
January 2012 - News!
Submitted by acohen on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 22:21Island Songs: A Global Repertoire - Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino (2011) has just been published by Scarecrow Press, a highly regarded publisher in the field of music and an imprint of the Rowman & LIttlefield Publishing Company. Godfrey is the co-leader of AIRS Theme 3.1 Singing and Cross-Cultural Understanding, and is a Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at U. P. E. I . Congratulations Godfrey on this extraordinary volume arising from your leadership linking the AIRS initiative and Island Studies. For more information and how to order, click the hyperlink above.
Welcome to AIRS!
Therese Antonini - AIRS Project Manager
Ross Dwyer - AIRS Administrative Assistant
Teleconferences are taking place for each of the 9 AIRS subthemes Jan 9 to 20.
December 2011 Newsletter and Seasons Greeting
Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS)
University of Prince Edward Island
December 2011
To AIRS members:
Just 2 ½ years ago AIRS held its first annual meeting at the University of Prince Edward Island. Since then, over 70 researchers in 9 teams have collaborated in research on singing and development, education, and well-being. We have shared our growing knowledge in many different ways over these months-- a highlight being the annual meeting, coast to coast. The second one was in Seattle in conjunction with the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), and the third was in St. John’s, Nfld, in conjunction with the Festival 500 Phenomenon of Singing Symposium.
AIRS Wishes you a Happy Holiday and a Prosperous, Fulfilling New Year!
For the AIRS Season Greeting in Song (click on the hyperlink) Bing-Yi Pan has transmographied 4 human AIRS member voices in gladsome harmony, accompanied by moving images of the participants in the 2011 AIRS Annual Meeting. Enjoy! (If you would like to add snowflakes to the video, be sure to click on the snowflake at the right of the screen).
AIRS Student and Young Professional Newsletter, 2011 Edition
Please see the attached PDF for the AIRS Student and Young Professional Newsletter, co-edited by Rayna Friendly and Christopher Roberts.
Team 3.2 in the news with Intergenerational Singing program
Submitted by acohen on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 03:16After a pilot project in London Ontario, the AIRS Intergenerational Singing program ( directed by Professors Rachel Heydon and Carol Beynon, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Education) has had a successful run at a second site - in Chatham Ontario. The Co-ordinator of the Seniors home called in the press in recognition of the value of the program for the residents. Congratulations AIRS 3.2 - on its way to the development of a handbook so that the developing curriculum for IG singing programs can be shared more broadly.
According to Carol Beynon, Associate Vice-Provost, School of Graduate Studies, University of Western Ontario "Both the residents and children are so disappointed that the program has come to an end, and I am hopeful that it will continue on a monthly basis. We learned a great deal through the process and have just completed the interviews.
Sincere thanks to graduate student assistants Joelle Nagle Crestan and Jen Hutchison who contributed so much to this part of AIRS 3.2"
