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Community Orchestras

Community Orchestras is a collective musical ensemble, belonging to the broader category of community music practices, distinguished by its focus on orchestral performance and participation open to amateur and non-professional musicians within a local or shared community context, typically organized outside formal professional or conservatory institutions.

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Citations

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Authors

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

25

El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela's youth

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 178 citations

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The Orchestra: Origins and Transformations

John Spitzer, Joan Peyser · Notes · 1988 · 115 citations

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Ageing and the orchestra: Self-efficacy and engagement in community music-making

Jennifer MacRitchie, Sandra Garrido · Psychology of Music · 2019 · 58 citations

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Orchestras as “Ensembles of Possibility”: Understanding the Experience of Orchestral Musicians Through the Lens of Communities of Practice

Helena Gaunt, Melissa C. Dobson · Mind Culture and Activity · 2014 · 47 citations

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The Orchestration of Civil Society: Community and Conscience in Symphony Orchestras

Tina K. Ramnarine · Ethnomusicology Forum · 2011 · 46 citations

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Authors

41

  1. EB
    Eric Booth

    Major League Baseball, United States

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  2. MC
    Melissa C. Dobson

    Guildhall School of Music and Drama, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  3. DL
    David Lines

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. HG
    Helena Gaunt

    Guildhall School of Music and Drama, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  5. JM
    Jennifer MacRitchie

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    1 publications · 58 citations

    1

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Institutions

25

  1. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. Kettering University

    Flint, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  4. Boğaziçi University

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira

    Howrah, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  6. University of Winchester

    Winchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

  7. SUNY New Paltz

    New Paltz, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  8. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    116 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Community Music

    IJCM · 3 publications · 56 citations

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  2. Teaching Artist Journal

    TAJ · 2 publications · 53 citations

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  3. Psychology of Music

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  4. Managerial and Decision Economics

    MDE · 1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. Yearbook for Traditional Music

    1 publications · 16 citations

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