The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, which has had a traditional Chinese singing program since 1999, announced in May that it would offer what it said will be the world's first Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Cantonese opera, starting in the 2013-2014 academic year.
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of a 12-week group singing program on cognitive function, lung health and quality of life (QoL) of older adults.
For example, last year we worked with a series of nonprofits in the early childhood space (Too Small To Fail, Zero to Three, and Vroom) to provide background and tools to inform our Keep Singing program.
Participating in a group-singing program may be beneficial to healthy aging through engaging in active music-making activities and breathing exercises.
(Tommasini) 'THE PHOENIX RISING' Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi) The superb British early-music choir Stile Antico offers a beautifully sung program of Tudor church music, including William Byrd's richly polyphonic Mass for Five Voices.
"Later on," she said, "I want a cabaret career, singing programs tailor-made with the music that speaks most to me.
And in an exquisitely sung program of Schumann, Berg and Strauss with the subtle pianist Kevin Murphy, Ms. Garanca's smooth, even voice and great beauty still distracted — but not enough — from the cool calculation of her artistry.
For a start, the no frills, small-scale nature of the format has offered welcome respite from all those reality singing programs who drape a Mephistophelian arm over dead-eyed young'uns, promising fame, recording contracts and 4WD Nissans.
This study describes the amount of instruction in these topics provided through graduate-level curricula, who provides this instruction, and the kinds of affiliations such graduate singing programs have with medical professionals.
