Below are an initial set of resources for anyone considering our training or interested in singing for lung health and singing for breathing.
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Key information
Reading and Resources
Singing for Breathing CD
by Phoene Cave.
This is a resource for patients with chronic lung conditions, as well as respiratory specialists and singing leaders. Recommended for pre-training.
Available from Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity website.
Media coverage
Singing for Breathing on Radio 4’s PM in 2009.
This is a Voice
by Jeremy Fisher and Gillyanne Kayes.
“99 exercises to train, project and harness the power of your voice”.
An accessible introduction to how the voice works, from two of the UK’s leading vocal specialists. Recommended reading for pre-training.
Available from Amazon.co.uk
Article
Time to breathe by Georgina Ferry.
“Breathing is essential, universal, and largely unconscious. It is endowed with spiritual significance in many cultures: the words for “spirit” and “breath” in many ancient languages share the same roots. Yet somehow the lungs have not acquired the cultural cachet of the heart.”
Read the article on the Lancet website.
Latest research
“Group singing improves depression and life quality in patients with stable COPD: a randomized community-based trial in China.”
Available from PubMed website.
Latest research
Music and dance in chronic lung disease.
“Arts in Health interventions show potential to improve the quality of life of people with chronic lung disease. Listening to music, making music, and dance have accepted and established roles in the lives of people without chronic disease.”
Available from Breathe website.
Media coverage
Mary King interviews Phoene about the natural voice on Radio 3’s “The Choir” (2013).
