François Matarasso

Geoff Baker is a musician and academic specialising in the music of Latin America, with a particular focus on education, community music and questions of social impact. He has just published Musicking in a relational key: music education and community music for a time of metacrisis, which, in his words, 

Questions the dominant model of “social action through music,” exemplified by Venezuela’s El Sistema, and proposes alternatives centred on relationality: the idea that human flourishing depends on our connections with one another and with the wider web of life.

Although Geoff has a different approach to mine, his work resonates, so I’m eager to read this latest instalment. And we have a common commitment to making our work freely available: Musicking in a relational can be read online or as a PDF. Even though I’ve not read it yet, I recommend it without a moment’s hesitation.