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>The impact of testosterone on the voice of menopausal women
A graduate of the University of Arizona, Joanne Bozeman has been a singing teacher for 46 years. Though retired from academia (Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music, in Wisconsin, USA) and professional singing, she continues to be engaged with the voice community as a teacher and presenter. Joanne is co- author (with Nancy Bos) of Singing Through Change: Women’s Voices in Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond, published in 2020. The book, based on a qualitative investigation of 55 singers as well as related research, highlights stories of women’s fascinating and sometimes complex experiences with their voices during this important phase of life. Joanne is a member of NATS, PAVA and VASTA.

KEYNOTE: Assessing the internal and external validity of singing for health trials: Findings from a critique of the Culture For Health report (2022)
Stephen Clift is Professor Emeritus, Canterbury Christ Church University, and former Director of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health. He is a Visiting Professor in the International Centre for Community Music, York St John University and the School of Music, University of Leeds. Stephen has worked in the field of health promotion and public health for over thirty years, and has made contributions to research, practice and training on HIV/AIDS prevention and sex education, international travel and health, and the health promoting school in Europe. Since 2000 he has pursued research in arts and heath and particularly the potential value of group singing for health and wellbeing. Stephen was one of the founding editors of Arts & Health: An international journal for research, policy and practice. He is joint editor with Professor Paul Camic of the Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing. https://orcid.org/0000- 0001-5442-267X

A longitudinal study of vocal functionality and longevity in the mature female voice: Key findings
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan is Chair of Education for the British Voice Association. She is a former opera singer turned voice science researcher, musicologist and voice teacher, based in Oxford and London where she specialises in teaching the older voice. She has recently submitted her PhD thesis on the longevity of the mature female a voice at University College, London. This research has spanned eight years, and findings support the hypotheses that the vocal competency of the mature female singer can be sustained through effective pedagogy.

KEYNOTE: What can we learn from singers’ voice source and nose resonance?
Professor Johan Sundberg has a PhD in musicology from Uppsala University, Sweden. He founded the research group for music acoustics at KTH (Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) where he holds a personal Chair (Emeritus). The singing voice, and the theory underlying music performance have been his lifelong research themes. He has published more than 370 scientific articles and is author of the key text, The Science of the Singing Voice (1989). He is a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music (President 1976-81), has honorary doctorates from York University UK; University of Athens, Greece; Université De Liège, Belgium; and University of Music, Freiburg. He continues to research and offer specialist seminars. In 2023 Professor Sundberg was awarded the Stockholm Culture Award.