Edited volume following presentations at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education, held at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 6-9 June, 2009. Preface by John O'Flynn (editor); chapters by Lucy Green; Marie McCarthy; Maria Argyriou; Mairéad Berrill; Bernadette D. Colley; Geraldine Cotter; Patricia Huff Cox; Eugene Dairianathan; Heloisa Feichas and Robert Wells; Michelle Finnerty; Geir Johansen; Thomas Johnston; Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos; Ailbhe Kenny; Edward R. McClellan; Gwen Moore; Tony Nam-Hai Leong; John O’Flynn; Nan Qi; Melinda Russell; Gareth Dylan Smith; Karen Snell; Ann Marie Stanley; Terese Volk Tuohey; Ruth Wright and Hildegard Froehlich