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Looking After Children’s Voices – by Jenevora Williams
Looking After Children’s Voices Jenevora Williams is an international authority on children’s voice and teaching singing. She was the first singing teacher in the UK to be awarded a PhD in voice science and won the BVA Van Lawrence Prize in 2010. Her book Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults is now in its 3rd (updated)…
Read More“Air-Writing” Alternative Communication Project
“Air-Writing” Alternative Communication Project Sam Gray I’m a Master’s student of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, and spending my last year designing and developing a wearable device to enable a new method of communication: “Air-Writing”- scrawling words in the air with your finger. The device will use a camera to track your finger, read…
Read MoreVisual Imagery in Vocal Pedagogy
Visual Imagery in vocal pedagogy Tanya Holt Are you a singing teacher? I’m conducting research on how singing teachers use imagery in training, and your insights would add untold value. While there is some valuable research in this area, there is little evidence drawn directly from the teaching community. If you have approaches you’re willing…
Read MoreBVA Research Forum January 2026
Saturday 24th Jan 2026 – Online 10.30 -17.00 GMT The new year launches the first British Voice Association Research Forum. This online event includes both the prestigious Gunnar Rugheimer Lecture and presentations from the four Van Lawrence Prize finalists. Multidisciplinary voice is the theme of the day with the Open Forum focused on finding common…
Read MoreVoice Connection 2026: A Global Gathering of Voice Professionals
🌍 Save the Date! 📅 20-22 March 2026 🌐 Online | Across Time Zones | Across Continents Voice Connection 2026: A Global Gathering of Voice Professionals Join us for a groundbreaking three-day virtual conference. For the first time ever, the Australian Voice Association (AVA), the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), and the British Voice…
Read MoreThe Multi-Genre Singing Teacher – Event Review
BVA Training Day – Saturday 26 July 2025 The Multi-Genre Singing Teacher: What tools do we need? Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher, Lucinda Allen, Jo Walling Mountview Theatre School, London SE15 5JT Opportunities to watch Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher at work are always worth taking. Fisher and Kayes are renowned in the UK…
Read MoreThe Heart of the Breath – Vocal Health and Rehabilitation
The Heart of the Breath – Vocal Health and Rehabilitation: Clinical Pathways and Practical Applications Series Alison Mary Sutton 142 pps, Illustrations by Meg Pike, Compton Publishing, 2023 ISBN 978-1-909082-67-0 Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heart-Breath-Vocal-Health-Rehabilitation/dp/1909082678 The first two titles deal with complaints that present frequently in voice clinics, and which will also be familiar to many…
Read MorePresident’s Day Event – Words, Words, Words
EVENT REVIEW BVA President’s Day – 6 September 2025 For one day I joined 30+ other voice-geeks with the British Voice Association at my old haunt, the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, for a Conference called “Words, Words, Words – Voice, body and text in performance”. Why did this theme resonate? Because in…
Read MoreTeaching Singing to Children and Young Adults – 3rd Edition
Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults, Third Edition Jenevora Williams Full Voice Music 2025 Soft cover, 330 pps. ISBN 978-1-897539-65-1 The legendary soprano Joan Sutherland is reputed to have said something that rings true with my own experiences as a performer and teacher: “Singing has to be simple, but that doesn’t mean that it…
Read MoreEmpower Your Voice – a new BVA information leaflet
Taking the World Voice Day theme for 2025: ‘Empower Your Voice’, the BVA has produced a new information leaflet. It offers pointers on finding your speaking and singing voice communities; on how to use your voice in new and imaginative ways (laugh more, join a comedy club), advice on how to enhance the richness and…
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