MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style in a few words? Emphatic, familiar and personal! I encourage and support my clients in believing in themselves and trusting their voice to perform at their best.

Every human voice is unique and has specific needs. Does the voice sound breathy, thin, pressed or heavy? My priority is to give my students a healthy and strong speaking and singing voice. My teaching is based on the logic of physiological, acoustic and aerodynamic laws. My students appreciate my warmth and sense of humour, which are on board from the very beginning and contribute to a relaxed atmosphere.

Tour Preparation AND WORLDWIDE ONLINE VOCAL COACHING

Do you run a booking agency and do your artists need a vocal workout or get their voice ready for an upcoming tour? Then I am the right person for you! I give my clients specific tools to help them find balance in their voice.

When on tour as a solo vocalist or singer of a band you are permanently in the spotlight. You always want to represent your music in the best possible way.

Hence, the value of an expressive and healthy voice cannot be underestimated. And that is exactly why it needs to be trained and conditioned long before the tour starts as well as on a regular basis during or in between tours.

In order to move your audience and to be confident about your performances you need to know your voice. A warm-up and cool-down before and after every single show is absolutely crucial when it comes to vocal health.

I can help you to strengthen and optimize your vocals so you can focus on inspiring and enthralling your audience with your stage presence, expressive body language, charisma and vocal freedom.

In emergency situations when your voice is not well and you need to prepare for a performance, recording session or a TV show I am at your disposal . On demand I can come directly to where you are located or we can simply arrange an appointment online.

THE IVA Technique

I use the IVA technique (Institute for Vocal Advancement) in my lessons which is based on 17th and 18th Century principles of singing developed by the Old Italian School of Singing.

Our goal is to train voices to sing in a free and natural manner, smoothly, from the bottom of the range to the top with no breaks or sudden changes in quality. Training in this technique gives the singer and speaker access to all dynamics, with tonal clarity and flexibility. It also helps to improve a singer’s range, endurance, stamina, breath control, resonance, vocal strength and vocal quality across all styles of music without fatigue or damage to the voice. We accomplish these results by training the singer to find a balance between airflow and intrinsic muscular resistance, all within a resting laryngeal posture.

FURTHER aspects of my teaching

• How does the voice work

• Muscle function of the vocal folds

• The role of resonance in achieving the desired tone

• Intermediate use of vowel modification for the development of the mixed voice

• Correct breathing techniques

• Vocal registers: How to get from the lower to the upper part of your voice without breaks or shouting. How to increase your vocal range

• Vocal dynamics, ornamentation, Riffs & Runs, On- and Offsets

• Performance technique: What to do when you have to deliver and you are in the spotlight

• Preproduction Vocal Coaching

• Vocal health: What helps your voice and what you should avoid

• Practical exercises and theory to help you discover and develop your voice

• Stage presence and rousing body language

• Run-through rehearsals and optimization of performances

• Development of the individual voice and the unmistakable own style

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