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IJCM Conversations
The IJCM Conversations Series Podcast is a collaboration between the International Journal of Community Music and the Community Music Learning Youtube Channel. This podcast series is hosted by Alicia de Bánffy-Hall and Roger Mantie. In the series, we interview authors and editors of the International Journal of Community Music about individual issues or articles they wrote or edited for the journal. Our goal is to make the journal’s ideas more accessible.
IJCM Conversations
2 - Music Making and Sustainable Futures with Dave Camlin
In this episode of the IJCM Conversations series, Roger Mantie speaks with Dave Camlin, a lecturer in music education, about his journey into community music, the importance of dialogue in music pedagogy, and the role of sustainability in music making. They discuss the recent special issue on sustainability that Dave guest edited, highlighting diverse contributions from around the world. The conversation also touches on the professionalization of community music and its implications for the field.
Our guest: Dave Camlin is a multi-faceted musician, educator, and researcher based in Cumbria, UK, whose work explores music as a tool for building community and sustainable living. He performs as a singer/songwriter and with groups like vocal quartet Mouthful and The Coast Road collective, while also serving as a Lecturer in Music Education at the Royal College of Music and Trinity-Laban Conservatoire. His research focuses on group singing, music and wellbeing, and community music practice, and he actively leads community choirs and music projects throughout his region.
Take a look at Dave Camlin's article "Music Making and Sustainable Futures" in the IJCM here: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ijcm/17/3
More information about the International Journal of Community Music:
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ijcm