Singing with Additional Needs
Swan Project
Sing Ireland is thrilled to participate in the SWAN project alongside partners from across Europe. SWAN stands for Singing with Additional Needs and seeks to draw on best practices from different European countries to include people in collective singing who have additional needs due to disabilities and/or physical or psychological health issues.
Sing Ireland's initiatives, Sing for Life and Song Seeking, are set to be highlighted in late November 2025.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The SWAN project aims to:
- collect, scale and promote best practices in collective singing for people with additional needs
- provide transnational opportunities for collective singing professionals to engage with the best practices of other countries
- develop and make use of digital tools to support people with additional needs in participating
make knowledge internationally accessible
The SWAN project includes such activities as the development of digital tools and a best practices database, sharing research, experimentation with and evaluation of certain best practices, networking and knowledge-sharing through workshops, round-tables and conferences.
During the project, partners will develop:
- computer scripts and e-book for singers with visual impairments
- reports on research, experimentation and outcomes
- guide for conductors leading a choir for cancer patients
- recordings of project events
- a database of best practices
AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Digital tools for visually impaired singers implemented by Norsk Sangerforum
Guideline for professionals who want to start a choir specifically intended for people confronted with cancer by Kanker in Beeld
The SWAN project expects to benefit hundreds of amateur and professional singers with additional needs, choral conductors/vocal leaders, and organisers of future initiatives. We also hope to benefit thousands more with the resources and outputs created in the frame of the project, increasing the quality of inclusion of people with additional needs in collective singing as well as in the quantity of opportunities.
LATEST NEWS
Here are links to the SWAN project consortium's up-to-date information on the project:
The SWAN project is co-funded by the EU and coordinated by the Norsk Sangerforum.