Forms (Charlottetown 2012)

Below is the collection of available forms related to the 4th Annual Meeting in Charlottetown:

1. Abstract submission form
   • Abstracts are to be submitted via the online form listed below or as part of the Travel Policy (Policy #2), by Friday May 11, 2012.
2. Student travel form
   • Students may submit a request for travel support to the meeting. All requests should be made by Friday May 11th, 2012.
3. Performance volunteer form
   • Attendees interested in performing during the AIRS 4th Annual Meeting are to complete the performance volunteer form by Friday May 11th, 2012.

The Committee will be providing feedback on all submissions in June 2012.

AIRS 3rd Annual Meeting: Technical Program Schedule

Saturday, July 9 (Pre-Conference)

• 9:00 am – 5:00 pm: AIRS 3.1 Workshop: Education Building – Room 5004/5

  International Research Project on Singing and Cultural Understanding:
  Focus on Children in Brazil, Canada, China, & Kenya

  Organized by Lily Chen-Hafteck , assisted by Nancy Gleason, with participation by AIRS awardees from each country. Other students, AIRS co-investigators, Phenomenon of Singing delegates or other interested parties are welcome to sit in. There will be one break for lunch. Please contract Dr. Chen-Hafteck lhafteck@kean.edu for further information regarding content, or Deborah Annear dannear@upei.ca for practical information.

Workshop Schedule

• 8.30 am: Breakfast (University Residence)

• 9:45 am: Introductions – Team
  Overview of AIRS & Subtheme 3.1 Cultural Understanding – Dr. Lily Chen-Hafteck

  • Research Plan & Schedule

  • Data collection and analysis processes

• 10:30 am: Research Methodology Seminar – Dr. Patricia Campbell

  • Issues on teaching and learning multicultural songs

  • Interview technique

• 11:00 am: Teaching of Songs & Presentation of Cultural Information:

  • China – Bing-Yi & Yue

  • Canada – Arla & Kelly

• 12:15 pm: Lunch Break

• 1:15 pm: Teaching of Songs & Presentation of Cultural Information:

  • Brazil – Angelita & Zuraida

  • Kenya - Elizabeth

• 2.45 pm: Take Additional Demonstration Video

  • Each researcher will demonstrate their songs phrase by phrase (words & melody)

• 3.30 pm: Review and Edit Songbook, Powerpoint, Demonstration Video & Questionnaire – Team

• 4.30 pm: Introduction to AIRS test battery – Dr. Annabel Cohen

• 4.40 pm: Prepare for Presentation at the Phenomenon of Singing Symposium

  • Each presenter must choose one easy song with interesting cultural background from their country

• 5:00 pm: Wrap-up and Next Steps

  (Group continues to meet throughout the week).

• 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm:

  AIRS Policy and Planning Committee Meeting
  Location: Education Building – Room 5004/5
  Attendees: Theme leaders, sub-theme leaders, committee chairs, advisory board and director and senior executive

  • *Hilary Apfelstadt, AIRS Advisory Board

  • *Philip Smith, AIRS Advisory Board

  • Kate Stevens, AIRS Advisory Board

  • AIRS Policy and Planning Committee

  • *Christine Tsang, Co-leader 1.1

  • Laurel Trainor, Co-leader 1.1

  • *Frank Russo, Co-leader 1.2 and Theme 1 Leader (Steering Committee)

  • *Sandra.Trehub@utoronto.ca

  • *Annabel Cohen, leader 1.3 and Director (Steering Committee)

  • *Patricia Campbell, Leader 2.1 and Theme 2 Leader (Steering Committee)

  • *Carol Beynon for Darryl Edwards, Leader 2.2

  • *Jenny Sullivan Co-leader 2.3

  • *Andrea Rose, Co-leader 2.3

  • *Mary Gick, Theme 3 Leader (Steering Committee)

  • *Lily Chen-Hafteck Co-leader 3.1

  • Godfrey Baldacchino, Co-leader 3.1

  • Rachel Heydon, Leader 3.2 (represented by Carol Beynon)

  • Jennifer Nicol, Leader 3.3

  • *Jonathan Lane, facilitator Digital Library

  • Ichiro Fujinaga, Co-leader Digital Library

  • George Tzanetakis, Co-leader Digital Library

  • *Rayna Friendly, Student Young Professional Group

  • *Jaan Ross, Global Group

  • *Lee Willingham, Partner

  • *Deborah Annear, Administrative Project Manager (Finance) ex officio

  • *Bing-Yi Pan, AIRS Postdoctoral Fellow ex officio

  *Attending Annual Meeting and Policy and Planning Committee Meeting

  Agenda: focus on milestones, mid-term review, and effective annual meeting

  Dessert and coffee/juice will be served

AIRS 3rd Annual Meeting—Sunday July 10, 2011

All AIRS events Sunday take place in the Education Building, Room 5004/5 Memorial University

• 8:30 – 9:00: Registration/ Coffee pick up materials and name tags

  • Posters can be placed

• 9:00 – 9:15: Welcome, introductions, group singing, and goals of the meeting

  1. Annabel Cohen – AIRS Director (3 min)

  2. Andrea Rose – Co-Convenor Festival 500/ Phenomenon of Singing (3 min)

  3. Sing together (3 min)

  4. Hilary Apfelstadt - AIRS Advisory Board Member (3 min)

  5. Philip Smith – AIRS Advisory Board Member (3 min)

• 9:16 – 11:00: AIRS overview

  1. Orientation Annabel Cohen (4 minutes)

• 9:20: Development: Leader Theme 1 Frank Russo – (4 minutes)

  1. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (presented by sub-theme leaders 4 minutes each, total 12 min)

  2. 1.1 Christine Tsang

  3. 1.2 Frank Russo and Sandra Trehub

  4. 1.3 Annabel Cohen Discussion – (6 min)

• 9:42: Education: Leader Theme 2 Patricia Campbell – (4 minutes)

  1. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 (sub-theme leaders – 4 minutes each total 12 minutes)

  2. 2.1 Patricia Campbell

  3. 2.2 Carol Beynon for Darryl Edwards

  4. 2.3 Jennifer Sullivan and Andrea Rose Discussion – ( 6 min)

• 10:04: Wellbeing: Theme 3 Leader Mary Gick (4 minutes)

  1. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (sub-theme leaders – 4 minutes each total 12 minutes)

  2. 3.1 Lily Chen-Hafteck)

  3. 3.2 Zheng Zhang for Rachel Heydon

  4. 3.3 Marya Stonehouse and Katie McCaw for Jennifer Nicol Discussion – (6 min)

• 10:26: Digital Library – brief update/demo – Jonathan Lane/Theresa Leonard (14 min)

• 10:40: Student-Young Professional Group – Rayna Friendly (5 min)

• 10:50: AIRS Partners - Lee Willingham (~3 min)

• 10:54: Global Group – Jaan Ross (~ 3 min)

• 10:57: Ethics, Statistics and Intellectual Property (~ 3 min)

• 11:00 – 11:20: Coffee break and posters

• 11:20 – 12:00: Themes breakout (separate discussion for Development, Education and Well-being focusing on fundamental questions presented to each theme in advance)

• 12:00 – 1:15: Lunch and viewing posters

• 1:15 – 1:45:

  • Summary of Theme Breakout Group Discussions from the themes leaders

    • Frank Russo -Theme 1 (3 min)

    • Patricia Campbell Theme 2 (3 min) (9 min)

    • Mary Gick Theme 3 (3 min)

  • Open discussion on links across themes and sub-themes (20 min)

• 2:00 – 4:00 D. F. Cook Recital Hall (MU-1045) School of Music
  Opening Session- Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII ( PSIS)

  Plenary I - Welcome & Introductions: Andrea Rose and Ki Adams

  Cameo Performance: Shallaway Jubilate Choir (Kellie Walsh, conductor)

  Bob Chilcott (UK) Text and Cultural Memory: How these relate to our perception of song

• 4:00-5:00 Opening Wine and Cheese Reception for Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII - MUN School of Music Lobby

• 5:00 – 6:00 AIRS Test Battery Workshop MU-1032 School of Music
  AIRS Test Battery – Reviewing each of the 11 components and finalizing the protocol: Jennifer Sullivan (Nova Scotia), Jaan Ross and Marju Raju (Estonia), Mike Forrester, Jessica Baker, Emma Borthwick-Hunter (UK), Beatriz Illari (Brazil/USA) and Annabel Cohen (chair) assisted by Bing-Yi Pan & Jonathan Lane (PEI)– All welcome

  3.1 students from the 3.1 Cultural Understanding project are also encouraged to attend
  (extend discussion over dinner for those who wish).

• 6:00 -8:00 Dinner on your own opportunity to‖ synergize‖ with AIRS members who you do not know . Sign-up sheet will be available for those who wish to join a cross-theme group.

• 8:00- Optional Concert at the Arts and Culture Centre

  Rajataon – Indonesian Children and Youth Choir (tickets must be purchased)

Monday, July 11 AIRS Technical Program of the AIRS Annual Meeting

Overview/Summary for July 11 (all events in ED2030B.but Plenary II, AIRS Concert and Banquet)

• 8:30 – 9:15 Plenary II PSIS - Kate Munger (USA) Recital Hall

• 9:25 – 10:40 Talks: Theme 1 presentations on sub-themes 1.1 1.2, 1.3 Junior Common Room

• 10:40 – 11:00 Nutrition break and posters

• 11:00 – 12:00 Talks: Theme 2 - subthemes 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

• 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch – Posters –Synergies: Theme 1 and 2

• 1:30 – 3:15 Talks: Theme 3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3)

• 3:15 – 3:30 Nutrition break

• 3:30 – 4:30 Discussion – Synergies with Theme 3

• 4 :30 – 4:45 Time for closing up other loose ends

• 5:00 – 6:00 AIRS Vocal Concert of wide variety, PC Hall

• 6:30 – 8:30 AIRS ―banquet‖ at India Gate. more song and final resolutions

• 9:00 – 10:00 Amabile Choir (of Carol Beynon) at Gower Street United Church

Technical Program with titles of presentations and authors
(Titles and Authors – detailed abstracts and bios follow)

Monday, July 11 Location: ED2030B

• 8:30 – 9:15 Plenary II (D.F. Cook Recital Hall)
  Kate Munger (USA), Threshold Choir: Kindness made audible

• 9:30 - 10:40 AIRS THEME 1: SINGING AND DEVELOPMENT ED2030B

  NOTE: ORAL PRESENTATION ARE LIGHTNING TALKS AND OF NO MORE THAN 12-15 MINUTES
  POSTERS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR SUB-THEME BUT WILL BE VIEWED AT LUNCH OR BREAKS

1.1 PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION – INTER-RELATIONS

• 9:30 – 9:45
  Rayna Friendly (McMaster University), Jennifer Walsh (McMaster University), Christine D. Tsang (Huron University College), Laurel J. Trainor (McMaster University, Rotman Research Institute) friendr@mcmaster.ca
  Vocal Sensorimotor Development and Singing in First Graders: Examining the relationship between vocal production and perception using the Vocal Auditory Motor Developmental Assessment (VAMDA).

• Posters

  • Amy Fancourt (Goldsmiths, London) a.fancourt@gold.ac.uk
    Memory for melody in children with Specific Language Impairment

1.2 MULTIMODAL (AUDIO, VISUAL, AND MOTOR)

• 9:45-10:00
  Frank A. Russo (Ryerson University) russo@ryerson.ca
  Movement, Mimicry and Emotion in Song

• Poster

  • Niusha Ghazban (Ryerson University), Sandra Truhub (University of Toronto at Mississauga), Frank Russo (Ryerson University) nghazban@psych.ryerson.ca
    Efficacy of Speech vs. Song to Regulate Stress in 10-Month-Olds

  • Patricia A. Brosha (St. Francis Xavier University), Petra Hauf (St. Francis Xavier University) x2008kdg@stfx.ca
    Sing to Me Please, Put Me at Ease: Infants' Responses to Infant-Directed

1.3 AIRS TEST BATTERY

• 10:00 – 10:15
  Marju Raju (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), Jaan Ross (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) marju.raju@gmail.com
  Improvisations of Estonian children

• 10:15 – 10:30
  Bing-Yi Pan (University of Prince Edward Island), Annabel J. Cohen ( University of Prince Edward Island), Leah Stevenson (University of Prince Edward Island) bpan@upei.ca acohen@upei.ca
  Does accuracy of singing the major triad predict accuracy of contour production in an unfamiliar song?

• Poster

  • Mike Forrester (University of Kent), Jessica Baker (University of Kent), Emma Borthwick-Hunter (University of Kent) m.a.forrester@kent.ac.uk
    Mapping out young children's singing: Preliminary English Data

• 10:30 – 10:40
  General Discussion Theme 1

• COFFEE BREAK 10:40 – 11:00
  

• 11:00 - 12:25 THEME 2: SINGING AND EDUCATION – TEACHING SINGING & USING SINGING TO TEACH
  

2.1 LEARNING TO SING NATURALLY

• 11:00 – 11:15
  Kedmon Mapana (Seattle Pacific University) mapank@spu.edu
  Traditional Children's Songs of the Wagogo of Central Tanzania

• 11:15 – 11:30
  John Christopher Roberts (University of Washington) cr777@uw.edu
  Children Singing Online: An Examination Internet-Based Resources

2.2 TEACHING SINGING IN FORMAL SETTINGS INCLUDING FOCUS ON LIFESPAN

• 11:30 -11:45
  Jason Noble (The University of Western Ontario), Carol Beynon (The University of Western Ontario) beynon@uwo.ca Crisis and Curriculum: A Philosophical Examination of Recent Literature on Male Choral Singing

• 11:45-12:00
  Jaan Ross (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), Vaike Kiik-Salupere (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) jaan.ross@ut.ee What do students expect from a singing lesson?

• Poster

  • Hans Utter (Ohio State University) and Utpola Borah utpola@gmail.com
    Teaching and Learning Vocal Music in Contemporary India

2.3 TEACHING THROUGH SINGING

• 12:00 – 12:15
  Robyn Wells (St. Francis Xavier University), Sarah Drake (St. Francis Xavier University), Jennifer Sullivan (St. Francis Xavier University) jfsulliv@stfx.ca
  Sing a Song or Read Along

• Posters

  • Henrietta Lempert (University of Toronto), Wendy Xin (University of Toronto) lempert@psych.utoronto.ca wendy.xin@utoronto.ca
    The Effects of Singing on the Acquisition of a Novel Language Presentation format: Poster

  • Arla Good (Ryerson University) agood@psych.ryerson.ca
    The benefits of singing on second language learning

• 12:15 –12:25 DISCUSSION OF THEME 2

• 12:30 - 1:45 LUNCH

POSTERS AND TABLE DISCUSSION – SYNERGIES BETWEEN THEME 1 AND 2

• 2:00 – 3:15 THEME 3: SINGING AND WELL-BEING

3.1 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

• 2:00 – 2:15
  Leila Qashu (Memorial University of Newfoundland) l.qashu@mun.ca Fostering Understanding in Society: Ateete, an Arsi Oromo Women‟s Musical Ritual in Ethiopia

• 2:15 – 2:30
  Lily Chen-Hafteck (Kean University) and 3.1.1 4-country songsters – teach a song from Brazil, China, Canada or Kenya, from the singing and cross-cultural understanding project

• 2:30 – 2:45
  Jim Sparks (Simon Fraser University) jaz24@shaw.ca
  Kenya Case Study: National Boys Choir, School Singing, Laipikia

3.2 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: INTERGENERATIONAL UNDERSTANDING

• Posters

  • Zheng Zhang & Rachel Heydon (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario) 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

  • Rachel Heydon & Carol Beynon (The University of Western Ontario) and Dr. S. O‟Neill (Simon Fraser University)
    The Development of an Intergenerational Singing Program

3.3 SINGING AND WELL-BEING: HEALTH

• 2:45 – 3:00
  Merrill Tanner (Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital/ University of Alberta), Lili Liu (University of Alberta), Leonard Ratzlaff (University of Alberta), Melanie Campbell (University of Alberta), Linda Rammage (University of British Columbia) merrillt@ualberta.ca
  Singing Improves Self Assessed Intelligibility in People with PD

• Posters

  • Sally Busch (Carleton University) Carina Daugherty (Carleton University), Mary Gick (Carleton University) ssimpso6@connect.carleton.ca
    Caregiver Measures for Singing-Related Behaviour Change in a Dementia Population: A Pilot Study

  • Marya Stonehouse (University of Saskatchewan), Katie McCaw (University of Saskatchewan), Jennifer Nicol (University of Saskatchewan) mrj.stonehouse@gmail.com Qualitative Research Interviews about Singing: First Experiences

  • Hans Utter (Ohio State University)
    Healing and Mantra

• 3:00 –3:15 DISCUSSION OF THEME 3

• 3:15 – 3:35 Nutrition break

• 3:35 - 4:30 Discussion: SYNERGIES BETWEEN THEME 3 AND THEME 1 AND/OR 2

• 4:30 - 4:45 Closure: resolutions, summary comments and final remarks from the AIRS steering committee (Frank Russo- Theme 1, Patricia Campbell Theme 2, & Mary Gick - Theme 3) and Annabel Cohen, AIRS Director)

• 5:00 - 6:00 AIRS CONCERT (MUN Music Building - Petro-Canada Hall)
  Hosted by - Patricia Campbell

  AIRS Vocal Variety Concert including:

  • Kedmon Mapana

  • Jennifer Sullivan

  • Merrill Tanner

  • Jim Sparks

  • Christopher Roberts

  • eXtras

  • The AIRS Quad-Country Songsters

  • Sally Busch

  • and more

• with kind assistance offered at the piano from pianist Rena Sharon, Artistic Director of VISI

• 6:20 – 8:30 AIRS “BANQUET”
  INDIA GATE RESTAURANT
  286 Duckworth St.

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• 9:00 Concert – including Amabile Choir (director Carol Beynon)
  Gower Street United Church

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Tuesday, July 12 with Phenomenon of Singing Symposium

• 8:30 – 9:15 PLENARY IV Phenomenon of Singing Symposium
  SCOTT McCOY (USA) – Teaching men to sing: Challenges in the Studio and Rehearsal

AIRS Workshop

• 9:30 – 10:30 AIRS Digital Library
  location TBA

• 11:00 – 12:00 Phenomenon of Singing Symposium
  (MU1032 -Hilary Apfelstadt, Susan Knight )
  (Petro-Canada Hall - Sally Busch & Mary Gick/ Sheri Cook-Cunningham)

• 12:00 – 1:30 AIRS Test Battery/Digital Library working lunch - location TBA
  Or
  Lunch on your own

• 1:30 - 2:15 Plenary V Phenomenon of Singing
  Mark Anthony Carpio (Philippines) Making a better world: A singing nation’s journey

• 2:30 – 3:30 Phenomenon of singing symposium

• 4:00 – 5:30 D. F. Cook Recital Hall

• 5:00 Lily Chen-Hafteck, Elizabeth Andango, Bing-Yi Pan, Yue Xiao, and Angelita Broock
  Understanding cultures, singing songs: Let’s learn about Brazil, Canada, China & Kenya

• 7:00 Student pizza dinner -location TBA

Wednesday, July 13 shared day with the Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium and the International Council of Traditional Music

Morning - Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium

• 9:30 – 10:15 Plenary VI (Arts & Culture Centre, main auditorium)
  Lady Cove Choir (Canada) Our voice: past, present and future

• 10:45 – 12:15
  MU2025 Singing cultures: Traditions and contexts

  • Christopher Roberts

  • Martha Gabriel

  • Sheila MacKenzie Brown

• Lunch - on your own

Afternoon

Petro-Canada Hall

• 1:30 – 3:00 pm AIRS Quad-Plenary
  Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS)
  Annabel Cohen (University of Prince Edward Island), Frank Russo (Ryerson University) Patricia S. Campbell (University of Washington), Michael Forrester (University of Kent, UK), Bing-Yi Pan (University of Prince Edward Island), Carol Beynon (University of Western Ontario), Andrea Rose (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Jenny Sullivan (St. Francis Xavier University), Mary Gick (Carleton University), Lily Chen-Hafteck (Kean University), Jonathan Lane (University of Prince Edward Island)

• 3:00 – 3:15 Break

• 3:15 – 4:15 Music-Making and Social Change

  • Lee Willingham & Debbie Lou Ludolph
    Sing fires of justice: A model for a choral event that creates a community for a cause

• 4:30 – 5:30 Closing Plenary (PC Hall)

• 6:00 – 7:30 Closing Hot Buffet Reception (Delta Hotel)

• 8:00 pm: Grande Finale Concert (Mile One Stadium)

• After –Party (Delta Hotel)

Abstract Submission (St. John's 2011)

The following form addresses abstract submissions for consideration at the 2011 AIRS Annual Meeting in Seattle.

Note: You will receive a copy of your submission via email at the address you provided when registering your AIRS account.

Google Map of the Conference Locations

Student Travel (St. John's 2011)

Complete this form if you are a student (undergrad, masters, doctoral, or postdoctoral level) seeking travel support to present a paper or actively participate in the AIRS 3rd Annual Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In addition to this form, you will also provide an abstract proposal submission detailing your planned participation in AIRS.

A minimum of one award will be provided for a student in each of the nine (9) research sub-themes of AIRS. Please see the AIRS Milestone Document for definitions of the research sub-themes.

Questions contact Annabel Cohen (Director) acohen@upei.ca or Deborah Annea (Project Manager) dannear@upei.ca.

Note: You will receive a copy of your submission via email at the address you provided when registering your AIRS account.

AIRS Summer Workshop Schedule

Advanced Interdisciplinary Research In Singing (AIRS) Summer Workshop Schedule
University of Prince Edward Island and the Confederation Centre of the Arts
July 21-22nd, 2011

Vocal Master Class with Jeffery Huard
Confederation Centre of the Arts – Studio 2 Theatre

AIRS Regional Summer Workshop Registration Form

Please RSVP by completing and returning the registration form provided to Kristin MacDonald at kristindmacdonald@gmail.com, or call (902) 566-6023.

With Voices – We Unite!

3rd Regional AIRS Summer Workshop – 2011 Registration Form
Advancing Interdisciplinary Research In Singing (AIRS)

The Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) is pleased to announce its 3rd Regional AIRS Summer Workshop to be hosted at the University of Prince Edward Island’s Dr. Steel Recital Hall and the Confederation Centre of the Arts on July 21st - July 22nd, 2011.
Join us for an exciting full-day workshop featuring interactive demonstrations from the region’s renowned experts in the field of research, singing, education, health-care, music therapy and sound yoga.

This year, AIRS is delighted to announce the keynote speaker for the workshop - vocal coach and musical director ‘Jeffrey Huard’. Toronto-based, Huard was the musical director for many theatre productions including: Mirvish Productions – The Sound of Music as well as CBC’s ‘Triple Sensation’ and is one of the best in the music theatre industry - performing, conducting and directing for major stars in Broadway touring nationally and internationally.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ages 12 and under free!

                                                                                                                                                                 Yes! I would like to attend:
Thursday, July 21, 2011 – 1:30-4:00pm
Master Vocal Class with Jeffrey Huard, (Broadway/Symphony Conductor,
Music Director, Coach and Vocal Teacher)                                                                                                                    _________
Confederation Centre of the Arts (Studio 2) - RSVP required
 

Thursday, July 21, 2011 – Evening Concert ($10.00/person)
Concert featuring a wide array of Award Winning Performers!                                                                                          __________
Confederation Centre of the Arts - Art Gallery (upstairs)
 

Friday, July 22, 2011 - 9:00am-5:00pm - RSVP required ($10.00/person)
3rd Regional AIRS Summer Workshop
Keynote Address: Jeffrey Huard (Broadway/Symphony Conductor, Music Director, Coach and Vocal Teacher)                   __________
Lunch included!
 

Accommodations

Accommodations for the AIRS Summer Workshop - July 21-22nd, 2011

Enjoy a stay at the University of Prince Edward Island's Residence!

- Andrew Hall

- Bernadine Hall

Andrew and Bernadine Hall

Andrew Hall is fully furnished with a double size bed, workstation, dresser, closet with organizer, 27" TV, and each bedroom comes with telephone, private voice mail, and wireless internet access

Each suite has a private washroom, mini-fridge, microwave, and kitchen facilities
 

Close proximity to the UPEI Gym and Robertson Library.

Please contact Kristin MacDonald (AIRS) at kristindmacdonald@gmail.com if you wish to book accommodations for the AIRS Summer Workshop.

Program for August 22nd AIRS Annual Meeting -(update Aug 20)

AIRS 2^nd Annual Meeting - August 22, 2010

(you can copy and paste this for better readability)

8:00 – 9:00      Breakfast – Watertown Hotel and registration, pick up materials and name tag

                        Posters can be placed

9:00 – 9:15      Welcome, introductions, and group singing, goals of the meeting

                                    Possible connection with Advisory Board Members Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and  Dr. Philip Smith

9:15 – 11:00     AIRS overview – Director’s overview (10 minutes)

                        9: 25  Theme 1: Frank Russo (5 minutes)

                                    1.1,  1.2, 1.3 (presented by sub-theme leaders 7 minutes each – total 20 min)

                                                Laurel Trainor & Christine Tsang (1.1)

                                                Sandra Trehub & Frank Russo (1.2)

                                                Annabel Cohen (1.3)

                                    Discussion – 5 min

                        9:55  Theme 2:  Patricia Campbell (5 minutes)

                                    2.1, 2.2, 2.3 (sub-theme leaders – total  20 minutes)

                                                Patricia Campbell (2.1 and 2.2 for Darryl Edwards)

                                                Rena Sharon (2.2 for Darryl Edwards and VISI)

                                                Jennifer Sullivan (2.3)

                                     Discussion – 5 min

                        10: 25 Theme 3:  Jennifer Nicol (5 minutes)

                                    3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (total 20 minutes)

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

                                                3.2  Rachel Heydon

                                                3.3 Jennifer Nicol

                                    Discussion – 5 min

                        10:55 Student-Young Professional Group – Andrea Emberley  (5 minutes)

11:00 – 11:20   Coffee break and posters

11:20 – 12:00  Themes breakout  (separate discussion with the 3 large themes 1, 2, and 3)

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

AIRS

 Technical Program

1:00 – 3:30      Talks: Themes 1 and 2; presented by sub-theme, i.e., 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

3:00 – 3:30      Poster and Nutrition break and posters

4:00 – 5:00      Talks: Theme 3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), Digital Library and Stakeholders

5:00 – 5:30      Plenary Session – focus on synergies. Review of goals to work on for Year 2

6:00 – 7:45      Dinner (Araya’s Place)

8:00 – 9:30      Vocal concert of wide variety (Araya’s Place, continuing)

Technical Program Details on Presentations  1:00 – 5:00 

Theme 1: Singing and Development

Note: ORAL PRESENTATION are LIghtning Talks and OF no More than  12-15  minutes

• Perception and production – Inter-relations

Posters

• Preference for natural singing voice in pitch-matching and sounds categorisation

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

• Development of singing: A critical review and directions for future research

Rayna H. Friendly & Laurel Trainor (Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior, McMaster University)  friendr@mcmaster.ca

• Pitch perception processes underlying singing ability

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

• Multimodal (audio, visual, and motor)

1:00-1:15

• Influence of infants on maternal speech and singing

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

Poster

• On the importance of visual aspects of performance in vocal pedagogy

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

• AIRS Test Battery

1:15-1:30

• The AIRS Test Battery in Estonia

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

Theme 2: Singing and Education – Teaching singing and using singing to teach

2.1  Learning to sing naturally

        1:30 – 1:45

• Theoretical, methodological, and empirical considerations in singing

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

1:45-2:00

• Pitches and rhythms in songs of Brazilian children

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

Poster

• Accent on music in the study of children’s musical cultures.

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

2.2  Teaching singing in formal settings including focus on lifespan

        2:00 -2:15

• Intonation in SATB vocal ensembles

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

2:15-2:30

• How do singers manage vowels in relation to the laryngeal mechanism? An acoustic and linguistic inquiry.

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

2:30-2:45

• “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

2.3  Teaching through singing

        2:45 – 3:00

• Singing voice and phonetic acquisition

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

Posters

• Can we teach vocabulary to preschoolers via singing? And more

Jennifer Sullivan (Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia) jfsulliv@stfx.ca

Coffee  Break   3:00 – 3:30

Theme 3: Singing and Well-being

3.1  Singing and Well-being:  Cross-cultural Understanding

       3:30 – 3:45

• An exploration of the learning and performance practices of song & dance in cross-cultural contexts

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

3.2  Singing and Well-being: Intergenerational Understanding

Poster

• 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 (Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario)

3.3  Singing and Well-being: Health

         3:45-4:00

• Mama Music: Promoting health and harmony in the lives of adolescent mothers and their infants with singing

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

4:00 – 4:15

• Using singing to speak after stroke

Dawn Merrett (University of Melbourne¹, Florey Neurosciences Institutes², BRAMS³), Isabelle Peretz (³ & Université de Montréal), Grame Jackson^(1,2), & Sarah Wilson ^(1,2)   dawnmerrett@gmail.com

4:15 – 4:30

• Group singing, wellbeing and health: A systematic review.

Stephen Clift (Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, UK¹), Jennifer J. Nicol (University of Saskatchewan), Matthew Raisbeck (Sing for Your Life Ltd, UK), Christine Whitmore (Public Health Directorate, NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent, UK), Ian Morrison⁽¹⁾  Jennifer.nicol@usask.ca

4. Digital Library

         4:30-4:45

• Building intelligent web-based audio tools for interacting with large collections of audio: Cantillion and Orchive

George Tzanetakis (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC)  gtzan@cs.uvic.ca

4:45-4:55

• Short Introduction to the PARIDISEC database

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

4:55-5:05

• Brief     overview of the  AIRS web and digital library   resources - current and potential

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

5. Stakeholders  

5:05-5:15

• The Vancouver International Song Institute – A nexus for change

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

PLENARY SESSION

5:15-5:45

6:00                                      Dinner followed by concert

Preliminary Program for AIRS 2nd Annual Meeting

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
9am - 9pm (+/-1)
Watertown Hotel

45 attendees from 14 countries (current – if omissions or errors, please inform):

Faculty

Mayumi Adachi, Hokkaido, 1.2 and 1.3

Simone Dalla Bella, Poland 1.1 and 1.3

Patricia Campbell,  Seattle, USA  2.1  Theme 1 Steering Committee rep

Annabel Cohen, PEI  1.3 - Project Director

Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill, Que  Digital Library  Team Leader

Rachel Heydon, U Western Ontario, London, Ont, Team Leader 3.2

Beatriz Ilari, Univ of Texas, Austin/ Brazil   2.1 and 3.1

Simone Falk, Germany  1.2 and 1.3

Mary Gick, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont. 3.3 and Team Co-leader  Ethics-Stats-IP

Helga Guttmondsdottir - Iceland, 1.3 and 2.1

Jennifer Nicol, U Saskachewan, Theme 3 Steering Committee rep, Team Leaader 3.3

Susan O’Neill  Simon Fraser U, 3.2

Jaan Ross  Tallninn, Estonia  1.3

Frank Russo,  Theme 1 Steering Committee rep, Team Leader 1.1

Rena Sharon,  UBC, 2.2, and 3.3

Stefanie Stadler Elmer, Switzerland, 1.3

Catherine Stevens, MARCS, Australia, 3.1  possibly Digital Library

Jennifer Sullivan, St. Francis Xavier, Nova Scotia, 1.3 and 2.3,  Team co-leader 2.3 and Team Co-lead Ethics-Stats-IP

Laurel Trainor, McMaster Institute for Music and Mind,  Team co-leader 1.1

Sandra Trehub,  University of Toronto, Ont., and BRAMS, Quebec, Team co-leader 1.2

Christine Tsang,  Huron College, at U Western Ontario,  Team co-leader 1.1

George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria,  Digital Libraryfile:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Default.SID12542/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Internet%20Explorer/Quick%20Launch/Mozilla%20Firefox.lnk

Graham Welch, University of London, UK,  2.1

Theresa Leonard, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Digital Library

Kay Kleinerman, , San Francisco,  Stakeholder 3.3

Jim Sparks,  Visitor from BC

Margaret Barrett, Visitor from Brisbane,  Australia

Students

Alicia Altass  - Mt. St. Vincent, Nova Scotia   1.3

Utpola Borah - India, 3.1

*Lisa Chan - Ryerson, Ontario 1.2

Sandra Cornaz - Gipsa Lab, France  2.3

Johanna Devaney - McGill, Que  Digital Library

Andrea Emberley - Australia, 2.1

Jeanne Emerson - University of Saskatchewan,  3.3

Amy Fancourt - Music, Mind & Brain, Goldsmiths, 1.1

Jennifer Farrell - UBC DMA, 2.2 and 3.3

Rena Friendly - MiMM  McMaster, Ont, 1.1

Sylvain Lamesch - CNRS Paris, France, 2.2, 1

Jonathan Lane - UPEI, Digital Library

Dawn Merritt - U de Montreal,  1 and 2

Judy Platinga - U of Toronto, 1.2

Marju Raju -  Estonia, 1.3

Hans Utter - Ohior State University/India  1.3

Chris Smith - U Washington,  2.1

Kedmon Ipedi - U Washington/Tanzania  2.1

Yohana Leveque - CNRS Aix-en-Provence, France  2.2?

Zheng Zhang - U Western Ontario,  3.2

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Technical Program (1:00 -3:30) for AIRS 2nd Annual Meeting

August 22, 2010, 1:00 – 3:30  (subject to change).

Note: The AIRS Annual meeting begins at 8:15 for breakfast at the Watertown Hotel. The formal program begins at 9:00. The discussion of the research of AIRS takes place in the morning. The technical program below then follows for 2.5 hours. Further trans-theme discussions then take place, with a concluding plenary wrap up and vision for the future. Following Dinner, there is a concert.

Theme 1  Singing and Development

Note: ORAL PRESENTATION are Lightning Talks and no longer than 12-15 minutes.

Presenters: please send power points in advance to jmlane@upei.ca to facilitate smooth transition from paper to paper.

1.1  Perception and production – Inter-relations

• Preference for natural singing voice in pitch-matching and sound

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

Posters

• Development of singing: A critical review and directions for future research

Rayna H.  Friendly   & Laurel Trainor (Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior, McMaster University  friendr@mcmaster.ca

• Pitch perception processes underlying singing ability

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

1.2  Multimodal (audio, visual, and motor)

• Influence of infants on maternal speech and singing

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

Poster

• On the importance of visual aspects of performance in vocal pedagogy

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

1.3  AIRS Test Battery

• The AIRS Test Battery in Estonia

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

Theme 2  Singing and Education – Teaching singing and using singing to teach

2.1   Learning to sing naturally

• Theoretical, methodological, and empirical considerations in singing

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

• Pitches and rhythms in songs of Brazilian children

Beatriz Ilari & Vivian Agnolo Barbosa Federal University of Parana  beatrizilari@yahoo.ca

Poster

• Accent on music in the study of children’s musical cultures.

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

2.2   Teaching singing in  formal settings including focus on lifespan

• Intonation in SATB vocal ensembles

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

• How do singers manage vowels in relation to the laryngeal mechanism? An acoustic and linguistic inquiry.

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

• “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

2.3  Teaching through singing

Posters

• Singing voice and phonetic acquisition (poster)

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

• Can we teach vocabulary  to preschoolers via singing? And more

Jennifer Sullivan (Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia) jfsulliv@stfx.ca

Theme 3  Singing and Well-being

3.1  Singing and Well-being:  Cross-cultural Understanding

• An exploration of the learning and performance practices of song and dance in cross-cultural contexts

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

3.2 Singing and Well-being: Intergenerational Understanding

Poster

• Developing an intergenerational singing program

Zheng Zhang & Rachel Heydon (Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario)

3.3  Singing and Well-being: Health

• 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), 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)  Jennifer.nicol@usask.ca

• Using singing to speak after stroke

Dawn Merrett  (University of Melbourne¹, Florey Neurosciences Institutes², BRAMS³), Isabelle Peretz (³ & Université de Montréal), Grame Jackson^(1,2), & Sarah Wilson ^(1,2) dawnmerrett@gmail.com

Poster

• Mama Music: Promoting health and harmony in the lives of adolescent mothers and their infants with singing

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

4.  Digital Library

• Building intelligent web-based audio tools for interacting with large collections of audio: Cantillion and Orchive

George Tzanetakis (Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC) gtzan@cs.uvic.ca

• Short Introduction to the PARIDISEC database

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

5. Stakeholders

• The Vancouver International Song Institute –  A nexus for change

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

AIRS 2nd Annual Meeting (Seattle 2010)

Plan to attend this full day of Research team updates, integrative discussions, posters, and performance prior to ICMPC11.

Details to be posted on the event's book page.

Forms (Seattle 2010)

Below is the collection of available forms related to the 2nd Annual Meeting in Seattle:

1. Abstract submission form
   • Abstracts are to be submitted via the online form listed below or as part of the Travel Policy (Policy #2), by July 5, 2010.
2. Student travel form
   • Students may submit a request for travel support.
3. AIRS Travel Authority and Personal Expense Report (see attached)
   • 
     Please print out this form and return the completed copy to us if you have made arrangements to claim travel expenses from AIRS.

The Committee will be providing feedback on abstract acceptances and travel support requests by July 14 (with an aim to do this by July 9).

Policy and Planning Committee Agenda AIRS Annual Meeting Sat Aug 21-2010

Preliminary Agenda

Policy and Planning Committee Meeting

 AIRS 2^nd Annual Meeting

7:00 – 9:00 PM 

Saturday evening, August 22^nd,   2010  Watertown Hotel

(a light meal will be served, particularly for those coming directly from travel)

1.  Director’s welcome and report:  Identification of issues, successes, and concerns re: milestones (10 minutes)

2.   Research Theme leader reports (sub-theme report  3 minutes each)  (30 minutes)

3.   Remaining Committees – Reports or comments  (15 minutes)

3.  Goals of the Annual Meeting: Directives for achieving  (25 minutes)

4.  Next year’s meeting, schedule and goals including policy priorities (10)

5.  Other Business (10)

6.  Adjourn

The Policy and Planning Committee  - Sets policy, approves policy developed by the Steering Committee, and creates and monitors plans for achieving the AIRS Milestones

Members of the Policy and Planning Committee include all Sub-theme Leaders (1.1 – 3.3), leaders of the following committees:  Digital Library,  Ethics-Stats-IP, Students-Young Professionals, Stakeholders/Partners and Global

Patricia Campbell – US. WA

Annabel Cohen – Canada, PEI

Ichiro Fujinaga – Canada, Quebec

Rachel Heydon- Canada, Ontario

Beatriz Ilari- US TX/ Brazil

Mary Gick – Canada, Ontario

Jennifer Nicol – Canada, Saskachewan

Frank Russo – Canada, Ontario

Jennifer Sullivan – Canada, Nova Scotia

Laurel Trainor – Canada, Ontario

Sandra Trehub- Canada, Ontario/Quebec

Christine Tsang – Canada, Ontario

Alicia Altass  Canada, Nova Scotia (assisting)

Andrea Emberley Australia

Jonathan Lane Canada, PEI (assisting)

AIRS Milestone Document (Draft June 21/09)

Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing:

Development, Education, and Well-Being

SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative

File:  412-2009-1008

June, 2009 (deadline)

Milestone Report

DRAFT June 21-09

Prepared by:

Annabel J. Cohen

AIRS MCRI  PI and Project Director

In Consultation with Team Leaders and AIRS Coinvestigators and Collaborators

Department of Psychology

550 University Ave

University of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, PE  C1A 4P3

(902) 628-4325 acohen@upei.ca

I.  PROJECT FRAMEWORK

This seven-year major collaborative research initiative aims to advance interdisciplinary research in singing (AIRS) through cooperation of over 70 researchers from every province in Canada and from more than a dozen countries on 6 continents worldwide. With the objective of understanding individual, cultural, and universal influences on singing and the influences of singing on individuals and societies, the AIRS researchers will focus on three themes: (1) the development of singing ability (2) singing and learning and (3) enhancement of health and well-being through singing.  The researchers will their share knowledge and expertise from numerous disciplinary perspectives, including psychology, musicology, music therapy, education, sociology, anthropology, folklore, medicine, and audio and computer engineering.  They will present and develop their work audio-visually using a digital library and virtual research environment (VRE), the foundations of which are already established at UPEI. Several common motifs integrate the collaboration: an emphasis on student training opportunities; an intensive schedule of meetings supported by electronic technology; and components of an AIRS test battery of singing skills woven through the research themes.  The research results will be disseminated through traditional academic means (journals, books, conferences) as well as through real world activities and settings (school curricula, homes for seniors, medical interventions).  Such dissemination will provide a foundation for decision making within education, health, culture, immigration, and foreign policy.

II.  RESEARCH THEMES

The three research themes are broken into sub-themes each of which will first be addressed by a complete literature review that will provide a foundation for empirical research, the gathering of both quantitative and qualitative data on human subjects, and the implementation and associated study of new programs involving singing. A brief description of each sub-theme precedes Table 1, which is a chart depicting all sub-themes, their leaders, members, number of students, the associated theory or techniques, activities to be carried out, deliverables, timeframe by yearly quarter (14 quarters over the time-frame of 3.5 years) and budget from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2012.

Theme 1: Development of Singing and Comparisons with Speaking

In contrast to the attention that has been directed to language acquisition, very little has been directed to singing, yet the ability to sing develops along with the ability to speak.  A 3-dimensional approached will aim ultimately to outline a model of how singing does develop in every individual, taking into account perspectives from neuroscience to linguistics, using the most rigorous techniques available for determining the children's discriminative and motor capabilities associated with singing as well as sampling the broad range of skills associated with singing, some of which have language analogues.

1.1  Production and Perception: Laurel Trainor and Steven Brown will lead a program of research that begins in Year 1 as a basic inquiry into the relation between perception and production of singing and an investigation of the sensory and motor constraints on production accuracy. Years 2 and 3 will examine factors affecting singing development such as type of language (e.g., tonal vs non-tonal), formal training, environments (home, school, community), and cross-cultural differences, laying the foundation for  examining in Year 4 the correlation between singing and brain measurements using  EEG and MRI, as the basis of a cognitive neuro-social scientific model of singing development.

1.2   Multimodal analysis: Trehub and Russo will lead two major projects. The first examines coordination of movement between parents and infants in the context of infant-directed singing and speaking, and includes (1) measuring the extent of mirroring in facial and body coordination of parent and infant, through audiovideo capture (including cross-cultural comparisons), electromyographic capture, and analysis of eye-movements. The second project explores body movement and vocal production in development and will investigate cross-sectionally in children of 2-12 years use of the body in (i) imitation of sung target (ii) imitation of spoken target  (iii) singing familiar song (iv) interpretation of a sung target that conveys specific emotion. Other projects include parental categorization of ambiguous vocalization as song or speech, and  the acoustical, physiological and phonetic analysis of vocalization of the melody/intonation continuum.

1.3  AIRS global test battery. Taking advantage of the  MCRI 7-year time-span and the global reach that the MCRI affords, Annabel Cohen, with Canadian and international team members, will extend and refine a cross-cultural battery already piloted as the foundation of a longitudinal and cross-cultural study. The battery tests voice range, singing back the familiar minor third interval and other musical elements (scale, major triad), vocal creativity, ability to sing back a familiar song, and learn an unfamiliar song. Speech and language ability is captured at the beginning and end of the battery.   In contrast to the finer-grained analysis over shorter timeframes and focused cross-sectional comparisons within sub-themes 1.1 and 1.2, this arm of the developmental research will move quickly from a broader mantle in an attempt to map out a global framework.

Theme 2. Singing and Education

How singing can be taught depends on the natural acquisition of singing skills,  principles of learning, general best practices of education, and informed exploitation of new technologies including those that provide access to models of songs, meaningful contexts for songs, examples of vocalists, and examples of best teaching practices.

2.1  Learning to singing informally. Patricia Campbell (University of Washington) will lead the research on singing in informal settings, focusing on singing of the songs of one's native culture and songs of unfamiliar, non-native cultures.  The emphasis will be on children, and Dr. Campbell will also bring to the theme her expertise on creating song collections representative of cultures worldwide. In conjunction with ongoing exchange programs as well as special assignments, students will collect audiovisual recordings of best practices of informal learning and performance in various American native cultures and cultures in other parts of the world (Africa, Brazil, China, Iceland, Estonia, UK, Australia, as well as Melanesian, Polynesian, or Micronesian Islands, capitalizing on cultures and interests represented by AIRS researchers).

2.2  Formal training of singing. Darryl Edwards will lead a program of research on formal training, documenting what happens in lessons of students of different ages, and across different formal settings and cultures.  The research will take advantage of the successive years of the project, such that improvement in performance can be tracked and related to characteristics of pedagogical practice and the student-teacher relation.  As well, the benefits of electronic and computer training devices will be explored with the Extemporel Company.

2.3.  Teaching through singing. Andrea Rose will lead a program of research on the use of singing to teach non-musical content or curricula, be it messages to live by or standard curricula for example in social studies (with Martha Gabriel), or second language training (with Henrietta Lempert, Jennifer Sullivan, Nathalie Henrich).

Theme 3. Singing and Well-being

Happier people are healthier people. Researchers in Theme 3 are studying how singing can optimize well-being in the areas of social relations, and psychological and physical health.  Well-being is broadly defined as both subjective well-being (feelings of happiness and life satisfaction) and objective measures such as health status.

3.1 Intercultural understanding. Led by Godfrey Baldacchino and Lily Chen-Hafteck, researchers will examine singing in the promotion of cross-cultural understanding and the reduction of prejudice through four approaches: (1)  extension of Felix Neto's original quantitative studies in Portugal of a 3-month singing intervention, with the aim of replication and determining long term influences. (2) in a more qualitative study within Canada, China, South Africa, and Brazil, providing children in their classroom with four two-week music-cultural modules  from each of the four countries, and tracking the attitudes to these cultures in the short and long term within a multi-year 4-country-site experimental design (3) studying the resilience and fragility of songs and singing styles within minority cultures particularly within Islands where several researchers have expertise and connections  (4) studying the origin and maintenance of multicultural choirs such as Common Thread as the basis for development new choirs.

3.2  Intergenerational  understanding. Led by Rachel Heydon (Western Ontario), concepts from Heydon's past work on intergenerational art will be translated to intergenerational singing activities. Three interrelated  areas will be examined:

intergenerational interaction, opportunities for social and content learning, and the process of creating learning opportunities, that is, curriculum development (Heydon); aspects of curriculum including singing processes and outcomes and the role of singing in reminiscence (Beynon); and wellness and engagement outcomes (O'Neill). The group will develop a handbook such that such programs can be instituted in homes for seniors as well as within the family or other institutional context. Working initially in London, Ontario, the program developed will be further piloted in Seattle and Ottawa (Gick), and possibly then beyond.

3.3  Singing and Health. With a focus on the direct benefits of singing to psychological and physical health, Jennifer Nicol (University of Saskatchewan) will lead the examination of such  issues as (1) the relative advantage of active versus passive singing in hospital settings and homes for seniors, working with Bradley Vines on the West Coast and Young at Heart musical theatre group for seniors on the East Coast (2) a grounded theory explaining choir members' understanding of singing as a health promoting activity  (3)  the role that singing can play in providing enjoyable breathing exercises for chronic and / or terminal lung disease, with pulmonary physician Dr. Janice Richman-Eisenstat (4) the role of singing in high school retention, where education has direct health benefits (5) the benefits of singing for language rehabilitation of stroke victims (6) the role of singing in Alzheimer's disease and in normal aging The Alzheimer's Society of PEI, and Veteran's Affairs Canada will participate in this sub-theme

III. DISSEMINATION

Plans for dissemination include writing review papers as foundations for each of the 9 sub-themes; additional research articles, book chapters, journal special issues and monographs or books.  An Annual Meeting will bring team members together either through actual or virtual travel. Other workshops and symposia will be held at relevant conferences of other societies, specialized conferences directed to singing, or independent initiatives such as regional workshops focused on training such skills as pitch measurement. In addition, numerous other types of non-traditional means for dissemination  are listed in the original proposal and include annual community-academic workshops (one of which has already taken place), development of a documentary,  public singing events, development of singing games for children and an interactive musical map, and development of intergenerational and cross-cultural choirs or singing festivals.  The development of the AIRS digital library, and the AIRS web-site (virtual research environment), described below are key aspects of the dissemination plan.

AIRS Digital Library.

Led by Mark Leggott (UPEI) and Ichiro Fujinaga (McGill) a digital library will enable researchers to share audiovisual files from all three themes including text transcripts and researcher annotations.  A preliminary version of the digital library exists with examples  from Theme 1 of the AIRS test battery for children of ages 3, 5, 7 years and young adults who received in 5 monthly sessions  the 11 components of the battery.  Other uses for Theme 1 may include brain-images while singing, or audiovisual recordings of mother-infant singing.  For Theme 2, Education, the Digital Library will contain examples of good teaching, both formal and informal, examples of songs of various cultures and the cultural context of those songs. For Theme 3,  Well-being, the Digital Library will be used to share examples of (a) singing exercises that could assist lung patients, (b) established choirs as models for the creation of intercultural choirs,  and (c) intergenerational singing activities in senior homes, or in other settings. Entries originating in one theme can benefit research in another theme, for example the songs collected in Theme 2a Learning to Sing Naturally can be used by Themes 3a in the study of singing and cross-cultural understanding. The Digital Library team  in consultation with representatives of the rest of the project will develop protocols to be used by the entire team, and this common language will foster interdisciplinary communication. The structure of the digital library will reflect the research structure with three primary repositories, one for each of the research themes, and sub-themes, as shown in the central panel of Figure 1.

Figure 1. Screen capture of the Digital Library showing 3 primary collections (Development, Pedagogy, Well-being).  Border panels represent the Virtual Research Environment (VRE)  of the AIRS website.

AIRS Web-site (http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs). A virtual research environment (VRE) using DRUPAL Open Source software provides a basis for communication among AIRS  members  well serves to inform the public  in accordance with various permission options. DRUPAL allows  each member of the team to submit content directly. The web-site is also the gateway to the AIRS digital library.  As seen in the left-hand panel of Figure 1, the structure includes a calendar, Team Description, (to include images of all participants with description  of who they are, their connection to AIRS, what they want from AIRS, and what they bring to AIRS), searchable bibliographic references through Refworks, related links.  A separate Student section will be established, as will a public face for the web-site.

Annual Meetings, Conferences, and Workshops

The highlight of the year is the annual meeting. For Year 1, this means the AIRS start-up meeting in Prince Edward Island in June. A UNESCO-AIRS symposium follows immediately after in July at the Phenomenon of Singing Symposium at Memorial University. Prior to the Annual Meeting, is an AIRS symposium at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) focusing on each of the 3 AIRS themes and involving members of three sections of the CPA: Developmental, Health, and Cross-Cultural.  In October, an AIRS symposium will take place at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association. AIRS presentations will also be made at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, and the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association. And this is even before AIRS is off the ground!  In Year 2,  2^nd International AIRS expert workshop will take place in conjunction with the 11^th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, in Seattle in August 2010. An AIRS presence is expected at the International Society for Music in Education to be held in Beijing earlier that year.  The annual meeting for 2011 will coincide with the Neuromusic 4 (location unknown).  An AIRS presence will be expected at the Vancouver International Song Institute, an Atlantic regional workshop in Prince Edward Island, and at least one other specialized workshop, as well as at conferences to which AIRS researchers would normally attend such as American Educational Research Association, Canadian  Association for Music Therapy, Ethnomusicology Annual Meetings, as a few examples.  In Year 4, August 2012, the AIRS MCRI mid-term review will bring the Advisory Board,  team leaders, other key investigators and representative students  to Prince Edward Island in conjunction with the  AIRS 4^th Annual Meeting.

IV. STUDENT TRAINING

Students are a key component to the research progress and they represent the future of the AIRS project as well as the future  of academia and society in general.  Hence, more than half the budget is dedicated to them. Still with over 70 research supervisors over a 7-year period, AIRS is careful to see that as much good as possible can come from the funds available.  Funding will be distributed to students via three mechanisms: (1) compensation in the range of $1000 - $5000 for research work focusing on the goals of AIRS, e.g., collecting data necessary for the  various research themes  (2) top-up awards in the range of $2000 - $6000 for students already partially funded  at their home university who are conducting theses related to the AIRS' domain (3) awards up to the SSHRC stipend limit ($8000, $12000, $15000 for undergraduate, masters and doctoral student)HRC through open competition within a theme.  Although not a student award,  a postdoctoral award to the SSHRC stipend limit of $31,000 in year 3 and 4  will be made for a research proposal most likely to advance the AIRS objectives. Travel awards will come from the separate student travel budget and students will be encouraged to present their work at the annual AIRS meetings, workshops or organized symposia. They will be encouraged to publish or co-publish their work. Student presentation awards will be available and will aim to maintain high standards of presentation and high exposure of student work to the faculty researchers.  Moreover, students will have first hand access to faculty experts of the AIRS team. The distribution and standards of awards will be governed by the Theme Committees, and overseen and guided by a Student Award Committee.  The advertising of the AIRS Student Award Competitions is viewed as one mechanism for highlighting the work of AIRS.

Students who stay with the project for several years will be offered opportunities to enter into exchanges across the AIRS network, involving exposure to experts, techniques, technology, issues, and cultures. Where possible, exchanges between universities will be encouraged so as to simplify the mechanics of moving from one locale to another. Reciprocal arrangements will be sought so that university fees will be based on the student's normal fees not those of the university being visited. Researchers at the following universities have indicated their willingness to receive students: University of Toronto, McGill,  McMaster, Ryerson, UBC,  UPEI,  Harvard,  Universities of Washington, Cambridge (UK), London (UK), Pretoria (South Africa), Tartu (Estonia), and Hokkaido University.

V. GOVERNANCE

Central management. The Project Director, Annabel Cohen, is responsible for the intellectual leadership of the team and for the integration of the program's different components.  She will usually participate in the organization of workshops and conferences, leads or chairs team meetings and encourages collaboration across projects.  She will also lead sub-theme 1c and may participate in any of the projects as they relate to it.  Administrative Project Manager (at least half-time) and a post-doctoral fellow with part-time administrative responsibilities, particularly in connection with partners will report directly to the AIRS Project Director. The Administrative Project Manager will track and facilitate  achieving goals as identified in the Milestone document and its more refined Gaant chart and will manage the budget and accounting .

Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is responsible for planning and policy and will meet bi-monthly by videoconference. Theme leaders will represent the 9 sub-themes. Where there are two theme leaders, both may attend meetings, but only one may vote.  For every meeting, each sub-theme must have representation.  Other committees to be represented by 1 vote on the Executive Committee are: Digital Library, Student,  Partner, Stakeholder, and Geographic. Including the Project Director, the Executive Committee includes 14 votes.  The Administrative Project Manager, and the PDF manager are ex officio, non-voting members.

Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is a smaller body, a representative sub-group of the Executive Committee which can efficiently address daily issues and report directly to and receive direction from the Advisory Board. It is represented by one person for each of the 3 Research themes (Frank Russo, Patricia Campbell, the Project Director, and the Administrative Project Manager, and the PDF Manager, the latter two who do not vote but to whom the stakeholders and students have direct input.

Stakeholders. Representatives of over two dozen organizations have expressed interests in the activities of AIRS.  These stakeholder groups include associations of music teachers, choral leaders and singers, choirs, researchers in music and psychology, and other aspects of human behaviour such as developmental and cross-cultural psychology. These groups are provincial, national, and international. For each stakeholder group,  an AIRS student  researcher will serve as an individual liaison  who will keep the stakeholder informed of AIRS' activities, and offer invitations to attend events and to provide feedback.  The stakeholders will be invited to join a Stakeholder Committee that meets twice a year providing feedback to AIRS on the importance of certain issues  and the relevance of AIRS findings from the stakeholder perspective.

Partners. The Postdoctoral fellow at the UPEI site will liaise with the dozen AIRS partners which range from companies such as Roland and Apple, having a vested stake in the music industry (which involves singing, singers, and song), arts and cultural establishments (e.g., Confederation of the Arts, ECMA, and Music PEI), and government organizations such as Veteran's Affairs Canada at the national level, and PEI Cultural Sector Council at the Provincial level. The partners will also form a group, with a volunteer chair facilitator (specifically Ms. Henricken-Eldershaw of Alzheimer's PEI).  The partners will be asked to join in management of certain projects, such as the application of computer technology to vocal education.  Partner letters received prior to 2008 have been reconfirmed and additional letters (have been received) from Roland Canada and the Acoustical Society of America. A non-partner contribution has been received from UNESCO for a particular symposium.

Advisory Board. Two full members of the advisory board are Professor Philip Smith, a former Dean of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island. A Professor of Psychology he has  a vast amount of research  and  administrative experience (as chair of the provincial Cancer Research Board, and former member of the SSHRC Council). He has considerable musical training and parent of two young choristers.   Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt,  an eminent choral and vocal specialist,  and researcher at the Ohio State  University, is the President of the American Choral Director's Association  (22,000 members). She is a Canadian by birth and had taught at the University of Prince Edward Island in the Faculty of Music early in her career.  In addition, Professor Anna-Maria di Sciullo has joined the Advisory Board in an Adjunct capacity.  She is a linguist at UQAM,  graduate of MIT, and Project Director twice in succession of  an MCRI that focuses on the nature of grammatical asymmetry and its broad implications. The acceptance of  this special circumstance was confirmed by SSHRC in May 2009.  These three strong leader/administrators represent much of the disciplinary breadth of AIRS in psychology, health, music, choral, singing, culture, and  language. The specific experience of Professor di Sciullo with the MCRI, of Professor  Smith with UPEI and SSHRC, and Professor  Apfelstadt with singing and choir leadership  cannot help but  provide valuable advice and feedback to the AIRS team research team in terms of research, collaboration, integration, training, dissemination and large-scale project management and will provide external accountability.  The Advisory Board will meet twice annually and will receive an AIRS annual report from the AIRS steering committee. Meeting minutes will made available.

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The rest is not in the milestone document.

Adding Biographical Information

• Select “My Account”
• You will see a screen with your user name at the top, and below it some menu items
• Click “Edit”
• Look below and you can add a photo if you wish
  • Click “Upload a picture”. It seems to want a file ending in *.jpg.
  • Be sure to hit “submit” at the bottom whenever you want to store something.
• You need to give your password twice (once a confirmation) – you will see where to type it in
• Go back to the top and click “User information”
  • Here are the empty frames for your information. You can copy and paste something you already have, or something you make up especially, or just type right into the box. Be sure to click “submit” at the bottom of the page (scroll down) in order to save what you have types.
  • My example is at http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs/user/8
  • This one from Reyna Friendly, a student, is a good example: http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs/user/165

• 5. Below is the information that you will be asked to provide. Some of it has been previously been requested, but we have since asked for more specific information.
• Your full name
• Your research interests
• Your affiliation (e.g., Department of a University)
• Your full address ( for sending correspondence)
• Your professional background, e.g., degrees from various institutions and dates if you wish; other qualifications including past and present appointments and responsibilities. You may already have a bio that you can copy and paste into this.
• Your Research interests relevant to AIRS – this may be general and/or specific. You can identify specific research themes of AIRS
  • 1. Development
  • 2. Education
  • 3. Well-being.

To help you with this, I am providing access to a draft of the milestone document which outlines briefly the goals of the themes. Do not be alarmed if you do not see your name on this document. It will be there before the document is submitted, somewhere on pp. 8 and 9.

As well, do not be alarmed if your name is associated with a sub-theme that you feel is not the most appropriate. This can be changed. Please let me know.

• Go back to the bottom right hand menu (where you found “my account” before”.
• Click on “Group”
• You will see a list of groups come up, or perhaps only one group.
  • Look at Project Members group. There is a number there, e.g., 82
  • Click on the number.
  • Now you will see the users names of the members. Hopefully these are linked to the members names in an obvious way (I am trying to get the actual name of the person listed, rather than the username).
  • If you click on any name, you will see the corresponding profile.

Milestone Document Draft June 21-2009

AIRS Team Members:

Please read through this AIRS Milestone Document - 1st 3.5 Years  (pages 1 -10)

(See the pdf  attachment below - Note the 8.5" x 14" - legal paper page size - if you plan to print)

The document has been discussed with each of the Team Leaders.

Please see that your name is associated with the most appropriate sub-theme or sub-themes and if it is not listed, please inform Annabel Cohen (acohen@upei.ca)

If you have any comments or suggestions please direct them to the Team Leaderand/or to Annabel Cohen

Familiarity with and approval of this document should precede the Start-up meeting June 27-09.

Thank you.

Performance and song sharing - Volunteers

This form collects information from the members of the AIRS team who have volunteered to perform at the AIRS concerts of the evenings of June 28 and 29, or at Interludes in the program, or who are willing to share a song on other occasions, such as Sunday morning June 28.

If you require an accompaniest and will take up the offer of collaborative pianist Rena Sharon at the University of British Colulmbia it is necessary to send her the music and to communicate with her directly at Rena Sharon <nareana@interchange.ubc.ca>

It will be necessary to send her copies of your music immediately.

Opportunity for brief rehearsal at UPEI will be provided.

In the interests of representing variety and enabling many persons to participate, the number of songs to be

performed  would be limited for any one occasion (sadly, given the talent and knowledge represented)

thanks to all who will contribute to the conference in this important way

Post-conference Survey of AIRS Start-up Meeting Impressions

Please enter your impressions about the Start-up meeting at UPEI:

Poster and Paper Submission

Please complete the form at the following URL to provide information on the title, authors, and abstract for your poster or paper, adn other preferences

http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs/node/333

Please complete this separately for each submission

Preliminary Program - Brief

AIRS Start-up meeting  June 27 - June 30, 2009   UPEI

Preliminary Program

Comments  and Suggestions Welcome

Background preparation. All AIRS participants will provide advance background information about themselves to be posted on the AIRS web-site (forms to complete still to be provided).  Attendees will have read this information and be familiar with AIRS team members prior to the meeting.  As well, key issues to be addressed at the meeting will be posted in advance by team leaders.

Saturday - June 27

2:30 - 4:30  Executive Meeting - Team Leaders, Student, Partner, Geographic, Stakeholder Reps

7:00 - 9:30  Plenary  Opening reception - Official Welcomes, Performance, Project overview from Project Leader,  and Theme leaders - Introduction of AIRS Researchers, Partners and representative Stakeholders

Sunday, June 28

9:00 - 9:30  Opening remarks and song exchange in the spirit of the project

9:30 - 10:30.  Plenary discussion of central issues of Theme 1

10:30 - 10:45  Refreshment break

10:45 - 12:30   Plenary discussion of central issues of Theme 2 and 3.

12:30 - 1:45  Lunch  (likely have one of members speak)

1:45 - 2:25   Digital library and the Virtual Research Environment -  Brief Plenary Tutorials

*2:30 - 4:15    up to 20 Poster or Research summary descriptions/lightning talks

*4:00  - 5:30   All Posters Displayed and Refreshments

6:30  - 8:00  Dinner together

8:00 - 9:30  Vocal or other entertainment, AIRS impromptu choir etc., followed by cash bar (Main lounge)

Monday June 29

9:00 - 10:15   Break into 3 theme, digital library, student & + Partner /stakeholder group

discuss implementation of goals / videoconference as needed

10:15 - 10:30           Refreshment Break

*10:30 - 11:30   Remaining Poster descriptions/ lightning talks

*11:30 - 1:30   Poster session and lunch

*1:30 - 2:30     4 Plenary talks

2:30 - 4:00  Break further into subgroups of each theme  1a, 1b,1c, 2a 2b,2c, 3a, 3b, 3c   Digital Library

4:00 -4:30     Within theme groups report back to each other: all Theme 1, 2, and 3 DL

5:30 - 7:00    Reception/concert at the home of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island across from the board walk

7:15 - 9:00   Dinner (location to be announced)

Tuesday, June 30

9:00 - 12:00  Plenary:  Reports from the Theme Subgroups (video conference as needed)

12:00 - 1:00  Box Lunch

1:30 - 4:30      Team Leaders  - Wrap -up

Wednesday, July 1 Canada Day (http://www.tourismpei.com/index.php3)

*possibly open to registration by students and public in PEI (for AIRS dissemination mandate)

Program - AIRS Start-up Conference June 27-30, 2009 (Draft 4)

AIRS Start-up meeting  June 27 - June 30, 2009   UPEI

Draft 4 -  Preliminary Programme

Comments and Suggestions from AIRS Team Members Welcome

Background preparation. All AIRS participants will provide advance background information about himself and herself that will be posted on the AIRS web-site. (go to http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs/node/341.)  Attendees will have read this information and be familiar with AIRS team members prior to the meeting.  As well, key issues to be addressed at the meeting will be posted in advance as the Draft AIRS Milestone Document. http://demoblade9.vre.upei/airs/node/343.   Please be familiar at least with the section on the sub-themes most relevant to you.  Not all members are currently named in the document (pp. 8 & 9 particularly), but will be included  in the final draft. Locations within teams may change according to team member's preference, and multiple locations are welcome.

Saturday - June 27

2:30 - 4:30  Executive Meeting - Lower Level of the Robertson Library - CMTC Research Facility

Theme Team Leaders, and Digital Library, Student, Partner, Geographic, Stakeholder Representatives

7:00 - 9:30  Plenary  Opening reception -McDougall Hall

- Official Welcomes, Performance, Project overview from Project Leader,  and Theme leaders - Introduction of AIRS Researchers, Partners and representative Stakeholders

Sunday, June 28 McDougall Hall Market Square

9:00 - 9:30  Opening remarks and song exchange in the spirit of the project

9:30 - 10:30.  Plenary discussion of central issues of Theme 1 Team Leaders

10:30 - 10:45 Refreshment break

10:45 - 12:30 Plenary discussion of central issues of Theme 2 and 3.  Team Leaders

12:30 - 1:45  Lunch   (Main Building Faculty Lounge)

Andrew Hankinson

Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Drupal: Websites for the rest of us

1:45 - 2:25   Digital library and the Virtual Research Environment -  Brief Plenary Tutorials in Robertson Library building (Mark Leggott and UPEI Technical Staff  Digital Library Team).

Oral  Presentations and Posters (Theme 1 Development) - McDougall Hall

2:30  Simone Dalla Bella and Magdalena Berkowska 1.1* (*Number refers to AIRS-sub-theme)

Dept. of Cognitive Psychology, University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Poland

Tone deafness disrupts pitch production in music, not in speech: A case study

2:50 Laurel Trainor, Rayna Friendly and Steven Brown 1.1

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Development of singing: The current state of our knowledge and an outline of critical questions

3:10 Simone Falk¹ and Tamara Rathcke² 1.1

¹Ludwid-Maximilians-Universitat, ²Munchen Germany University of Glasgow, UK

The speech-to-song illusion: experimental evidence

Poster Summaries  Sunday, June 28

3:30  Marju Raju (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), Eva Liina Asu (Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics) & Jaan Ross University of Tartu - Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies,

Comparison of rhythm in musical scores and performances as measured with the pairwise variability index

3:33 Nathalie Henrich Lucie Bailly, Xavier Pelorson & Bernard Lortat-Jacob

Speech and Cognition, GIPSA-lab, Saint Martin d'Hères, France

Physiological and physical understanding of singing voice practices: the Sardinian Bassu case

3:36 Annabel J. Cohen, Marsha Lannan, Jenna D. Coady,  Emily Gallant, and Annabel Cohen

AIRS and Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island

Developing a test battery of singing abilities with lifespan application

3:40 - 4:10 Posters and refreshments McDougall Hall Street

4:10 - 5:30  Oral Presentations (Theme 1 Development)

4:10   Mayumi Adachi and Taichi Ando (1.1)

Dept. of Psychology, Hokkaido University, N10 W7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

A Japanese infant's vocal features in daily contexts of infant-directed speech and song: A case study

4:30  Simone Falk 1.2

Ludwid-Maximilians-Universitat, Germany

From song to speech? Infant-directed singing in the first year of life

4:50  Nathalie Henrich^1,2, Bernard Roubeau², Michele Castellengo^2,3, Bernard Roubeau² -

¹Dept. Speech and Cognition, GIPSA-lab, France; ²Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, Hopital Tenon, Paris;  ³LAM-IJLRA, France

How to identify the laryngeal mechanism of a singing voice production  (1.2)

5: 10 Dr. Psyche Loui & Gottfried Schlaug (LT) - 1.3

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

Neural control of vocal pitch production

6:30  - 8:00  Dinner together  - Andrews Hall - UPEI Campus

8:00 - 9:30  Vocal or other entertainment, AIRS impromptu choir etc., followed by cash bar

Organized by June Countryman and Sung-Ha Shin-Bouey, UPEI Department of Music

Steel Auditorium for performance  to Main Building Faculty Lounge Refreshments and Cash Bar

Monday June 29

9:00 - 10:15   Break into 3 theme, digital library, student & + Partner /stakeholder group

discuss implementation of goals / videoconference as needed

10:15 - 10:30           Refreshment Break

*10:30 - 11:45   Remaining Poster descriptions/ lightning talks

10:30 Andrea Emberly 2.1

Department of Music Education, University of Washington, Seattle,  WA USA

The role of media on song acquisition in South African Children

10: 50 Allan Vurma (Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, Tallinn) & Jaan Ross 2.2

Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia

Observing a chameleon: How to bridge a gap between the voice training and its scientific description

11: 10 Nathalie Henrich, Sandra Cornaz, Nathalie Valle'e, Sandra Cornaz & Nathalie Vallée 2.3

Dept. Speech and Cognition, GIPSA-lab, 961 rue de la Houille Blanche, Saint

Martin d'Hères, France

Singing voice as a tool for improving the teaching/learning of a foreign language. The case of Italian speakers learning French.

Poster Summaries

11:30  Jennifer Sullivan  (2.2)

Department of Psychology, St Francis Xavier University

Learning and Singing: Song Intervention to Enhance Preschool Vocabulary

11:33  Martin Gardiner (2.2)

Dr. Martin F. Gardiner - 1.1, 2.3 and 3.3

Center for the Study of Human Development, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA

WORLearning singing skills: Effects on broader skill learning

11:36  Godfrey Baldacchino (3.1)

Institute of Island Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, UPEI

The  AIRS Island Global Network for Research in Singing and Song

11.39   Rachel Heydon (3.2)

Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Enhancing communicative learning opportunities through intergenerational art curricula: A multi-phase qualitative study leading to the AIRS research in intergenerational understanding

11:42  Jennifer Nicole (3.3)

Department of Counselling Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, CANADA

Title TBA

11:45 Stephen M. Clift, Grenville Hancox, Ian Morrison, Bärbel Hess, Gunter Kreutz and Don            Stewart

Sydney de Haan Centre, University of Canterbury, UK

What do Singers Say About the Effects of Choral Singing on Physical Health?

Findings from a Survey of Choristers in Australia, England and Germany

*11:50 - 1:15   Poster session and lunch  Monday, June 29

*1:15 - 2:30     Oral presentations

1:15 Prof. Lawrence P. O'Farrell (CI): Presentation (Long) - 3.1

Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

Networking and Publication Outlets for AIRS

1:30  Dr. Lily Chen-Hafteck (CI): Presentation (Long) - 3.1

Kean University, New Jersey, USA

Effects of an Interdisciplinary Chinese Music Program on Children's Cultural Understanding

1:50  Prof. Stephen M. Clift Grenville Hancox, Ann Skingley, Ian Morrison & Hilary Bungay 3.3

Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK

Community Singing for Wellbeing and Health: Report on a Progressive Research Programme within the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, UK

2:10 Dr. Lauren Stewart (CI): ¹Lauren Stewart, ¹Susan Anderson, ¹Karen Wise & ²Graham Welch

- 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Department of Psychology, Keele, UK, ²Institute of Education, London, UK)

Psychology Department, University of London, UK