The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing explores the connections between singing and health, promoting the power of singing-in public policy and in practice-in confronting health challenges across the lifespan.

Introduction: Singing and wellbeing: Harnessing the power of singing Rachel Heydon, Daisy Fancourt & Annabel J. Cohen / Part I: Singing and Health / 1. A logic model for the effects of singing on health Daisy Fancourt & Katey Warran / 2. Singing and wellbeing across the lifecourse: Evidence from recent research Norma Daykin, Louise Mansfield, & Christina Victor / 3. The potential of the human voice for early parent-infant interactions in at-risk populations Marie Dahlstrom, Lauren Stewart, & Helen Shoemark / 4. Singing and stuttering Simone Falk, Ramona Schreier, & Frank Russo / 5. Singing for health and wellbeing in children and adolescents with mental disorders Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring & Leonhard Thun-Hohenstein / 6. Singing for cancer: Implications for psychoneuroimmunology Daisy Fancourt & Katey Warran / 7. Singing for lung health Phoene Cave, Adam Lewis, & Daisy Fancourt / 8. Singing for rehabilitation: Efficacy of singing-based interventions in major ageing-related neurological disorders Teppo Särkämö / 9. The Impact of singing on human communication in aging: From protection to rehabilitation Pascale Tremblay & Julie-Anne Veilleux / 10. Singing and Parkinson's disease Merrill Tanner / 11. Singing as an evolved behavior for social bonding: The ice-breaker effect, beta-endorphins, and groups of more than 150 people Jacques Launay & Eiluned Pearce / 12. Effects of singing on social support and wellbeing amongst marginalized communities Jane Davidson & Benjamin Leske / 13. Group singing in prison: Discovering and developing best possible self Jody Kerchner / 14. Singing in palliative care, oncology, and bereavement music therapy Amy Clements-Cortes & Rebecca Wright / Part II: Singing and Cultural Understanding / 15. Singing, cultural understanding, and wellbeing- Research approaches Annabel J. Cohen & Lily Chen-Hafteck / 16. Reducing prejudices through cross-cultural music education programs that include singing Félix Neto / 17. Cross-cultural perspectives on researching children's singing and cultural understanding Lily Chen-Hafteck / 18. Exploring strategies of promoting the singing of multicultural songs in primary school education in Kenya Elizabeth Achieng Andang'o / 19. The effects of using audiovisual materials to support multicultural song-learning in two Brazilian schools Alda Oliveira, Zuraido Bastião, & Angelita Broock / 20. Exploring the impact of a culture bearer on intercultural understanding within a community choir Benjamin Bolden & Larry O'Farrell / 21. Development of multicultural choirs on college campuses: Theory and practice Annabel J. Cohen, Karen Ludke, & Bing-Yi Pan / 22. Fun and formality in two multicultural university choirs/song circles in Atlantic Canada Godfrey Baldacchino, Anna Baldacchino, & Blair Ellis / 23. Studying singing storytellers in Cape Breton: Community-engaged research-creation as a methodology Marcia Ostashewski / 24. Building bridges between self and others: A suggestion for music education through Greek singing Maria Hnaraki & Antonia Forari / 25. Breathless: Singing and social justice in a time without air Shana Redmond / 26. Choral singing in Australian Indigenous Christian contexts and its implications for intergenerational wellbeing Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg / Part III: Singing and Intergenerational Understanding / 27. Intergenerational singing and wellbeing Rachel Heydon, Christopher Eaton, Sarah Black, Emma Cooper, & Susan O'Neill / 28. Songs of gender and generation: Ethnographic perspectives on initiation songs and wellbeing in southern Africa Thomas Pooley / 29. Connecting intergenerational voices: Curricula to foster the wellbeing of young children and elders Rachel Heydon, Lori McKee, & Susan O'Neill / 30. Singing and elders: Toward a life experience approach Lisa Crawford, Eun Cho, and Beatriz Ilari / 31. Singing my way back to you: Mapping the learning journey of persons with dementia through singing in an intergenerational choir Carol Beynon & Jennifer Lang / 32. Nurturing voices in intergenerational choral programs: The singing voice as voice of agency Jennifer Lang / 33. Multigenerational singing in a francophone minority setting Josée Benoît & Marie-Josée Vignola / Conclusion: Singing and wellbeing - From research to advocacy Annabel J. Cohen & Rachel Heydon