Matthew Shipton

Parkinson's UK

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Stephen Clift

Canterbury Christ Church University

Trish Vella-Burrows

Canterbury Christ Church University

Ann Skingley

Canterbury Christ Church University

Sonia Page

Canterbury Christ Church University

Ian Morrison

University of Aberdeen

Kim Burwell

UNSW Sydney

Evangelos Himonides

University College London

Mark Tarrant

University of Exeter

Liesbeth Tip

University of Edinburgh

Genevieve A. Dingle

University of Queensland

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Hudson Institute

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University College London

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Universidad de Sevilla

Emerald Group Publishing (United Kingdom)

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An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being

Music & Science (2019)

Genevieve A. Dingle Stephen Clift Saoirse Finn Rebekah Gilbert Jenny M. Groarke

Research on choirs and other forms of group singing has been conducted for several decades and there has been a recent focus on the potential health and well-being benefits, particularly in amateur singers. Experimental, quantitative, and qualitative studies show evidence of a range of biopsychosocial and well-being benefits to singers; however, there are many challenges to rigor and replicability. To support the advances of research into group singing, the authors met and discussed theoretical and methodological issues to be addressed in future studies. The authors are from five countries and represent the following disciplinary perspectives: music psychology, music therapy, community music, clinical psychology, educational and developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, health psychology, social psychology, and public health. This article summarizes our collective thoughts in relation to the priority questions for future group singing research, theoretical frameworks, potential solutions for design and ethical challenges, quantitative measures, qualitative methods, and whether there is scope for a benchmarking set of measures across singing projects. With eight key recommendations, the article sets an agenda for best practice research on group singing.

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10.1177/2059204319861719

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“Singing for Breathing”: Participants' perceptions of a group singing programme for people with COPD

Arts & Health (2013)

Ann Skingley Sonia Page Stephen Clift Ian Morrison Simon Coulton

Background: Chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) is a long term respiratory condition with a high prevalence rate and associated with considerable physical and psychological morbidity. This research aims to examine the perceptions of people with COPD taking part in regular group singing, in terms of feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness. Methods: The overall approach was a pre-test, post-test feasibility element and a nested qualitative component. Measures of respiratory function and self-reported quality of life were collected from participants engaged in a 36 week singing programme. Written comments from 97 individuals, reported here, were collected at baseline, mid-point and end-point. Data were analysed using content and thematic analysis. Results: Participants noted limitations due to their respiratory condition but a large number expressed beliefs that singing had led to improvement and this appeared to be incremental over the time of the project. Other comments related to positive effects on physical health more broadly, on psychological wellbeing and on the social support gained through meeting others with COPD. Comments relating to the overall programme and the research itself were overwhelmingly positive. Conclusions: Findings suggest that singing is perceived as both acceptable and beneficial to people with COPD. Evidence from participants served as a useful supplement to the quantitative findings.

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10.1080/17533015.2013.840853

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Group singing as a public health resource

Oxford University Press eBooks (2015)

Stephen Clift Grenville Hancox Ian Morrison Matthew Shipton Sonia Page

Abstract This chapter considers the developing evidence base for the idea that regular group singing can have important benefits for personal and social well-being, but more importantly for mental and physical health. It draws on the findings from a progressive programme of work undertaken by the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health since 2005. The centre has undertaken a series of innovative research studies which have demonstrated that group singing can have an important role in tackling some growing public health challenges associated with increased life expectancy, including the rise in the prevalence of long-term health conditions and the growing costs of health and social care for older people. These are challenges affecting not only the United Kingdom, but all countries throughout the world whatever their levels of economic development and health and social care infrastructures.

10.1093/med/9780199688074.003.0031

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Conference Announcement Clinical Microbiology 2021

Matthew Shipton

We are pleased to welcome you to the “Clinical after the successful completion of the series of Nutrition Congress. The congress is scheduled to take place in the beautiful city of Paris, France June 29-30, 2021. This Advance Microbiology 2021 conference will provide you with an exemplary research experience and huge ideas. The perspective of the Advance Microbiology Conference is to set up Cloud research to help people understand how treatment techniques have advanced and how the field has developed in recent years.

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Setting the Tempo: The need for a progressive research programme on Music Health and Wellbeing

Matthew Shipton Evangelos Himonides

This edited volume contains the peer-refereed proceedings of: 'Setting the Tempo' Sempre Conference, 18-20 April 2013 Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health Canterbury Christ Church University University Centre Folkestone Mill Bay Folkestone Kent United Kingdom

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Examining the Distribution of the Elderly and Accessibility to Essential Services

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (2013)

Sekhar Somenahalli Matthew Shipton

Elderly people are less likely to travel long distances or make complex trips and consequently their level of access to services is often less than that of younger people living in the same area. An appropriate residential location may therefore be more critical in old age than at any other time in life. This research uses Geographical Information System (GIS) software to quantify twenty variables that the literature suggests impact elderly residential location decisions. It then examines how well each of these variables explains the current elderly population distribution of Adelaide, South Australia. The results are used to build a conceptual framework of elderly migration that can assist decision makers and stakeholders endeavouring to strategically improve the quality of life of elderly people in urban areas. The research finds that the distribution of people aged 75 years and over is explained better by an area's access to services than by socio-economic, migration or housing related statistics and that the reverse is true for recent retirees. The results enable the importance of specific services to be ranked for four elderly age groups and demonstrate how suburbs with unexpectedly high or low numbers of elderly residents can be identified.

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10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.11.189

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Performance studies in practice: an investigation of students' approaches to practice in a university music department

Music Education Research (2011)

Kim Burwell Matthew Shipton

In higher education music, individual practice remains a unique and solitary activity, perhaps the least accessible to the scrutiny of either teachers or researchers. This study reports on an investigation of the variety among student approaches to practice, with reference to year groups, age, instrumental groups and examination results. Data were collected through a questionnaire of 101 items with verbal rating scales. The interface between research and teaching and learning is seen to support reflection in the ongoing work of students, tutors and the institution.

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10.1080/14613808.2011.603041

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Strategic approaches to practice: an action research project

British Journal of Music Education (2013)

Kim Burwell Matthew Shipton

The importance of personal practice for instrumentalists and vocalists is well established among researchers, and axiomatic for practitioners. This paper reports on a phase of an action research project, investigating student approaches to personal practice. Following a preliminary questionnaire study, a residential clinic was conducted by practitioner-researchers for eight student participants. In a programme addressing practice, rehearsal and performance, students were introduced to and supported in the development of self-regulatory skills, through generic practice strategies and tools for time-management and self-evaluation. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, weblogs and practice schedules. Students’ previous experience with learning about practice was characterised, and complemented by the exploration of a programme offering support for more strategic approaches, beyond the setting of individual lessons.

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10.1017/s0265051713000132

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Proceedings: SEMPRE Conference 'Striking a Chord': Music Health and Wellbeing: a conference exploring current developments in research and practice

Evangelos Himonides Matthew Shipton

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