Community Music Education A Key Youth Wellbeing Strategy
- John Weeks
- Apr 13
- 1 min read
If you are interested, here is the Podcast link to John Week’s interview with Jason Gooby, Senior Lecturer in Music Education in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University and Fullbright Scholar, last Monday 6 April 2026.
Podcast site
Move the audio slider to this time 0:09:50 to hear the interview.
Improving the wellbeing of young people is an international priority.
The World Health Organization has reported that suicide is now the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 29-years-old globally, and is strongly correlated to youth mental illness.
A new research study led by Dr Jason Goopy, Senior Lecturer in Music Education in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University and Fullbright Scholar, has investigated the positive impact of community music education programs (CMEPs) in regional Australia.
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