Festival 500, in cooperation with Memorial University of Newfoundland, invites you to attend The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII, an integral academic component of this international choral festival. The Symposium attracts international scholars, pedagogues and artists who come to engage with others in interdisciplinary discourse through the presentations of research, lecture-recitals, panels, poster sessions and roundtable dialogues. Presentations address a variety of aspects of singing and the voice including artistic, physiological, cultural, sociological, historical, pedagogical, psychological, creative/compositional... and more.
The Symposium aims to gather international expertise, provide a forum for interdisciplinary discussion, performance and the dissemination of research, and generate further knowledge relating to the phenomenon of singing.

The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII offers something for everyone! Teachers, researchers, performers, students and indeed anyone interested in singing and the power of song... come and attend this wonderful gathering of people and experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador... a place filled with singing and song. 

Festival 500 partners with the International Council for Traditional Music...

In 2011, Festival 500 and The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium plan to share one day with the  41st World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), July 13-19, 2011. Because all three of these events will bring together singers, conductors, ethnomusicologists, pedagogues and scholars in a variety of disciplines related to singing, festival and symposium participants have a unique opportunity to share and explore potential common interests. 

Please visit the website for ICTM (http://www.mun.ca/ictm2011/) for more information about this exciting event as you may well want to plan to extend your stay in St. John's to avail of this combined international, musical and scholarly feast.