Author Affiliations: Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music
Artforms: music, songwriting
Program: Oberlin Music at Grafton (OMAG) Prison Choir
Program Description: Five-day workshop involving Documentary Songwriters (DocSong) collaborative songwriting pedagogy
Program (Study) Location: Grafton Correctional Institution, Grafton, Ohio
Participant Type: Adult male
Sample Size: 14
Study Published: 2024
Data Type: Qualitative case-study portraiture design
Evaluation Focus: Prison residents’ songwriting experiences while participating in DocSong group method and the role of the group in the DocSong songwriting experience in a prison
Summary of Impact: Residents participating in program “experienced individual actualization and collective liberation and liberated and restorative music creativity. . . The individuals’ interactions within the group suggested that confidence, patience and the willingness to share were also practised within the songwriting context.”
KEYWORDS: confidence, Documentary Songwriters, patience, songwriting
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