Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Volume II: Education

<p><em>The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Volume II: Education</em> examines the many methods and motivations for vocal pedagogy promoting singing not just as an art form arising from the musical instrument found within every individual but also as a means of communication with social psychological and didactic functions. Presenting research from myriad fields of study beyond music—including psychology education sociology computer science linguistics physiology and neuroscience—the contributors address singing in three parts:</p><ul> <li>Learning to Sing Naturally</li> <li>Formal Teaching of Singing</li> <li>Using Singing to Teach</li> </ul><p>In 2009 the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded a seven-year major collaborative research initiative known as Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). Together global researchers from a broad range of disciplines addressed three challenging questions: How does singing develop in every human being? How should singing be taught and used to teach? How does singing impact wellbeing? Across three volumes <em>The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing</em> consolidates the findings of each of these three questions defining the current state of theory and research in the field. <em>Volume II: Education </em>focuses on the second question and offers an invaluable resource for anyone who identifies as a singer wishes to become a singer works with singers or is interested in the application of singing for the purposes of education.</p>