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Meet the Expo 2025 speaker: Dr Jenevora Williams

On Day 1 of the Music & Drama Education Expo 2025, vocal specialist Dr Jenevora Williams explains how to protect children’s voices from the stresses that they can come under and build good foundations for singing.
Vocal health specialist Jenevora Williams
Vocal health specialist Jenevora Williams - Lucy Crowley

JW: It’s partly about looking after children’s voices to make sure they are less likely to develop problems; but it’s also about recognising when they’re struggling.

JW: Anyone who’s a singing teacher who teaches children, anybody who runs a choir with children in it, school teachers, music teachers who may be running group sessions within the classroom. In fact, anyone who is a music educator unless they never, ever get children to sing. I’m hoping that it will be practical information that teachers can take away and use on a daily basis.

JW: When I was teaching the choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral, a TV fly-on-the-wall documentary suggested their vocal problems were as a result of over-singing or wrong singing. I couldn’t find any information on children’s vocal health, pacing and stamina, so I ended up doing a PhD on the subject.

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