This paper discusses the link between community music improvisation and the integration of refugees, asylum seekers and local residents, and proposes a new way of thinking about priority-setting in refugee integration and rehabilitation support schemes. Drawing on observations and interviews with an integrated music group in Wales, we explore the effect of participating in structured musical activities and improvisation in weekly meetings, as well as at public performances in community arts events. We observed that embedding improvisation led to four outcomes. It (i) encouraged individual unscripted performances, instilling confidence in solo performance, (ii) gave individuals who had experienced displacement and marginalisation a chance to lead in a safe, performative space, (iii) gave other participants a chance to follow and accompany this piece instrumentally or vocally, drawing on their own cultural traditions and thus creating innovative cross-cultural pieces; and (iv) provided participants and audience members with a unique and unrepeated, uplifting experience that triggered their imaginations, and prompted questions and further discussion between participants. These findings suggest that the combination of structured musical activity and improvisation may help to foster a sense of wellbeing and social inclusion, shift power dynamics, and create a space for cross-cultural dialogue. These unique outcomes highlight how music can create a community of people from seemingly completely different locations or situations. Furthermore, the well-established Welsh choral traditions and local community arts provided a receptive environment for this diverse group of performers. Therefore, it was not just the musical activities but their connection to the wider local community arts scene that delivered these individual, collective and wider societal benefits.

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社区音乐带来的福祉和融合：即兴创作在难民、寻求庇护者和当地社区成员的音乐团体中的作用

本文讨论了社区音乐即兴创作与难民、寻求庇护者和当地居民的融合之间的联系，并提出了一种关于难民融合和康复支持计划优先级设定的新思路。根据对威尔士综合音乐团体的观察和采访，我们探讨了参与结构化音乐活动和每周会议的即兴创作以及社区艺术活动的公开表演的效果。我们观察到嵌入即兴创作会产生四种结果。它 (i) 鼓励个人无剧本表演，灌输对独奏表演的信心，(ii) 让经历过流离失所和边缘化的个人有机会在安全的表演空间中发挥领导作用，(iii) 让其他参与者有机会以乐器或声音的方式跟随和伴奏这件作品，借鉴他们自己的文化传统，从而创作出创新的跨文化作品；(iv) 为参与者和观众提供独特的、不重复的、令人振奋的体验，激发他们的想象力，并引发参与者之间的问题和进一步讨论。这些发现表明，结构化音乐活动和即兴创作的结合可能有助于培养幸福感和社会包容感，转变权力动态，并为跨文化对话创造空间。这些独特的结果突出了音乐如何从看似完全不同的地点或情况创建一个人的社区。此外，完善的威尔士合唱传统和当地社区艺术为这群多元化的表演者提供了一个容易接受的环境。因此，不仅仅是音乐活动，而是它们与更广泛的当地社区艺术场景的联系，提供了这些个人、集体和更广泛的社会利益。