focus on singing and performance. However while the knowledge base with regard to music making is established and developing the knowledge base relating to the impact of music composition as an occupation is more limited; it is this latter perspective that the Manchester Camerata project sought to address. Constructing the phenomena reconstituting the parts: The research team met with the participants in a group to share their interpretations of the findings which had been merged into three key themes. The findings indi- cate that it not only enabled participants to engage in creative occupation beyond their everyday experience but also added significant meaning to their sense of identity with effects that included a widening of participants occupational range and for the duration of the project a more robust self-belief. Wimpenny K Participatory action research an integrated approach towards practice developments.
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