Final Program - AIRS Workshop PEI Aug 12 - Concert program shown also

 

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

 

  • Eppie Morrie
  • My Donald
  • Song of Myself

 

Jennifer Farrell

 

  • Si dolce e'l tormento - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
  • Ohime ch'io cado - Claudio Monteverdi

 

Riley Sorensen with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano

 

  • “Castle on a Cloud” from Les Misérables - by Claude-Michel Schönberg; libretto by Alain Boublil; lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
  • Rules and Regulations - Gerhard Wuensch (1925-2007)

 

Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch and Anick Lamarche

 

  • Duetto buffo di due gatti – Giaochino Rossini (1792-1868)

 

Andreas Hirt

 

  • Gaelic and English songs to be announced

 

Ruth Reveal, voice and harp

 

  • A Wee Bird Cam' to our Ha' Door - Traditional Scottish Folk Song - verses by Wm. Glen; arr. By Susan Stick

 

Tara Llewellyn with Carolyn Thompson, piano

 

  • “Consider Yourself” from Oliver – music by Lionel Bart

 

Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano

 

  • “Caro Nome” from Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
  • “Juliette's Waltz” from Roméo et Juliette - Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

 

Tony Reddin

 

  • Sing along

 

INTERMISSION

 

Teresa Doyle

 

  • Jazz and celtic selections to be announced

 

Ruth Reveal, voice and harp

 

  • The Nightingale – Deborah Henson-Conant (b. 1953)

 

Anick Lamarche with Robert Drew, guitar

 

  • Selection from Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas – Manuel de Falla (1876-1946); trans. by Llobet/Pujol

 

Meaghan Blanchard and Bridgette Blanchard

 

  • Selections to be announced

 

Jennifer Farrell

 

  • “Padre, germani, addio” from Idomeneo – W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
  • “Spiel ich die Unschuld” from Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899)

 

Pierce Clarke

 

  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
  • Rock this Town – Stray Cats
  • Anything Can Happen – Was (Not Was)

 

Michelle Bouey

 

  • Selection to be announced

 

Sung Ha Shin-Bouey

 

  • Jesus My All (Spiritual)

 

Michelle Bouey and Sung Ha Shin-Bouey

 

  • Ev'rytime I Feel the Spirit (Spiritual)
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