In this practical discussion, we will explore the idea of group singing as a resource for the development of a ‘healthy public’, with Dave Camlin, Helena Daffern and Katherine Zeserson, co-authors of a recent journal article in www.nature.com. We’ll be grappling with questions like:

• What is a ‘healthy public’ and why might group singing be a means of achieving it? If group singing is ‘good’, who is it good for?

• How can the stories people tell about their experiences contribute to a more scientific understanding of why group singing might underpin positive health and wellbeing?

• If music is about the ‘performance of relationships’, how can the conditions of ‘safe danger’ help us to experience music’s transformative power?

• What is ‘distributed ethnography’ and the Sensemaker® method, and how can it shape new directions in research into cultural experience?

Speaker Biographies

Dr. Dave Camlin is a musician whose practice spans performance, composition, teaching, Community Music (CM) and research. He is Lecturer in Music Education at the Royal College of Music and Trinity-Laban Conservatoire.

Helena Daffern is currently a Senior Lecturer in Music Technology in the AudioLab, Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York and director of York Centre for Singing Science. With a background in singing performance and a PhD in Music Technology, Helena continues to sing alongside her research activities. Her research focuses on voice science and acoustics, utilising interdisciplinary approaches to investigate singing pedagogy and performance, choral singing and singing for health and wellbeing. Current projects include utilising virtual reality technologies to explore group singing performance, as well as developing tools to widen access to group singing activities.

Catherine Zeserson (www.zeserson.com) is an independent strategic consultant, musician, writer, coach, facilitator and trainer. She works at the intersections between creative process, social transformation, leadership culture and impact. Current organisational clients include Music Generation (Ireland), Britten Pears Arts, European Concert Halls Organisation, North Yorkshire Music Action Zone and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She is a Co-Director of Harmony Associates, founder member of Mouthful (vocal quartet), co-founder and Chair of Sing Up Ltd., and a member of the Boards of Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company and Dash Arts (UK). From 2001 - 2015 she was Founding Director of Learning and Participation at Sage Gateshead.

Date: Thursday 28 January 2021

Location: ONLINE

The event will run from 2:00pm-3.30pm (GMT) We will open the room from 1.50pm to allow 10 minutes for set-up time, to say hello and to ensure a prompt start.

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