The Humanising Power of Singing - with Dave Camlin

Singing has been part of human life for at least 230,000 years. Dave Camlin is a passionate believer in its power — and has spent his career exploring what that means for communities and young people.A professor of music education at the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire, a community musician, and a friend of Sing Up since the very beginning, Dave joins Baz and Celi to talk about why there's a synchronicity to singing together that goes deeper than just sound, what the research tells us about singing and trauma, and why group singing might offer something that very few other activities can: a safe way to practise connection. They also get into the challenges of reaching young people who say they don't like singing, what happens to music-making in schools when we treat it as performance rather than participation, and Dave's bigger argument — that singing together lets us experience, not just imagine, a kinder and more connected world.Dave also shares his book Music Making and Civic Imagination and the research behind it.Thought-provoking and wide-ranging. Find all episodes at www.singupfoundation.org