Janos Fabian

Profile

Music has always been my main interest and passion. As a teenager I have always strived to learn and develop my skills and understanding of music as much as possible in my free time. In the early stages of my education I decided to pursue my interest in music further and study it full-time. 

I am originally from Hungary and studied Solo Singing Teaching and Performing of Vocal Chamber Music in The Conservatory Bela Bartok of the University of Miskolc where I obtained a BA degree in 2009.

I completed my PGCE in Further Education and Training at the University of Portsmouth. I was appointed as a Music Teacher at St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School in Windsor in May 2017 only two months before I graduated from the University of Portsmouth. Since September 2022 I am the Director of Music in St Edmund’s School, Hindhead.

To develop my skills further and to enhance my understanding of music education, performance science and music psychology I completed my MA degree in Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing at the University of Sheffield between 2019 and 2021.

My MA dissertation title is Boys’ Singing: Self-representation and identity affected by the change of the vocal folds during adolescence.

Professional Memberships:

Royal Musical Association

Chartered College of Teaching

Society for Education and Training

Sempre: Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research

European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music

Research interests

• boys’ singing, and musical development
• boys’ psychological development
• performance science
• musical identity
• vocal acoustics
• musical motivation and expression
• performance memory
• singing methodology and music education

Qualifications

• BA Solo Singing Teacher and Performer of Vocal Chamber Music (University of Miskolc, Hungary)
• PGCE Further Education and Training (University of Portsmouth)
• Qualified Teacher, Learning and Skills (Society for Education and Training)
• MA Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing (University of Sheffield)