Lenora Zenzalai Helm

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Lenora Zenzalai Helm, (Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds) is a vocal musician, composer, arranger, and educator, w/eight acclaimed album recordings, and heard on over two dozen recordings of the biggest names in jazz & contemporary music. She offers you experience from over four decades as a touring and performing musician, and several years working at major record companies and booking agencies Currently she serves as Dean of the Professional Education Division at Berklee College of Music. A U.S. Jazz Ambassador, two-time Fulbright Senior Music Specialist, GRAMMY Music Educator Quarterfinalist, she made her Conductor debut at Carnegie Hall, 2024. She holds a BM in Film Scoring/Voice from Berklee College of Music, a MM, Jazz Performance/East Carolina University and Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from Boston University. Author of vocal jazz performance pedagogy textbook Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz slated for 2025 on Routledge/Taylor-Francis. Catch her TEDxBerklee talk.