February 2017 - News!

AIRS News  

  • 2017 starts out well with the signing of contracts for a book series with titles representing the original AIRS Research Themes (Annabel Cohen series editor):

    • Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Volume I  Development (Co-editors: Frank Russo, Beatriz Ilari, Annabel Cohen)

    • Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing:  Volume II  Education (Co-editors - Helga Gudmundsdottir, Carol Beynon, Karen Ludke, Annabel Cohen)

    • Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Volume III  Well-being (Co-editors - Rachel Heydon, Daisy Fancourt, Annabel Cohen)

  • From AIRS research sub-theme on Singing and Intergenerational Understanding,  the book by Rachel Heydon and Susan O'Neill  entitled Why Multimodal Literacy Matters: (Re)conceptualizing Literacy and Wellbeing through Singing-Infused Multimodal, Intergenerational Curricula  (2016 - 168 pages) is now available.   LINK

  • Johan Sundberg invites all voice enthusiasts to organize events for  World Voice Day 2017 - anything public centered on the voice (lectures, public rehearsals, seminars, symposia, concerts) and these can take place around April 16, not necessarily on April 16; however,  the Global Vocal Concert will be at 19.30 local time in each time zone, moving by time zone around the world.  If you go ahead with this please mention the AIRS connection in your promotional material.  So far there have been 4 AIRS events over the last 2 years, but there can easily be many  more, especially with advance planning.

  • An overview of the AIRS Project was presented on January 12 by Annabel Cohen (AIRS Director)  to an interdisciplinary audience of students and faculty at the University of South Florida, Department of Music Education, hosted by Jennifer Bugos of the Department of Music Education, who has been using the remote version of the AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills with senior adults and is incorporating components from the battery in an ongoing study of the relative benefits of various interventions on a variety of  cognitive abilities in a variety of domains.

  • Please send items for next newsletter to airs@upei.ca

Conferences, Symposiums, Workshops   view all upcoming

  • Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance - Open Workshop, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham UK, 9th March 2017.   LINK

  • The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) 2017 Summer Institute for Educators, University of California at Berkely, Clark Kerr Campus, June 25-30 OR July 16-21, 2017.    LINK

  • Conscious Cities Conference No. 2, London UK, May 3, 2017, explores the connections between neuroscience, architecture, and technology.   LINK 

Student Opportunities

  • Institute of Musical Research, University of London, Summer School on Music, Language and Cognition will be held on Lake Como, Italy from 26 to 30 June, 2017. Applications are invited from prospective students. Further details are available here.

  • The Cognitive Science Departement  of École Normale Supérieure in Paris (Département d'études cognitives, DEC) aims to recruit advanced undergraduate international students in Cognitive Science and in Linguistics.  LINK

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