Singing is integral to humans. And it has important social and psychological benefits for children.
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Busking has long been a way for musicians to gain performance experience and garner a following. Digital platforms are powerful tools that can transmit local artists to global audiences.
Penn State researchers who call themselves the ‘Happy Birthday Club’ suggest that we shouldn’t make judgments about our singing abilities based on familiar tunes that happen to be really hard.
Hit television show The Masked Singer encourages us to hone our listening skills. In fact, the voice gives us clues about emotion and identity every day.
Behind the wordless language of the jazz greats.
When record executives tried to mold Franklin’s sound to their liking, her career sputtered. Then legendary producer Jerry Wexler came along. His approach? Stay out of her way.
Almost anyone can be taught how to sing.
Humans are the only ape that sings, but we’re also the only ape that sings poorly. It’s a lot easier to whistle.
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.
Using cutting edge technology to construct ham-fisted duets with dead singers to boost sales is sad way to listen to great artists.
One way to help opera lose its elitist image is to write new ones in regional accents. But can classically trained singers adapt their style?
In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music of the pigs”.
Being a member of a community choir has similar health and social benefits as being part of a football team.
Elvis’s impressive vocal range and his technical ability made his voice an instrument that even opera singers have lined up to pay tribute to.
Kaichiro Kitamura is a human beat box. He teamed up with Australia’s renowned a capella ensemble to make some extraordinary music.
Just as Fitzgerald’s career was taking off, jazz was under attack for its purported connection to drug culture. If she wanted to become a mainstream superstar, she needed to make a choice.
Children with difficulty singing can be labelled as ‘nonmusical’ by parents, teachers and pop culture. This toxic idea of ‘talent’ can deprive people of music’s benefits for the rest of their lives.
In the 19th century, critics and audiences thought blacks were incapable of singing as well as their white, European counterparts. Greenfield forced them to reconcile their ears with their racism.
We all need a little trip to La La Land.
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State
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Academic in the School of Education and Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Bowling Green State University
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Associate Professor in Contemporary Singing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Drama, Tufts University
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Professor of Music Education, Northwestern University
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Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota
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Lecturer, Performing Arts Department, Faculty Affiliate, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor in Festival & Event Management, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Decision Making and Expertise, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Musicology, Stanford University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool