In recent years, an increasing number of musicians and music organizations have been creating partnerships with other community sectors to advance the healthy development of their communities. Through these partnerships, participating musicians curate and perform their own programs and provide comprehensive learning opportunities. In this course, students will explore a range of ideas and strategies that have historically been used to connect arts organizations to their communities, grounded in a conceptual understanding of art, and what purpose students seek to accomplish with their own artistic practice. Through hands-on-field work in community engagement projects, in-depth study of examples through case studies, classroom teaching, music-based learning, and facilitation learning and practice, students will develop an understanding of the role of community engagement and create meaningful partnerships between musicians and communities.