May 2012 - News!

AIRS in China

Dr. Lily Chen Hafteck of Kean University, Leader of Sub-Theme 3.1`s Quadcountry Songbook project, and Dr. Bing-Yi Pan from the University of Prince Edward Island, visit Professor Xie of the Chinese Conservatory, Professor Dafu Lai, and Yue Xiao, the graduate student in charge of the 3.1 Quadcountry songbook project in China. 

Yue Xiao reports that the children being tested at a school in Beijing have been learning the songs quickly and with ease. A different group of children at a school in a smaller town are also very excited about the project, but it has taken them longer to learn the foreign songs because of their more limited exposure to foreign languages and cultures.

AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills at Acoustical Society of American and the Chinese Acoustical Society's meeting in Hong Kong

In other AIRS news, Dr. Bing-Yi Pan will be presenting a paper on the automated AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills, as part of the Acoustical Society of American and the Chinese Acoustical Society's meeting on the 16th May 2012 in Hong Kong, China.

The presentation will take place in a session chaired by AIRS Member Dr. Johan Sundberg.

Dr. June Countryman on CBC PEI Radio 1's Island Morning

Dr. June Countryman was recently featured on CBC PEI Radio 1's Island Morning for her study on playground singing games. Her research was also featured on the UPEI Research Services' blog.