AIRS 2nd Annual Meeting Program and Proceedings

 

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______PROGRAM______

August 22nd, 2010 -Watertown Hotel

 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM:                    Breakfast & Registration - Watertown Hotel (Pick up materials & name tag. Posters can be placed).

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM:                    Welcome, Introductions, Group Singing & Goals of the Meeting

                                                                  Possible connection with Advisory Board Members;

                                                                  - Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt & Dr. Philip Smith

 

9:15 AM - 11:00 AM :                    AIRS Overview -Director's Overview (10 minutes)

 

9:25 AM - 9:55 AM :                    Theme 1: Frank Russo (5 minutes)

                                                                  - Themes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Presented by sub-theme leaders (21 minutes)

                                                                  - (1.1)Laurel Trainor & Christine Tsang(7 minutes)

                                                                  - (1.2) Sandra Trehub & Frank Russo (7 minutes)

                                                                  - (1.3) Annabel Cohen (7 minutes)

                                                                  Discussion (5 minutes)

 

9:55 AM - 10:25 AM:                     Theme 2: Patricia Campbell (5 minutes)

                                                                  - Themes 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Presented by sub-theme leaders (21 minutes)

                                                                  - (2.1) Patricia Campbell, Chris Roberts & Kedmon Mapana(7 minutes)

                                                                  - (2.2) Rena Sharon/Graham Welch (2.2 for Darryl Edwards and VISI) (7 minutes)

                                                                  - (2.3) Jennifer Sullivan (7 minutes)

                                                                  Discussion (5 minutes)

 

10:25 AM - 10:55 AM:                     Theme 3: Jennifer Nicol (5 minutes)

                                                                  - Themes 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Presented by sub-theme leaders (21 minutes)

                                                                  - (3.1) Annabel Cohen (for Godfrey Baldacchino & Lily Chen-Hafteck)(7 minutes)

                                                                  - (3.2) Rachel Heydon (7 minutes)

                                                                  - (3.3) Jennifer Nicol (7 minutes)

                                                                  Discussion (5 minutes)

 

10:55 AM - 11:00 AM:                     Student-Young Professional Group

                                                                  - Andrea Emberley(5 minutes)

 

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM:                     Coffee break and posters

 

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM:                     Themes breakout (separate discussions with the 3 large themes: 1, 2 and 3)

 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM:                     Lunch (sub-theme members are encouraged to meet and eat together at this time)

 

Technical Program with titles of presentations and authors

(Titles and Authors- detailed abstracts and bios follow)

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM :                    Talks: Themes 1 & 2; presented by sub-theme (i.e., 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)

 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM :                    Poster and Nutrition Break

 

3:30 PM - 5:15 PM :                    Talks: Theme 3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), Digital Library and Stakeholders

 

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AIRS THEME 1 – DEVELOPMENT OF SINGING

 

SUB-THEME: 1.1 PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF SINGING

 

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Preference for Natural Singing Voice in Pitch-Matching and Sounds Categorization

                                   - Yohana Leveque (Aix-en-Provence-France) yohana.leveque@gmail.com & Daniele Schon (CNRS-France)

 

Development of Singing: A Critical Review and Directions for Future Research

                                   - Rayna H. Friendly (McMaster University), friendr@mcmaster.ca & Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)

 

Pitch Perception Processes Underlying Singing Ability

                                   - Amy Fancourt (Goldsmiths, University of London) a.fancourt@gmail.com, Fred Dick (Birkbeck College, University of London), & Lauren Stewart (Goldsmiths, University of London)

 

SUB-THEME: 1.2 MULTIMODAL (AUDIO, VISUAL, AND MOTOR)

 

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM :       Influence of Infants on Maternal Speech and Singing

                                   - Judy Plantinga (University of Toronto) judy.plantinga@utoronto.ca, Sandra E. Trehub (University of Toronto/BRAMS) & Frank Russo (Ryerson University, Toronto)

POSTER ABSTRACT

On the Importance of Visual Aspects of Performance in Vocal Pedagogy

                                   - Lisa Chan (Ryerson University) lisa.chan@psych.ryerson.ca, Darryl Edwards (University of Toronto) & Frank Russo (Ryerson University)

 

SUB-THEME: 1.3 AIRS TEST BATTERY

 

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM :       The AIRS Test Battery in Estonia

                                   - Marju Raju (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) marju.raju@gmail.com

 

AIRS THEME 2 – SINGING AND EDUCATION

 

SUB-THEME: 2.1 LEARNING TO SING NATURALLY

 

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM :       Theoretical, Methodological, and Empirical Considerations in Singing

                                   - Stefanie Stadler Elmer (University of Zurich Switzerland) Stefanie.stadler@access.uzh.ch

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM :     Pitches and Rhythms in Songs of Brazilian Children

                                   - Beatriz Ilari, beatrizilari@yahoo.ca & Vivian Agnolo Barbosa (Federal University of Parana)

POSTER ABSTRACT

Accent on Music in the Study of Children’s Musical Cultures.

                                   - Megan Perdue, megan.perdue@gmail.com & Patricia Shehan Campbell (School of Music, University of Washington)

 

SUB-THEME: 2.2 TEACHING SINGING IN FORMAL SETTINGS INCLUDING FOCUS ON LIFESPAN

 

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM :       Intonation in SATB Vocal Ensembles

                                   - Johanna Devaney johanna.devaney@mail.mcgill.ca, Jonathan Wild, Peter Schubert, & Ichiro Fujinaga (Schulich School of Music, McGill University)

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM :       How do Singers Manage Vowels in Relation to the Laryngeal Mechanism? An Acoustic and Linguistic Inquiry.

                                   - Sylvain Lamesch lamesch@lam.jussieu.fr, Michèle Castellengo, Boris Doval, & Luiza Maxim (LAM-IJLRA, Paris)

2:30 PM - 2:45 AM :       “Guru-sishya parampara”: A Cross-cultural Examination of Vocal Pedagogical Method in North India (Demonstration and Explanation)

                                   - Hans Utter (Ohio State University) and Utpola Borah utpola@yahoo.com

 

SUB-THEME: 2.3 TEACHING THROUGH SINGING

 

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM :       Singing Voice and Phonetic Acquisition

                                   - Sandra Cornaz (GIPSA Lab, Grenoble & Turin, University, Italy) scornaz@gmail.com, Nathalie Vallée (CNRS Dept. 34), & Nathalie Henrich (GIPSA Lab, University Grenoble)

POSTER ABSTRACT

Can we Teach Vocabulary to Preschoolers via Singing? And more.

                                   - Jennifer Sullivan (St. Francis Xavier University) jfsulliv@stfx.ca

 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM :                    Coffee Break

 

AIRS THEME 3 - SINGING AND WELL-BEING

 

SUB-THEME: 3.1 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

 

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM :       An Exploration of the Learning and Performance Practices of Song & Dance in Cross-cultural Contexts

                                   - Andrea Emberly, andrea.emberly@uwa.edu.au & Jane Davidson (University of Western Australia)

 

SUB-THEME: 3.2 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: INTERGENERATIONAL UNDERSTANDING

 

POSTER ABSTRACT

Intergenerational Curricula, Multimodal Communication, and Identity Options: Findings from a Study of an IG Art Program as a Basis for a Study of IG Singing Curricula

                                   - Zheng Zhang & Rachel Heydon (University of Western Ontario)

 

SUB-THEME: 3.3 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: HEALTH

 

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM :       Mama Music: Promoting Health and Harmony in the Lives of Adolescent Mothers and their Infants with Singing

                                   - Jean Emmerson (University of Saskatchewan) jean.emmerson@usask.ca

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM :       Using Singing to Speak after Stroke

                                   - Dawn Merrett (University of Melbourne, Florey Neurosciences Institutes, BRAMS) dawnmerrett@gmail.com, Isabelle Peretz (BRAMS, Université de Montréal),

                                     Grame Jackson(University of Melbourne, Florey Neurosciences Institutes) & Sarah Wilson (University of Melbourne, Florey Neurosciences Institutes)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM :       Group Singing, Wellbeing and Health: A Systematic Review

                                   - Stephen Clift (Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, UK), Jennifer J. Nicol (University of Saskatchewan) Jennifer.nicol@usask.ca, Matthew Raisbeck (Sing for Your Life Ltd, UK),

                                     Christine Whitmore (Public Health Directorate, NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent, UK), Ian Morrison(Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, UK)

 

AIRS DIGITAL LIBRARY

 

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM :       Building Intelligent Web-based Audio Tools for Interacting with Large Collections of Audio: Cantillion and Orchive

                                   - George Tzanetakis (University of Victoria) gtzan@cs.uvic.ca

4:45 PM - 4:50 PM :       Short Introduction to the PARIDISEC Database

                                   - Kate Stevens (MARCS, University of Western Sydney) kj.stevens@uws.edu.au

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM :       Brief Overview of the AIRS Web and Digital Library Resources - Current and Potential

                                   - Jonathan Lane (AIRS,UPEI) jmlane@upei.ca

 

STAKEHOLDERS

 

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM :       The Vancouver International Song Institute – A Nexus for Change

                                   - Rena Sharon (UBC/VISI) rena.sharon@ubc.ca

 

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM :                    Plenary Session (Focus on synergies. Review of goals to work on for Year 2)

 

6:00 PM - 7:45 PM :                    Dinner (Araya's Place)

 

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM :                    Vocal Concert of Wide Variety (Araya's Place)

 

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