Introduction: Singing and education: Learning to sing and singing to learn Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir, Carol Beynon, & Karen M. Ludke / Part I: Learning to Sing Naturally / 1. Learning to sing naturally Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir / 2. Informal singing practices of children: A theoretical review focusing on play theory and communication theory Matt Swanson / 3. Singing acquisition in the first years of life Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir / 4. Children learning to sing in everyday family life in minority world homes Susan Young & Bronya Dean / 5. The songs children sing: Music-theoretic analysis in the context of children's and classroom cultures Megan M. Purdue & Patricia Shehan Campbell / 6. Functions of singing and songs in the lives of Brazilian children Beatriz Ilari & Rogério Budasz / 7. Musical features and community thematic of selected children´s songs of the Wagogo people of Central Tanzania Kedmon Elisha Mapana / 8. Field recordings of children´s singing: An examination of Internet-based resources J. Christopher Roberts / 9. Singing through childhood: The role of song in girls´ initiation schools in Vhavenda communities, South Africa Andrea Emberly & Tondani Tshitokisi / 10. Singing in South African schools Thomas M. Pooley / 11. Vocal self-image of Chinese adults Esther Mang / 12. Adults learning traditional Icelandic vocal music in a semi-formal setting Kimberly Cannady / 13. Antecedents to the career of singer-songwriter as revealed by interviews and on-line surveys Annabel J. Cohen, Christopher Robison, Quincy Beck, & Michael Speelman/ Part II: Formal Teaching of Singing / 14. The formal and non-formal teaching of singing in the studio and choral environment Carol Beynon / 15. Science-informed vocal pedagogy: Motor learning, deliberate practice and the challenge of cognitive dissonance Lynn Helding / 16. Interdisciplinary breath connections: Training singers using dance applications Darryl Edwards & Jennifer Swan / 17. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet as a tool to teach singing Pilar Lirio / 18. Multimodal analysis of Indian vocal music training Hans F. Utter / 19. The singer as researcher: Exploring the development and use of performance cues Jane Ginsborg / 20. How professional and student singers cope with performance anxiety Vaike Kiik-Salupere & Jaan Ross / 21. Evaluation tools in singing education: A comparison of human and technological measures Pauline Larrouy-Maestri / 22. Art Song pedagogy and performance practice: Re-envisioning the realm in the 21st century Rena Sharon / 23. Teamwork: Teaching solo singers in the university choral ensemble Darryl Edwards & Jakub Martinec / 24. Changes in choral practice and research in the 21st century Jason Noble / 25. Fostering transformative singing engagement with secondary school students Jim Sparks & Susan O´Neill / 26. Pedagogical strategies for influencing the adolescent male voice change Jennifer Beynon-Martinec & Jakub Martinec / 27. The lifecycle of the female singing voice Vindhya Khare / 28. Rehearsal techniques for youth and senior voices in intergenerational choir singing Jennifer Lang & Carol Beynon / Part III: Using Singing to Teach / 29. Using singing and songs to learn and to teach Karen M. Ludke / 30. Relationships between intrinsic and broader educational benefits of singing training Martin F. Gardiner / 31. Singing – a pathway to friendship, empathy and language in children from different backgrounds Nora Bilalovic Kulset / 32. Singing to support foreign language learning: Examples from two cultural and developmental contexts Karen M. Ludke & Arla Good / 33. Can singing facilitate learning second language morphosyntax in native speakers of Chinese : An artificial language study Henrietta Lempert / 34. Do singing and music enhance language learning, including perception and pronunciation? Sandra Cornaz, Diane Caussade, & Vincent Groff / 35. Singing and moving: Theorizing children´s self-directed musical play June Countryman & Martha A. Gabriel / 36. Singing in instrumental music instruction Kathy Liperote / 37. Making mathematics special through song: what math experiences are worth singing about? George Gadanidis & Ricardo Scucuglia / Conclusion: Singing education and singing in education - From nursery to concert hall Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir,, Karen Ludke, Carol Beynon, & Annabel J. Cohen