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>