Myself and Dr Katherine Emery are excited to announce a call for chapters for a volume we are editing together! The volume will be submitted for review to Song Studies, as part of their book series with Amsterdam Univ Press. All information below. Please share widely if you can!🎶🎨

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

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

⚠️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

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!

Members of the public are invited to sing alongside the BBC Singers in a virtual performance 🎤🎶 As part of a new collaboration with BBC Research & Development, 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. Liverpool Cath Choir 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.

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

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…

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.

📣 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!

#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!

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

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-…

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…

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