Researcher / Soprano / Music Teacher
Grew up in Djab Wurrung eel country, singing into the wind.
I use songs and science to understand and change the world.
Do you get the shivers when listening to opera singing? 🗣🎶
Our next speaker is @sarharmonica , who came to undertake a neuroscience project via a career in teaching and performing opera! She’s interested in the intense responses of audiences to operatic singing. 1/2
It’s almost time to Reconnect the Network^2 in-person at our Annual Scientific Meeting in Naarm/Melbourne!
The LOC are putting on the finishing touches (aka frantically running around) to the most memorable meeting ever!
Here are some of the things we have in store for you 👇🧵
Classical singers adjust their vocal tract to produce distinct vocalisations that can be heard above an orchestra. How these vocal techniques affect listeners remains mysterious. Do we hear them as screams? Laughs?
Come hear her talk to find out more!
https://t.co/HSAbChQ5wM
Beautiful talk (and singing!) from second year PhD student @sarharmonica from the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience and @SoM_ANU. Her PhD is on how vocal affective bursts are represented in our perceptions of operatic singing. @JCSMR#wearejcsmr#JCSMRStuCon