In the last two decades, a significant amount of research has been carried out in the field of ethnomusicology on engaging communities as an active collaborator and indispensable partner. These studies have been primarily informed and guided by the principle of applied ethnomusicology that focuses on the use of ethnomusicological scholarship, knowledge, and understanding for societal benefits, the betterment of humankind, and the engenderment of positive change in a society. There is an ongoing discourse in the ethnomusicology discipline on this kind of community-engaged research that is often conducted out of the common practice of theory and method in mainstream ethnomusicology, including some imperative questions on the validity of such research and the scientific process in the production of academic knowledge. This article attempts to contribute to this ongoing inquiry of community-engaged or community-collaborative research in applied ethnomusicology and posits that ethnomusicological knowledge and understanding can be employed in the production of scientific knowledge by including the researched group; scholarship guided by the principle of applied ethnomusicology can use theoretical knowledge in practical applications to solve cultural issue by empowering a minority community; and a community-engaged approach in research can produce reciprocal and tangible results. These ideas are grounded in the specific examples of two community-engaged research projects conducted with the collaboration and active involvement of the minority Nepalese diaspora community of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.