Singing in a choir helps people regain their voice and reduces social isolation and the sense of loss that often follows diagnosis with a brain condition.
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Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.
Singing together can revive memories and create social connection.
For migrants living with dementia, memory loss weakens links between language, culture and expression. Music can help.
Group singing was once a major key to Australia’s national happiness. Why are we only now paying attention to the powers it has?
Singing at the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral and at King Charles III’s coronation tells a story of global histories coming full circle.
When you sing together, what you really get for Christmas isn’t just more socks or the latest techno gadget – it’s the real gift of joyful human connection.
Premiering in 1937 in Frankfurt during the Third Reich, there is a ritualistic force to Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. This makes it a guilty pleasure for some and perfect fodder for ad jingles.
Falsetto male pop and opera artists fascinate us with their high voices, but it’s also intriguing to know anyone can find a falsetto sound.
Both choirs and classical music were childhood influences on a stellar career that would leave behind major new recordings in these areas.
Our video shows aerosol emissions from singing a simple scale. No wonder singing in a choir can be risky.
Many boys stop singing at adolescence – but with the right support, they can continue to sing through their voice change and emerge as lifetime singers.
Singing is integral to humans. And it has important social and psychological benefits for children.
Much like what everyone in showbiz from Lady Gaga to Lang Lang seems to be doing, school-age music students are using apps and software to play instruments and sing together.
Around the world, choirs have been linked to coronavirus super-spreader events. Online choirs can provide many of the same benefits, while protecting our health.
Some covers are recorded as a nod to the legacy of the original, only to end up becoming the definitive version of the song.
Derbyshire police’s male-voice choir is out of tune with the modern world in refusing to admit women.
The tradition of carol singing at Christmas appears to be going through a revival and it’s bringing communities together.
In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music of the pigs”.
Did we evolve the capacity to produce sublime music simply to get more sex? Or are we driven by higher ideals related to living together in harmony? Maybe it’s a bit of both.
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Academic in the School of Education and Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer, University of Fort Hare
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Lecturer of Ethnomusicology and Music Management, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Music Education, Northwestern University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW
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Professor of Music Education, Georgia State University
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Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Music, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Contemporary Singing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney