RESEARCH
Tónagull courses are research based
We also actively conduct research in early childhood music
Dr. Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir, the founder, author and CEO of Tónagull conducts research in early childhood music and is active in international collaboration. She is the current Chair of the European association MERYC (Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children).
Selected publications in peer reviewed articles and book chapters
Music Education Research 2010
Authors: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir and Dora Gudrun Gudmundsdottir
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14613808.2010.505644
MERYC Conference Proceedings, The 5th Conference of MERYC 2011 Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland 8th to 11th June 2011
Author: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir
Yfirlitsgrein birt í Netlu – Veftímariti um uppeldi og menntun, 2013
Author: Helga Rut Guðmundsdóttir
The Oxford Handbook of Singing 2015/2018
Authors: Sandra Trehub & Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir
MERYC 2017 Conference Proceedings, Cambridge, UK
Author: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir
Psychology of Music, 2018
Authors: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir & Sandra Trehub
Psychology of Music, 2020
Author: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, 2020
Chapter 3, Volume II: Education
Author: Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir
International participation in research projects
MERYC organises professional conferences and educational opportunities for researchers as well as practitioners in early childhood music, covering the age 0-8 years.
The AIRS project was an international and interdisciplinary resarch project. Helga served on its steering committee 2012-2016 and participated in research on singing development in early childhood.
Singing and musical traditions in Icelandic and Estonian childhoods: A forthcoming book chapter
Research collaboration with prof. Kristi Kiilu, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre og prof. Helga R. Gudmundsdottir, University of Iceland
The chapter will appear in a book edited by Graham Welch and published by Oxford University Press