{"id":801,"date":"2023-11-16T11:18:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/?p=801"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:18:29","slug":"universal-voices-e-book-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/2023\/11\/16\/universal-voices-e-book-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Voices &#8211; E-Book Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the month, our wonderful, free, children\u2019s choir Universal Voices hosted a celebration launch event of their new e-book of family and community songs called Singing Communities!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-817\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices1-2048x1338.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Universal Voices is a free community choir open to all boys and girls in school years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (7-11 years old) in the Reading area.<br \/>\nIn 2022-23, Universal Voices were generously funded by John Sykes Foundation to create an e-book of family and community songs called Singing Communities.<br \/>\nThe children in the choir learned songs from elder members of their families and collected songs in many different languages.<br \/>\nThe project funding also supported students from the Typography department, who designed the e-book and were part of the Typography Department\u2019s Real Jobs scheme. The funding was also able to employ University students to work as project\u2019s administrators<\/p>\n<p>At the launch event children, parents and students all enj<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">oyed singing the song<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">s together in a variety of different languages, including German, Dutch, Hindi and Vietnamese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-815\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices3-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/ioe-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Universal_Voices3-1024x635.jpg 1024w, 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