On this page, you’ll find links to my academic and other publications. In the ‘Garden of Abstracts’ (below), you’ll find a summary of my acdemic writing, organised around a number of key themes: philosophy, community music, civic imagination, group singing and music(ian) education. Beneath, you’ll find a list summary of everything.
Books
Camlin, D. A. (2023). Music Making and Civic Imagination: A Holistic Philosophy. Intellect.
Camlin, D.A. (2016). Music In Three Dimensions. Doctoral Thesis. Sunderland: University of Sunderland.
Journal Articles
Camlin, D. A. (2026). Community Music is Dead: Long Live Community Music! International Journal of Community Music, Thinking Community Music, 19(2), 115–122. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00150_1
Camlin, D. A. (2025). Music Making as a Global Resource for Sustainable Futures (editorial). International Journal of Community Music, 17(3), 255–263.
Camlin, D. A. (2024). What Does it Mean to Sing With the Earth? Music Education Research,
Camlin, D. A., & Schei, T. B. B. (2024). Reaping the Harvest of Joy: Practitioner Enquiry into Intercultural Group Singing. Australian Voice, 25(1).
Spiro, N., Sanfilippo, K. R. M., McConnell, B. B., Pike-Rowney, G., Bonini Baraldi, F., Brabec, B., Van Buren, K., Camlin, D., Cardoso, T. M., Çifdalöz, B. U., Cross, I., Dumbauld, B., Ettenberger, M., Falkenberg, K., Fouché, S., Frid, E., Gosine, J., graham-jackson, april l., Grahn, J. A., … de Wit, K. (2023). Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course: Introducing the Musical Care International Network. Music & Science, 6, 20592043231200553.
Camlin, D. A., & Lisboa, T. (2021). The Digital ‘Turn’ in Music Education. Music Education Research, 23(2), 129–138.
Camlin, D.A., Daffern, H., Zeserson, K., 2020. Group singing as a resource for the development of a healthy public: a study of adult group singing. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 7, 1–15.
Camlin, D.A., Caulfield, L., Perkins, R., 2020. Capturing the magic: a three-way dialogue on the impact of music on people and society. International Journal of Community Music 13, 157–172.
Daffern, H., Camlin, D.A., Egermann, H., Gully, A.J., Kearney, G., Neale, C., Rees-Jones, J., 2018. Exploring the potential of virtual reality technology to investigate the health and well being benefits of group singing. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 1–22.
Camlin, D.A., 2015. This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours: emphasising dialogue within Participatory Music. International Journal of Community Music 8, 233–257.
Camlin, D.A., 2014. Whose Quality Is It Anyway?Journal of Arts and Communities 6, 99–118.
Camlin, D. A. (forthcoming). Beyond the Dichotomy of Presentational and Participatory: Music Making as Holistic Praxis. In E. M. Morgan-Ellis & M. D. Thibeault, Oxford Handbook of Participatory Music-Making. OUP.
Camlin, D. A. (forthcoming). Music Education and Civic Imagination. In R. Crawford & J. Southcott, Oxford Handbook of Music Education and Neoliberalism. OUP.
Camlin, D. A., Humphrey, R., & Wells, R. (forthcoming). Community Music and Cultural Policy in the UK. In Oxford Handbook of Music Education. OUP.
Camlin, D. A., Yerichuk, D., & Wong, F. (forthcoming). Collective Imaginings. In Community Music and Social Equity. Routledge.
Camlin, D. A. (2026). Music Making and Civic Imagination—A Journey to Terrapolis. In A. Odendaal & D. Treacey (Eds), Ecological Transitions In and Through Music Education (Vol. 41, pp. 69–86). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17922-7
Camlin, D. A. (2026). Music Making as the Performance of Relationships in a Community Context. In H. Moss, K. Fitzpatrick, & T. O’Shea, The Role of Music in Health and Wellbeing Journeys (pp. 183–195). Taylor & Francis Group.
Camlin, D. A., Clements, H., & Perkins, R. (2025). Toward the Civic Conservatoire. In C. Lawson, D. Salazar, & R. Perkins (Eds.), Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire: Critical Perspectives from the Royal College of Music, London (1st edition). Routledge.
Camlin, D. A. (2025). Group Singing as Healthy Public—Sensemaker Case Study. In D. Snowden & E. Jones, Sensemaker: The eBook. Cynefin Centre.
Camlin, D. A., & Reis, H. (2024). Music Making as Holistic Praxis. In L. Higgins & S.-J. Gibson (Eds.), Ethno Music Gatherings: Pedagogy, Experience, Impact (pp. 43–75). Intellect Books.
Camlin, D. A. (2023). Community Music and the Civic Imagination. In H. Minkenberg, Listen to Your Neighbourhood: Musik als Medium kultureller and Sozialer Arbeit (pp. 10–21). Beltz Juventa.
Camlin, D. A. (2022). Encounters with Participatory Music: In M. Dogantan-Dack, The Chamber Musician in the 21st Century (pp. 43–71). OUP.
Camlin, D. A. (2021). Organisational Dynamics in Community Ensembles. In H. Daffern, F. Bailes, & R. Timmers, Together in Music (pp. 24–34). Oxford University Press.
Camlin, D. A. (2021). Recovering our Humanity—What’s Love (and Music) Got to Do with It? In J. Boyce-Tillman & K. Hendricks, Authentic Connection: Music, Spirituality, and Wellbeing (pp. 293–312). Peter Lang UK
Camlin, D. A. (2021). Mind the Gap! In L. Willingham, Community Music at the Boundaries (pp. 72–95). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Camlin, D.A., Zeserson, K., 2018. Becoming a Community Musician: a situated approach to curriculum, content, and assessment, in: Oxford Handbook of Community Music. OUP Oxford, Oxford, pp. 711–733.
Camlin, D.A. 2017. Singing The Rights We Do Not Possess. In: Community Music: beitrage zur Theorie und Praxis aus internationaler und deutscher Perspektive. Munich: Waxmann, pp. 137–148.
Higgins, L. & Willingham, L. 2017. Dave Camlin: Case Study. In: Engaging in Community Music: an introduction. Waterloo: Routledge, pp. 3032–3114.
Book Chapters
Keynotes / Invited Speeches
Camlin, D. A. (2024, October). Community – Music – Education: Imagining a better world through music making. Student Symposium in Music Education and Community Music, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki.
Camlin, D. A. (2023, May). Music Making as a Global Resource for Sustainable Futures. Universidad de los Andes Research Symposium, Bogotá.
Camlin, D. A. (2016, November 14). Libraries Gave Us Power. ICCM Student Research Conference, York St John University.
Blog Posts
Camlin, D.A., 2018. The Word ‘Cope’ and the Word ‘Change.’ Musoc.
Camlin, D.A., 2017. Beyond Binaries. Mus0c.
Camlin, D.A. (n.d.).Being Human.[Online].Dave Camlin.
Magazine Articles
Camlin, D. A. (2022). Musicking for One Health.Sounding Board, 2.
Camlin, D.A. (2015). Be More Human - Sing!Sing Up magazine.
Camlin, D.A. (2014). What’s in a Name?Sounding Board.
Camlin, D.A. (2012). The Class of 2012.Sounding Board. 2012 (3). p.pp. 9–11.
Project Reports
Camlin, D.A. (2012). ArtWorks NE Peer Artist Learning project report. [Online]. Gateshead: Sage Gateshead. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3601.9288.
Cooper, B. (2013). Music Lab Evaluation Report. [Online]. Sage Gateshead.