Playing for Keeps: A Paper on Community Banding by Dr Kevin Cameron

(Published in the MCA Music Forum, Vol. 156, No. 3, May-July 2010)

Brass and concert bands have long had an important place in community music making in Australia.

Kevin Cameron examines the origins and progression of community bands, the place of community music in the wider arts environment, and discusses the difficulties encountered by community music organisations in accessing funding support, particularly in South Australia.

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