funded by the AHRC, Innovation Award scheme (referenceB/IA/AN8885/APN15651)
The VOXed project, initially funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Innovation Award scheme (reference B/IA/AN8885/APN15651), was designed to evaluate the usefulness, or otherwise, of the application of real-time visual feedback technology in the singing studio. The basis for the research was a multi-disciplinary approach that drew on voice science and acoustics, the psychology of singing and voice education. Participants were based in two different singing studios, one in the north of England and the other in the south. They catered for two different adult singer client groups, ranging from skilled amateur to advanced professional. An action-research methodology was adopted in which the two participant singing teachers and their adult students were seen as co-researchers in the research activity.
The resultant research data consisted of research diaries, observations and interviews, supplemented by multimedia recordings (audio and video) of actual singing behaviours over time. Data analyses indicate that new technology can impact positively on teacher behaviours and student experiences by providing more meaningful feedback through an enriched pedagogy. This offers the possibility of expanding the professional knowledge and skill base of both groups.
project team...
The VOXed project principal investigators were Professor David M Howard, Media Engineering Research Group, Department of Electronics, University of York and Professor Graham F Welch, School of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Education, University of London
- Professor David Howard (principal co-investigator)
- Department of Electronics
- University of York
- Professor Graham Welch (principal co-investigator)
- Institute of Education
- University of London
- Jude Brereton (research officer)
- Department of Electronics
- University of York
- Evangelos Himonides (research officer)
- Institute of Education
- University of London
selected project public output...
- Towards a Novel Real-Time Visual Display for Singing Training. Presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA 2003).
- VOXed: Technology as a Meaningful Teaching Aid in the Singing Studio. Presented at the CIM04 Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology, Graz/Austria 15-18 April 2004.
- Technology in the Singing Studio: Evaluation by Users. Presented at the 2nd International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference. The conference was organised by the National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS), and took place in Denver-Colorado, from 7 October through 9 October 2004.
- Howard, D. M., Welch, G. F., Brereton, J., Himonides, E., DeCosta, M., Williams, J., et al. (2004). Winsingad: A Real-Time Display for the Singing Studio. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 29(3), 135-144.
- Welch, G. F., Howard, D. M., Himonides, E., & Brereton, J. (2005). Real-Time Feedback in the Singing Studio: An Innovatory Action-Research Project Using New Voice Technology. Music Education Research, 7(2), 225-249. [ISSN 1461 3808].
- Welch, G. F. (2005). Singing as Communication. In D. Miell, R. MacDonald & D. Hargreaves (Eds.), Musical Communication (pp. 239-259). New York: Oxford University Press. [0-19-852936-8 paperback; 0-19-852935-X hardback].
- Howard, D. M., Brereton, J., Welch, G. F., Himonides, E., DeCosta, M., Williams, J., et al. (2007). Are Real-Time Displays of Benefit in the Singing Studio? An Exploratory Study. Journal of Voice, 21(1), 20-34.
