Singing for Health
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Welch et al 2019
Evaluating the impact of a school-based singing project, in relation to outcomes for children and teachers involved
Monroe et al 2020
The effects of choral singing on communication impairments in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI): A systematic review: Effects of choral singing on communication impairments in ABI: A systematic review
Shakespeare & Whieldon 2017
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 'Sing Your Heart Out Project', providing Community Singing Workshops for Mental Health Service Users and the General Public
Sandeep Gurrapadi
Sandeep Gurrapadi talks about applying his skills as opera singer, composer and educator in community music projects in India
Dingle at el 2020
An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being
Perkins et al 2020
How Participatory Music Engagement Supports Mental Well-being: A Meta-Ethnography
Irons et al 2019
A systematic review on the effects of group singing on persistent pain in people with long‐term health conditions
Camlin et al 2020
Group singing as a resource for the development of a healthy public: a study of adult group singing
The Singing Clinic – Building a Singing for Health Programme in partnership with Social Prescribing
Emily Foulkes shares her experiences of developing Singing for Health work linked to Social Prescribing in Cornwall
Fancourt & Perkins 2018
Effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: three-arm randomised controlled trial
Shlaug et al 2010
From singing to speaking: facilitating recovery from nonfluent aphasia
Han et al 2018
Individual Therapeutic Singing Program for Vocal Quality and Depression in Parkinson’s Disease
Behind the data is a human story
Becky Moseley-Morgan reveals some fascinating insights into the benefits of singing for mature voices
Thomson et al 2021
The role of cultural, community and natural assets in addressing societal and structural health inequalities in the UK: future research priorities
Kaasgaard et al 2021
Use of Singing for Lung Health as an alternative training modality within pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD: an RCT
Sophie Garner
Emily Foulkes talks to Sophie Garner about her work and research on singing for people with brain injuries and her journey to becoming an author of books about creative songwriting with children.
Gregson et al 2021
Comparing Aerosol Concentrations and Particle Size Distributions Generated by Singing, Speaking and Breathing
Victor et al 2016
Music, singing and wellbeing for adults living with dementia: a systematic review
The Origins of Singing for Health
Dr Stephen Clift - Professor Emeritus at Canterbury Christ Church University, Visiting Professor at York St John University and Professorial Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health - looks back over 20 years of Singing for Health research.
Coulton et al 2015
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community singing on mental health-related quality of life of older people: randomised controlled trial
Warran et al 2019
The experience and perceived impact of group singing for men living with cancer: A phenomenological study
Daisy Fancourt
Saoirse Finn talks to Dr Daisy Fancourt about her work focusing on the effects of social and cultural participation on health
Measuring the Unmeasurable
Dave Camlin - musician, composer, music educator and researcher - explores the building up of a picture of group singing that captures more of its profoundly transformational nature. Difficult to quantify in research terms, but of enormous potential value if it can be captured.
London Rhymes
Rosie Adediran talks about singing and writing songs with parents, babies and children
Daykin et al 2018
What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults
Singing and Parkinson's
Vocal coach and choral facilitator Elizabeth Drwal Stuttard presents two films exploring raising proprioceptive awareness in community singers with Parkinson’s through Laban based movement warm-ups integrated into the vocal sessions
Philip KEJ, Lewis A, Buttery SC, et al
Physiological demands of singing for lung health compared with treadmill walking
Campbell et al 2021
Narrative review exploring the extent to which group singing can be seen as improving both physical and psychological health in participants with or without chronic health conditions
Pentikainen et al 2021
Beneficial effects of choir singing on cognition and well-being of older adults: Evidence from a cross-sectional study
McNaughton et al 2016
Sing Your Lungs Out: a qualitative study of a community singing group for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Batt-Rawden & Stedje 2020
Singing as a health-promoting activity in elderly care: a qualitative, longitudinal study in Norway
Irons et al 2020
Group Singing Has Multiple Benefits in the Context of Chronic Pain: An Exploratory Pilot Study
Phoene Cave on singing and lung health
Phoene Cave - leading specialist in singing and lung health - gives an audio description of the powerful role singing can play in combatting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Daffern et al 2021
Singing Together, Yet Apart: The Experience of UK Choir Members and Facilitators During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Williams, Dingle & Clift 2018
A systematic review of mental health and wellbeing outcomes of group singing for adults with a mental health condition
Tamplin et al 2019
ParkinSong: A Controlled Trial of Singing- Based Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
How singing affects health & wellbeing
Dr Sarah Andersen describes her experiences of singing in the tiny Norwegian city of Namsos, and her continuing work to understand more about the wellbeing aspects of singing.
Anthony Bourdain