From Hal Leonard to F**K: A community concert band's mid-life crisis

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Folk music has become a much broader term and even gained some status in classical circles through the collaboration of musicians such as Nigel Kennedy and Itzhak Perlman with bands such as Kroke and Klezmatics. No longer considered the F... word, many classical musicians admit to enjoying listening to and even emulating the looser style of playing in their own performances. Community music is another area that has begun to seriously embrace folk music. The discussion in this paper will utilize three characteristics of a community of practice; domain; community; and practice in order to map the rapid growth and popularity of a community band (The Con Artists), which made the decision to embrace folk/world music. The Con Artists, an all age’s community band, combines young students; adult community musicians; and some of the regions most prominent folk musicians. With a vast line-up of wind, brass, percussion and string instruments, the bands high energy repertoire is influenced by the

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