4 - The New Horizons Music International movement with Don Coffman

In this conversation, Don Coffman discusses his involvement in community music and the International Journal of Community Music. He shares how he became involved in the field and his role in the New Horizons movement. Don also talks about his role as an associate editor of the International Journal of Community Music and how the journal has evolved over the years. He highlights the importance of the journal in promoting research and scholarship in community music. We then discuss his own articles published in the journal and focuses on his most recent paper “Looking back and looking forward: A content analysis of the International Journal of Community Music, 2007–2022” which he wrote together with his son Nic Coffman.  Finally, he shares his perspective on the future of the journal under new senior editorship.Our guest: Don Coffman is professor and chair of the Department of Music Education and Music Therapy at the University of Miami (USA). He has been part of the senior editorial team of the International Journal of Community Music since its inception.https://people.miami.edu/profile/07010f7116e81ae7d5b4825441813ba8 More information about the International Journal of Community Music:https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-community-music