BVA Research Day: NEW HORIZONS IN VOICE RESEARCH
Updated: 10th February 2010
Saturday, March 13th 2010
10.00 – 17.00 (registration from 9.30)
Park Crescent Conference Centre,
229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN
The British Voice Association invites you to a one-day conference on some of the aims, approaches and applications of research into different aspects of voice, viewed from scientific, artistic and educational, as well as clinical perspectives.
The day will provide a unique opportunity for researchers currently engaged in aspects of voice research in different disciplines to meet and exchange ideas and results. It will also allow potential researchers to find out more about current developments and future directions of voice research.
Speakers to include:
- Sophie Scott: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London
- Mark Huckvale: Department of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, University College, London
- Karen Wise: School of Psychology, Keele University
- Jane Boston: formerly Head of Research & Staff Development at RADA
- Phoene Cave: Vocal workshop leader, Singing for Breathing clinical research trial at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Julian McGlashan: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen’s Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham
During the late afternoon, the presentation of the short-listed papers for the prestigious Van Lawrence Prize will take place, and the day will culminate in the award, worth £500, to the winner.
Programme
| 09.30 | Registration |
| 09.55 | Welcome and Introduction (Jeffrey Davies & Sue Anderson) |
| I Research in the Sciences (Chair, Adrian Fourcin) | |
| 10.00 | Sophie Scott - Vocal emotions – from acoustics to brain processes. |
| 10.30 | Mark Huckvale - Performance-based measures of speech signal quality. |
| 11.00 | Coffee |
| II Research in the Arts and Education (Chair, Linda Hutchison) | |
| 11.15 | Karen Wise - Understanding the "tone- deaf" singer: integrating multiple perspectives. |
| 11.45 | Jane Boston - Shifting knowledge: The transfer from the Conservatoire to the Academy. |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| III Clinical Research (Chair, Sharat Mohan) | |
| 13.30 | Phoene Cave and Nick Hopkinson - "Singing for Breathing" at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. |
| 14.00 | Julian McGlashan and Katherine Behenna -Laryngographic features of Spasmodic Dysphonia. |
| Final questions for all speakers and closure of New Horizons programme (Jeffrey Davies and Stephanie Martin) | |
| IV The Van Lawrence prize (Chair, John Rubin) | |
| 14.40 | Introduction (Stuart Barr) |
| 14.45 | Presentation of three short-listed papers |
| 16.00 | Tea (Panel meets) |
| 16.30 | Presentation of the Van Lawrence Award 2010 |
| 16.40 | Conclusion |
Programme may be subject to amendment
The fee for the day is: £70 for BVA members; £80 for non-BVA members; £40 for full-time students, who must have an ID
Lunch and refreshments included in the fee.
