Question: what has your favourite project

Sarah Knight answered on 12 Nov 2019:

Ooh, good question. I’ve really enjoyed all the projects I’ve been involved with, and each one has had its own particularly special aspects. One that sticks in my mind was a project to do with singing: we wanted to know how easy it is to understand lyrics when the singer is being accompanied by other voices. The project involved speech scientists like myself, but also a choir and a composer. The composer wrote special pieces of music designed to test these questions, the choir performed them, and the audiences at each of the concerts had special devices to respond to what the choir was singing. My job was to explain to the audiences about the project, collect all the data, and give a quick summary at each concert of what the audience’s responses looked like! So I spent time travelling around the country, listening to some fantastic singers, explaining our work, and sometimes having to think on my feet when things didn’t quite go to plan! It was a great adventure, and I really enjoyed it!