La ópera en la Universidad del siglo XXI. El programa formativo internacional Jaén Ópera Joven

Los Opera Studio o programas formativos de perfeccionamiento para jóvenes cantantes son uno de los medios principales para que los artistas líricos inicien su camino hacia la profesionalización en el sector de la ópera. El objetivo de esta investigación es dar visibilidad al Programa formativo internacional Jaén Ópera Joven de la Universidad de Jaén que se ha desarrollado durante siete ediciones entre los años 2010 y 2018 y ha permitido acercar el mundo profesional de la ópera a la comunidad universitaria. A través del método descriptivo y el análisis documental, se pone de manifiesto la necesidad de este tipo de iniciativas culturales en el contexto universitario como medio de transferencia a la sociedad de experiencias artísticas innovadoras.ABSTRACT: The Opera Studio or training programmes for young singers are one of the main means for lyric artists to begin their path towards professionalisation in the opera sector. The aim of this research is to give visibility to the international training programme Jaén Ópera Joven of the University of Jaén, which has been developed during seven editions between 2010 and 2018 and has brought the professional world of opera closer to the university community. Through the descriptive method and documentary analysis, the need for this type of cultural initiatives in the university context is highlighted as a means of transferring innovative artistic experiences to society

El desequilibrio de la proporción

La música, a lo largo de la historia, se ha sustentado sobre una base racional. A Pitágoras se debe el fundamento matemático de la música basado en las proporciones numéricas que conforman los intervalos entre los sonidos y que reflejaban la armonía del universo. El pensamiento pitagórico también contemplaba el llamado ethos musical o la influencia de la música sobre el alma y el carácter humano. Otros autores retomarán esta teoría, como daimon y, más tarde, Aristóteles al afirmar que los ritmos y las melodías podían representar "con un alto grado de semejanza con el modelo natural, la ira y la mansedumbre, el valor y la templanza y sus opuestos, y en general todos los otros polos opuestos de la vida moral, como demuestran los hechos, con los cuales resulta que escuchando la música nosotros mudamos nuestro estado anímico"

The MISE Method. A new communicative approach for evaluating and training singing through mental imagery: executive implications

Describing the qualities of a singer's voice is a challenging task, even for experts. Voice pedagogues usually evaluate vocal qualities through auditions, after which they make subjective judgments. As a means of communication, language has limitations in expressing concrete sound sensations, and sometimes such a description can be abstract for the singer. Our work aims to design and validate a new educational approach for vocal assessment and training, using the Mental Images for Singing Education (MISE Method). In addition, we analyze whether this pedagogical methodology favors the improvement of vocal technique and the learning of concepts according to the level of experience of the students and their executive performance. Our results show that the introduction of Mental Imagery produces beneficial effects in the teaching and learning of vocal techniques, regardless of the initial performance level. This makes the MISE Method an effective assessment and training tool, allowing the formalization of a communication language hitherto used intuitively in the singing classroom. However, our results were inconclusive at the cognitive level, so future research is needed to expand the study of executive processes according to the type of mental images used

sj-docx-1-pom-10.1177_03057356221146813 – Supplemental material for The MISE method: A new communicative approach for evaluating and training singing through mental imagery—Executive implications

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-pom-10.1177_03057356221146813 for The MISE method: A new communicative approach for evaluating and training singing through mental imagery—Executive implications by Mª del Coral Morales-Villar, Carmen Sáez-Zea, Rosaura Fernández-Pascual, Francisco José Comino-Crespo and Mercedes Vélez-Toral in Psychology of Music</p

Fecal Gluten Peptides Reveal Limitations of Serological Tests and Food Questionnaires for Monitoring Gluten-Free Diet in Celiac Disease Patients.

JOURNAL ARTICLE;OBJECTIVES Treatment for celiac disease (CD) is a lifelong strict gluten-free diet (GFD). Patients should be followed-up with dietary interviews and serology as CD markers to ensure adherence to the diet. However, none of these methods offer an accurate measure of dietary compliance. Our aim was to evaluate the measurement of gluten immunogenic peptides (GIP) in stools as a marker of GFD adherence in CD patients and compare it with traditional methods of GFD monitoring. METHODS We performed a prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter study including 188 CD patients on GFD and 84 healthy controls. Subjects were given a dietary questionnaire and fecal GIP quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Serological anti-tissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) IgA and anti-deamidated gliadin peptide (anti-DGP) IgA antibodies were measured simultaneously. RESULTS Of the 188 celiac patients, 56 (29.8%) had detectable GIP levels in stools. There was significant association between age and GIP in stools that revealed increasing dietary transgressions with advancing age (39.2% in subjects ≥13 years old) and with gender in certain age groups (60% in men ≥13 years old). No association was found between fecal GIP and dietary questionnaire or anti-tTG antibodies. However, association was detected between GIP and anti-DGP antibodies, although 46 of the 53 GIP stool-positive patients were negative for anti-DGP. CONCLUSIONS Detection of gluten peptides in stools reveals limitations of traditional methods for monitoring GFD in celiac patients. The GIP ELISA enables direct and quantitative assessment of gluten exposure early after ingestion and could aid in the diagnosis and clinical management of nonresponsive CD and refractory CD. Trial registration number NCT02711397.Th is work was supported by grants from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and FEDER funds (DELIAC, IPT-2011-0952-900000), and Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (SINGLUCHECK, 1737/0118).Ye