RESEARCH BIO

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Associate Professor Melissa Forbes is a Churchill Fellow, recognised internationally for her research on music and singing as embodied practices of care for social connection. Melissa’s interdisciplinary arts and health research draws on music education, the psychology of music, positive psychology, and contemporary leadership theories to elevate the cultural and social value of participatory music-making as essential public health infrastructure.

PERFORMANCE BIO

Melissa Forbes is an Australian singer whose voice has the ability to seamlessly move between genres. Melissa is equally at home singing jazz, rnb and soul, blues and folk music. Brisbane News described her sound as the "best of Ella, Etta and Aretha". She has released two albums, No More Mondays, and The Intimacy of Distance which was a collaboration with Brazliian singer and guitarist Bianca Obino. Performance highlights include appearances at the Queensland Music Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Brisbane Jazz Festival, Women In Voice 21 and 23, featured vocalist with David Hobson and singing backing vocals for Michael Buble with a cappella super group Naturally 7. 

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