May 2018 - News!

AIRS News  

  • A new study by Daisy Fancourt, Effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: three-arm randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 212 Issue 2, D. Fancourt and R. Perkins, Royal College of Music, London, assessed whether a novel psychosocial intervention could reduce symptoms of postnatal depression (PND) in the first 40 weeks post-birth. Published online.    Link 

  • Stephen Clift has a new publication, Community singing groups for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: participant perspectives. Perspectives in Public Health, Skingley, A., Clift, S. M., Hurley, S., Price, S. and Stephens, L. (2018), 138 (1). pp. 66-75. It is a descriptive qualitative study which included measures of lung function and wellbeing.    Link 

  • AIRS member Anthony Welsh is the editor of a publication, The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1 (1 ed.) Edited by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch, which aims to guide educators through the full gamut of vocal possibilities: Individual adult voices and choirs, developing young singers, and aging adults.    Link 

  • Presentations by AIRS Members at the at the Podium 2018 Conference, St. John's NL, June 29-July 3, 2018:

June 29 - Multisite interdisciplinary research in singing: The AIRS example [ La recherche interdisciplinaire multisite dans le domaine du chant : l’exemple d’AIRS]  (Annabel Cohen, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada) - Research Paper Presentation 

June 29 - Collegiate colloquium: Roundtable discussion/forum for collegiate choral colleagues | Colloque collégial : table ronde et forum pour les collègues du monde choral collégial (Jennifer Lang, Janet Brenneman, Université de la Saskatchewan, Canada)  

June 30 - Singing: A fundamental human resource promoting wellbeing and health | Chant: Une ressource humaine fondamentale pour le bien-être et la santé   (Stephen Clift, Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, UK) – Lecture (Garrison) 

June 30 - This thirsty land: Addressing contemporary issues through choral composition and performance | This thirsty land : Aborder des enjeux d’aujourd’hui grâce à la composition et à l’interprétation de musique chorale (Marta McCarthy, Université de Guelph, Canada)

June 30 - Take these broken wings and learn to fly: Tracking the learning and retention of singers with dementia in an intergenerational choral program | Suivi de la rétention des apprentissages chez les chanteurs atteints de démence participant à un programme choral intergénérationnel (Carol Beynon, Kathy McNaughton, Western University, Canada) 

July 2, Concerts of note:

Amabile Men’s Choir (Primus), conducted by Carol Beynon and Mark Payne , 28th Amabile Festival 2018 

Sirens, Prince Edward Island's Award-Winning Women's Choral Ensemble  

Full Conference program schedule can be found here.  

  • Rachel Heydon  will co-lead a Provincial Center of Excellence on Early Child Care over the next three years.  Rachel is the lead editor on the forthcoming volume  Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Vol 3 - Well-being. 

    Rachel with Susan O'Neill has recently published a book "Why Multimodal LIteracy Matters: (Re) conceptualizing literacy and wellbeing through singing-infused multimodal intergenerational curricula.  Link.

  • Sandra Trehub and Laura K Cirelli, University of Toronto, have Published "Infants help singers of familiar songs". Infants are highly selective in their help to unfamiliar individuals. They investigated the effect of infant-directed song and recitation on 14-month-old infants’ subsequent helpfulness and proximity-seeking in relation to unfamiliar performers.   Link

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April 2018 - News!

AIRS News  

  • Rachel Heydon  will co-lead a Provincial Center of Excellence on Early Child Care over the next three years.  Rachel is the lead editor on the forthcoming volume  Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Vol 3 - Well-being. 

  • Rachel with Susan O'Neill has recently published a book "Why Multimodal LIteracy Matters: (Re) conceptualizing literacy and wellbeing through singing-infused multimodal intergenerational curricula.  Link.

  • Sandra Trehub and Laura K Cirelli, University of Toronto, have Published "Infants help singers of familiar songs". Infants are highly selective in their help to unfamiliar individuals. They investigated the effect of infant-directed song and recitation on 14-month-old infants’ subsequent helpfulness and proximity-seeking in relation to unfamiliar performers.   Link

  • The ORFEU Journal, from PPGMUS/UDESC (BRAZIL),  announces a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the Psychology of Music, to be released in July 2018. The ORFEU Journal is a publication of the Postgraduate Programme in Music (PPGMUS) of the Centre for the Arts (CEART) of Santa Catarina State University (UDESC). ORFEU welcomes academic work which has national and/or international scope. The deadline for submission of papers has expired. The link for registration on the ORFEU Journal system is here.  

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March 2018 - News!

AIRS News  

  • The ORFEU Journal, from PPGMUS/UDESC (BRAZIL),  announces a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the Psychology of Music, to be released in July 2018. The ORFEU Journal is a publication of the Postgraduate Programme in Music (PPGMUS) of the Centre for the Arts (CEART) of Santa Catarina State University (UDESC). ORFEU welcomes academic work which has national and/or international scope. The deadline for submission of papers has been extended to 15 March 2018. The link for registration on the ORFEU Journal system is here.   Link for author guideline here.   Questions about any of the above points, feel free to write to revistaorfeu@gmail.com, by writing on the subject area: “Psychology of Music”.

  • Carol Beynon and Jennifer Lang have published a new paper, The More We Get Together, The More We Learn: Focus on Intergenerational and Collaborative Learning Through Singing, Carol Beynon & Jennifer Lang,  Journal of Intergenerational Relationships Vol. 16, Iss. 1-2, 2018, which explores the conceptual and practical frameworks necessary to foster vibrant and equal learning opportunities for young children and elders through intergenerational singing programs.  Link   

  • Stephen Clift is one of multiple authors of a study,  Community singing groups for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: participant perspectives, Skingley, A., Clift, S. M., Hurley, S., Price, S. and Stephens, L. (2018), Perspectives in Public Health, 138 (1). pp. 66-75. ISSN 1757-9139.  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health issue which is irreversible and progressive, but previous research suggests that singing may have beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to establish the views of participants with COPD.   Link 

  • Daisy Fancourt has a paper published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, Effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: three-arm randomised controlled trial, D. Fancourt and R. Perkins,  Access Volume 212, Issue 2 February 2018 , pp. 119-121. This study assessed whether a novel psychosocial intervention could reduce symptoms of postnatal depression (PND) in the first 40 weeks post-birth.   Link 

  • Watch a TV report on a recent conference in Australia on 'Sing to Beat Parkinson's' - a concept and practice developed within the Sidney De Haan Research Centre: Stephen Clift, Director, Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health,

         

Sing to Beat Parkinson's (click to play)

 

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