'This Circle of Joy': Meaningful Musicians' Work and the Benefits of Facilitating Singing Groups

Autor/inn/en	Forbes, Melissa; Bartlett, Irene
Titel	'This Circle of Joy': Meaningful Musicians' Work and the Benefits of Facilitating Singing Groups
Quelle	In: Music Education Research, 22 (2020) 5, S.555-568 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Forbes, Melissa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-3808
DOI	10.1080/14613808.2020.1841131
Schlagwörter	Musicians; Singing; Well Being; Facilitators (Individuals); Work Experience; Emotional Response; Participation; Interpersonal Relationship; Success; Music Teachers; Group Activities; Community Programs; Music Education; Foreign Countries; Adults; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiker; Gesang; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Emotionales Verhalten; Teilnahme; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Erfolg; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Gruppenaktivität; Musikerziehung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The complex realities of musicians' portfolio careers highlight the need for research on musicians' wellbeing. Musicians may include community work within their portfolio such as the facilitation of singing groups for health and wellbeing. Until recently, research on these groups has focused primarily on health and wellbeing outcomes for group participants with little discussion of these factors for the facilitators as professional musicians. We recruited eleven facilitators for semi-structured interviews to investigate their work experiences. Informed by positive psychology and the PERMA model for wellbeing, reflexive thematic analysis of interview data produced themes indicating positive wellbeing outcomes for facilitators. Facilitation was experienced as a unique relationship and mode of performance, and as work ideally suited to facilitators' skills and interests. Facilitators' experiences exhibited all five PERMA elements constitutive of wellbeing: positive emotions (P), engagement (E), relationships (R), meaning (M), and accomplishment (A). These findings align with other research on the positive experiences of professional musicians, music educators and singing group participants, while contributing new understanding that facilitation of these groups can offer wellbeing benefits that compliment musicians' livelihoods. This is important knowledge for the facilitators themselves and for university educators who seek to inform the career choices of their students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01