Vocal Mosaic of AIRS: 2010 is an event which will take place on August 12, 2010 at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on the University of Prince Edward Island campus.
All are welcome to attend! There will be workshops, demonstrations, and guest speakers all throughout the day, showcasing interdisciplinary research on singing.
An evening concert will include various performers such as Teresa Doyle, Colette Cheverie, Pierce Clarke, Meaghan Elizabeth & Bridgette Blanchard, and Jennifer Farrell showcasing different styles of singing.
The idea of a “Vocal Mosaic” symbolizes the variety of topics interconnected within song. We will highlight the themes of AIRS: how singing develops in every person, how we teach singing, its technical aspects, how we can use singing to teach, and how singing impacts on well-being, including its ability to promote cultural and intergenerational understanding.
Our goals are to share the exciting research that AIRS is conducting with the regional community, to promote dialogue between the university and community, and to celebrate the act of singing in the young and old, amateur and professional, individual and group.
Our keynote speaker is Dr. Psyche Loui, an instructor in neurology at the Harvard School of Medicine and at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her research "aims to understand the network of brain functions that enable the perception, cognition, and production of sounds."
Workshop topics will include:
Acquisition of singing
Singing in the classroom
An overview of singing pedagogy
Touring the AIRS website and archives
Music therapy
Singing with seniors
Sound yoga
Registration costs are as follows:
$10 (no meals)
$30 (lunch and dinner)
$ 5 (student rate: no meals)
$15 (student rate: lunch & dinner)
These prices include all presentations and performances, but attendees are able to come and go as they please.
If you would like to only attend the concert, prices are:
$10
$5 (student rate)
On campus accommodation is available at a separate cost at:
upei.ca/conference/summer-visitors
You can contact us at:
Email: airs@upei.ca
Phone: (902) 566-6023
"Music, the mosaic of the air." -Andrew Marvell
A Vocal Mosaic of AIRS
Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS)
AIRS 2nd Regional Workshop
University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. Steel Recital Hall
August 12, 2010
PROGRAM
8:40-9:00 - Registration
Chair - Annabel J. Cohen, Director AIRS
9:05-9:10 O Canada
9:10-9:15 Richard Kurial – Dean of Arts Welcome
Philip Smith - Chair Department of Psychology, UPEI, AIRS Advisory Board Member
9:15-9:30 Overview of AIRS - Annabel Cohen
Music Monday song: Sing, sing (Serena Ryder)
9:30 - Theme 1: Development of Singing
9:30-9:35 Introduction to the AIRS Battery of Tests of Singing Abilities - Annabel Cohen
9:35-9:45 Kamille LaRosa - (UPEI visiting student intern) Component 4, 10 - Familiar song
9:45-9:55 Ruth Reveal - (UPEI visiting student) Component 7 - Song completion
9:55-10:05 Lauren Mitchell - (UPEI visiting intern) Component 8 - Song creation
10:05 -10:15 Anick Lamarche - (AIRS postdoctoral fellow) Component 9 - Unfamiliar song
10:15-10:20 Discussion
Interlude
10:20 -10:30 Dale Sorensen - (UPEI) The singing trombone: Vocal and trombone overtones
10:30 - Coffee break*
10:45-11:30 - Keynote Address
Psyche Loui, Ph.D. - Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre
SINGING:NEUROLOGICAL BASES & IMPLICATIONS FOR STROKE RECOVERY
Introduction of keynote speaker (Kouri Akagi, UPEI visiting intern)
11:30 - Theme 2: Singing and Education
11:30-11:35 Introduction
11:35-11:50 Martha Gabriel (Faculty of Education, UPEI) Teaching through music.
11:50-12:05 Pamela Campbell (Singer, choral conductor, voice therapist PEI)
"JUST MOUTH THE WORDS": Rediscovering the Joys of Singing
12:05-12:10 Discussion
12:10-12:25 Andreas Hirt (University of Otago- New Zealand – doctoral candidate)
Abair amhrán: saying the song in Gaelic tradition.
12:25 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30-1:30 - LUNCH
(Main Building Faculty Lounge for those with tickets, or on your own)
1:30 - Theme 2: Singing and Education (continued)
1:30-1:45 Kelly Leighton (UPEI Music student)
1:45-2:00 Eva Götell, (Karolinska Institute, & Mälardalen Univ. Sweden -by videoconference)
Caregiver singing during dementia care may improve the quality of care
2:00-2:05 Discussion
2:05-3:10 - Hands-on (Voices/on) Drop-in Workshops
2:05-2:10 Workshop orientation session - Denise Beaton (AIRS student conference co-ordinator)
1) Four basic steps to singing - Dr. Steel Recital Hall
Sung-ha Shin-Bouey – Director choral and vocal program, Department of Music, UPEI
2) Behind the scenes of the AIRS lab in CMTC-E (Lower Level Robertson Library)
Anick Lamarche, Kamille LaRosa, Ruth Reveal, Lauren Mitchell, Kuori Akagi
3:10-3:30 - Coffee break*
3:30-3:50 Jenny Sullivan (Psychology Dept., St. Francis Xavier)
Can we teach vocabulary to preschoolers via singing?
3:50-3:55 Discussion
3:55 - AIRS - Connections and Connecting
3:55-4:10 Jonathan Lane (AIRS Technical Co-ordinator, UPEI)
Website tour Overview of the AIRS Web Project & Discussion
4:10 - Theme 3: Singing and Wellbeing
Cross-cultural understanding, Intergenerational Understanding, and Health
4:10-4:25 Godfrey Baldacchino - (UPEI Canada Research Chair Island Studies) chair
The Italian Lesson: Moving beyond an Exotic Appreciation of Newcomers on PEI
4:25-4:45 Elizabeth Gallant (music therapist, PEI) Singing to Work. Singing for Fun!
4:45-5:05 Catherine O'Brien, Director: Young At Heart Musical Theatre for Seniors Inc PEI
5:05-5:10 Discussion
5:10-5:35 Theresa Doyle (PEI Performer and teacher) Sound yoga
5:35-5:40 Discussion
5:40- 5:45 Closing remarks and the AIRS Round - Annabel Cohen
5:50-6:50 - DINNER
Outdoor Barbeque (Weather Permitting) for those with tickets, or on your own
7:00-9:00 - Evening Concert - A Vocal Mosaic of AIRS
9:00-10:00 - Reception Main Building Faculty Lounge (cash bar)
*During Coffee Breaks - Opportunity to visit demo of language training software from
Chuala / Mike McAdam with potential applications to singing
Display Table Available
With assistance of Deborah Annear (AIRS Project Manager) & Kristin MacDonald (Student Support)
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A Vocal Mosaic of AIRS
EVENING CONCERT
Colette Cheverie with Tim Chaisson, guitar
Jennifer Farrell
Riley Sorensen with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano
Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch and Anick Lamarche
Andreas Hirt
Ruth Reveal, voice and harp
Tara Llewellyn with Carolyn Thompson, piano
Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano
Tony Reddin
INTERMISSION
Teresa Doyle
Ruth Reveal, voice and harp
Anick Lamarche with Robert Drew, guitar
Meaghan Blanchard and Bridgette Blanchard
Jennifer Farrell
Pierce Clarke
Michelle Bouey
Sung Ha Shin-Bouey
Michelle Bouey and Sung Ha Shin-Bouey
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