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This chapter focuses on the aims, scope and purpose of adult music learning and participation within non-formal contexts. We begin by considering the idea of music-making as leisure. The question of whether adult learning is qualitatively different from learning at any other stage of life is discussed, framed by the concepts of andragogy and geragogy. We consider the implications of music learning and participation in adulthood, with regard to rediscovered lost possible selves and the sustenance of lifelong musical possible selves.
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Creech, A., Varvarigou, M., Hallam, S. (2020). Lifelong Musical Possible Selves: Adult Music Learning and Participation. In: Contexts for Music Learning and Participation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48262-6_7
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