Song Studies

Song Studies now has its own book series with @AmsterdamUPress! If you're working in the field of song studies (in any discipline, period, or practice), consider submitting a proposal! For more info: songstudies.org/song-studies-b… We look forward to reading your exciting submissions.

Renée Vulto's 'Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period' sheds new light on the intertwined history of music and politics by exploring Dutch political songs. 🎶 Read the introduction here 🔗aup.nl/en/book/978946…

Here at Song Studies we’re thrilled to announce the publication of the first book in our new series: ‘Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period’ by Renée Vulto! It explores the history of music & politics in Dutch revolutionary song. aup.nl/en/book/978946…

📣Come and work with our fab team at @LeedsLieder :) Please share this far and wide. Thanks! 📣

OUT NOW a remarkable book on Pavarotti’s life and craft with critiques of over 15 opera performances. A journey enriched by social, educational, & cultural experiences offering a wealth of practical lessons for today’s aspiring singers.

Looking for new warm-ups and technique exercises for your choir? 'SingCircle' is an essential addition to any director's collection – a diverse anthology of 111 rounds for learning by heart—and the newest addition to the 'Voiceworks' series. Buy now: oxford.ly/3ykdYan

📣 CALLING ALL YOUNG ALTOS! 📣 We have just learned of a last-minute alto vacancy on our Youth Consort course later this month. All details listed below - please do share widely!

How can we best integrate singing for health into medical curriculums? On 16th August we are hosting a workshop to discuss singing for health training for medics! 🩺 More info at: portal.rcs.ac.uk/scotland-singi…

Thanks @OperaRara ☺️ Really looking forward to this recital next year of juicy Italian & French song

Find studies on the impact of music education, all in one place & searchable by topic. Are you a music/neuroscience researcher, with studies you'd like to reach a wider audience? DM us with your links. Please share: we'd love to reach more music researchers & music ed advocates

#ShipstonSong this September in numbers: 3 recitals 3 masterclasses 8 performers 31 composers 71 songs (or 76 depending on how you feel about Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte 🤓) … and an audience of just 60 for each performance in our beautiful space. See you there!

If you or someone you know is located in Canada and is interested in joining a group singing program for people with communication challenges, older adults, or newcomers to Canada, check out our community resource map! 🗺️🍁🎶 singwell.ca/group-singing-…

Back to Handel today, reviving our "Orlando" from last year for a few performances this summer, starting with Anglesey on 27th May - instrumentalists sounding glorious! 🎻🪈🎵 The score is full of real gems, and it's so nice to be back singing Medoro's beautiful arias 🥰

PROTEST #SaveOurWNO 🎶 Tuesday, 21st May at 1pm Senedd, Cardiff Bay An invitation from the #Orchestra & #Chorus of @WelshNatOpera to join in song next week. Please share &let’s show the @WelshGovernment & @GOVUK the strength of feeling against dismantling #Wales’s opera company.

Members of the public are invited to sing alongside the BBC Singers in a virtual performance 🎤🎶 As part of a new collaboration with @BBCRD, singers of all ages and abilities are invited to join the world renowned choir - from the comfort of home: tinyurl.com/yfd5cdtv

Putting on Messiah feels like a significant milestone. @LivCathChoir and @Liverpoolmet last joined forces like tonight in 2019. Choral singing was banned for over a year. A pillar of the repertoire restored. Bravo, Director of Music, Stephen Mannings who pulled it off with verve.

We're looking for an experienced choral leader to become the new Principal Conductor of National Youth Choir (9-15 Years). The role includes delivering inspiring, inclusive choral training at residential courses, recordings & concerts across the UK 🎥 Apply by 9am on 3 June!

⚠️Announcing Oxford International Song Festival 2024: Cities of Song. Full programme available online oxfordsong.org. Friends priority booking now open, public booking 24 May (sign up to become a Friend online!) 🎶 #oxfordinternationalsongfestival #oxfordsong #lieder

Join us on Friday 31 May as we celebrate Lord Byron’s Bicentenary with ‘An Evening of Don Juan’, starring prize-winning soprano @etaylorsoprano and @PianoLieder! ✨ Featuring Schubert, Barber, Ravel, Maconchy, MacMillan, and two newly commissioned songs by @Hazrati_Emily98 🎶

10 GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PHD STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS TO ATTEND ISIG’S ANNUAL STUDY WEEK isig.fbk.eu/en/news/detail…

Myself and @emery_katherine are excited to announce a call for chapters for a volume we are editing together! The volume will be submitted for review to @SongStudies21, as part of their book series with @AmsterdamUPress. All information below. Please share widely if you can!🎶🎨