Conductors’ perspectives of Kansas prison choirs

International Journal of Community Music

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-333

  Cohen, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; choirs; community; prison; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906601890     PISSN: 17526299     EISSN: 17526302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/ijcm.1.3.319_1     Document Type: Article

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