A/Prof Diane Hughes is a researcher and lecturer in Vocal Studies and Music at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research areas include the singing voice, vocal health for singers, vocal pedagogy, sound, recording practices, songwriting, the music industries, and popular music and song. She is co-author of The New Music Industries: Disruption and Discovery (Hughes, Evans, Morrow & Keith, 2016, Palgrave Macmillan). She is an advocate for music education and for voice studies in school education. See https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/diane-hughes
INTRODUCTION Why is singing important? SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS CONCLUSIONS References AUTHOR INTRODUCTION Singing is an embodied activity. The interrelatedness of the body and the mind, or the bodymind connection (Thurman & Welch, 2000), is undeniable in and
