The Team

LaUrence Williams | musical director - since 2021

Laurence began his musical career as a Chorister age 8 at Westminster Abbey where he sang every day. It was through this training that he developed a love for choral music and for singing.

He is a freelance musician in London who has worked extensively with non-professional and children’s/youth music. He has been Director of Fulham Prep School Chamber Choir and Director of Choral Music at The Peterborough School. He is passionate about introducing young voices to the joy and benefits of singing in a choir.

He is also a Bass-baritone soloist, touring internationally, performing on live TV and radio in various venues such as New Zealand, Australia and Europe. He attended Cambridge University and undertook a performing masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating with distinction. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, having been Organ Scholar at the Royal Chapel of St. George’s, Windsor Castle.

Yarah abdelhamed | Music assistant

Yarah discovered her love for singing aged 6. Over the years she had been a part of numerous singing programmes and choirs, including Edmonton Young Singers & Enfield Glee Club. From there, she discovered Children’s Voices of Enfield, earned a scholarship and was a chorister at CVE for over 10 years.

She enjoyed singing with CVE so much that she went on to study singing, and recently graduated from studying a BA in Musical Theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Yarah performs in a range of styles including mainstream pop, classical and specialises in Musical Theatre Singing. In 2023, Yarah has performed in ensemble roles in the musicals, Doonesbury and Celebration. Her accolades include the National Association of Choirs cup and the Jack Petchey Award. In 2020 she achieved three distinctions in an Extended Diploma in Music Performance and Production at City of Westminster College. Yarah has been our Music Assistant since January 2021 where she has been helping the choristers and directing the choir for some pieces.

YVETTE MURPHY | ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Yvette is a London-based conductor, organist, and mezzo-soprano. She is the Director of Choral Outreach for the Catholic Diocese of Westminster where she is responsible for going into schools and inspiring thousands of children from Hertfordshire to Surrey. She has her own children’s choir in Paddington and they perform regularly in Westminster Cathedral.

A recent graduate of the University of Cambridge, Yvette read for a degree in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion, and held the Organ Scholarship at Selwyn College. During her time at Cambridge, Yvette was President of the prestigious Cambridge University Opera Society, Publicity and Fundraising Officer for Sing Inside, Cambridge (a charity bringing singing workshops into prisons), and Evensong Officer for the Minerva Festival (promoting the work of marginalised gender composers in choral music). Before arriving in Cambridge, Yvette held the Organ Scholarship at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.