The VOXed. Project

Welcome to VOXed.

AHRB Innovation Grant Towards the meaningful application of technology

in the singing studio with David M. Howard(1) and Graham F. Welch(2)

(1) Media Engineering Research Group, Department of Electronics, University of York.

(2) Professor of Music Education and Head of the School of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Education, University of London.

Aims - Objectives

The overall aim of the "VOXed" project is to investigate the usefulness of real-time visual feedback technology in the singing studio.

We will achieve this by:

• Gaining input from singing voice professionals on the nature of useful pedagogical data

• Working for an extended period in a singing studio, gathering longitudinal data from a number of perspectives.

• Establishing the parameters that might be used for visual feedback

• Reporting outcomes to the singing voice professional community and other researchers

• Considering the wider application of such systems for encouraging healthy voice use

Technology

Please follow the link below for a detailed page regarding

Internet-Free and Shareware Tools for Voice Analysis...

Voice Analysis Tools

Singing Pedagogy

There is no longer a widespread culture of technology phobia in non-scientific fields of human endeavour.

The key innovation in this project is to adapt newly developed voice analysis and display techniques into a Windows application environment for pedagogical use in the singing studio.

The standard pedagogical model employed in the conservatoire studio typically involves weekly/twice weekly lessons with an expert, supported by private practice and performance. The teacher is engaged in a psychological translation of the student’s performance, for example by turning musical gestures into language, and the student is engaged in a further translation of the teacher’s verbal and visual feedback into adapted singing performance. A dual possibility thereby exists for the misinterpretation of information.

We suggest that anything that can provide more robust and easily understandable feedback to both teacher and student would seem to be worthwhile. However, new technological applications are only of potential benefit if they are easy to use by non-specialists and provide information that is meaningful, valid and useful. Such robust information can then inform feedback to provide more accurate formative and summative assessments of the progress of students and inform the effectiveness of the teaching.

Resources

SING and SEE...

SINGAD

Music Technology Research Group (Singing and Speech)

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Quantifying Developmental Singing Voice Changes in Children

Voice Tools

Music Technology Group Publications

Contacts

Professor David M. Howard BSc, PhD (London), CEng, FIEE, FIOA, MAES Head of the Media Engineering Research Group University of York Department of electronics Heslington York YO1 5DD tel.: +44 1904 432405 fax: +44 1904 432335 email: d h @ohm.york.ac.uk	Prof Graham F. Welch CertEd, BEd, MA, PhD ULIE Chair of Music Education Head, School of Arts and Humanities Institute of Education University of London 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL tel.: +44 20 7612 6503 email: g . w e l c h @ioe.ac.uk
Ms Jude S. Brereton BA (Hons), MPhil (TCD) Research Assistant University of York Department of Electronics Heslington York YO1 5DD tel.: +44 1904 432407 (Mon/Weds/Thurs) email: j b 6 4 @ohm.york.ac.uk	Mr Evangelos T. Himonides DipMus, BSc (1st Class Hons), MA PhD student, ULIE Research Assistant University of London Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL tel.: +44 20 79479507 email: e v a n g e l o s @ievangelos.com

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