Voice coaching – in the studio or online

Breathing and Voice Training
Artistic work
Student concerts
Preparation for exams and castings
Character and performance

Mental Training
Breathing Types
Last but not least: Emotions

 

Ensemble

Songwriting

Teaching Supervision

Seminars

Body&Voice Balancing

in Hamburg Eimsbüttel

Voice coaching

The approach of my training is based on creativity and flexibility. I want to reach the singer – indivdually, and according to every single moment. The natural function of the voice is where I start, singing should always feel organic and effortless. The means that get us there depend on your learning preferences as well as your day`s form: Feeling, hearing, movement, touch, expression, anatomy, technique, relaxation/tension, work on the text, handle emotions… The aims of my teaching include exercises in vocal balance and placement, the modal and falsetto registers, singing through the passage areas, expanding range, and broadening timbre and vocal colors (overtones), as well as increasing vocal power, endurance, agility and dynamics – and the ability to use these skills fully and with all your courage! Breathing and vocal exercises are individually developed to meet the personal demands of each singer and his or her repertoire. I teach nearly every vocal style, from classical to jazz and pop.

Artistic work

I want to support your personal expression. Together, we work on text interpretation and performance, stylistics and improvisation. I find that experimenting through play and fun is a great basis for this work.

Student concerts

Our concerts provide a supportive, loving atmosphere.  You take your first steps onto the stage, or try out experimental stuff or your new songs. We film the concerts to work out what to focus on next.

You can sing solo, join our choir- and ensemble-projects, or sing a duet. Bring your friends and family – and let`s have fun together and party after the show with drinks and a buffet.

Preparation for exams and castings

I provide: advice on your choice of material; musical and technical support work on your songs; performance practice and evaluation; advice for handling exam situations. If needed, I also support you with aural training, harmonics and rhythm training.

Work on character and performance

We focus on: text and character interpretation; vocal, body and facial expression; stylistics; requisites and microphone work; stage use; building rapport with the audience; coping with stage fright; and (further) development of stage personas.

 

Voice Coaching 55 min 69 €; 4-month-ticket with 6 lessons 384 €

scheduled classes can be cancelled 48 hrs in advance for sessions at the studio Fruchtallee, 24 hrs in advance for online classes

Body Balancing

Smile smile smile
and ground ground ground

Max Christensen

Mental Training

Through an exact knowledge of their structures, we can teach our bodies new patterns of movement much more easily. My understanding of anatomy and physiology function is based on a model that stems from osteopathy and work with fascia, such as myofascial release. The common imagery used in voice coaching instructions (“lead your voice into the back of your head“, ”sing with your legs,” etc.) becomes explainable in a physical way and can be achieved by the singer through a combination of anatomical understanding, physical self-awareness and intentional modulation.

Breathing Types: the Inhaler and the Exhaler (Lunar/Solar, Wilk/Hagena)

If body posture und function are natural and singing feels and sounds good, we’re not interested in different types and labels. But if this isn’t yet the case, the “Breathing Types System” can be very helpful to get to know and play with the different possibilities available to us and our voices.

Last but not least: Emotions

Beginners and pros in particular often face the same challenge. Both groups are prone to blocking themselves: fear of failing, stage fright and self-criticism can eat up a lot of our energy. Practicing self-awareness and boosting self-esteem are core issues for me, applicable to far more in life than just singing.

„When the children paint, they paint whatever comes out of their mind. They do not paint in order to please people…they put out whatever comes out of their mind. So in the same way I feel that we need to do the same. We need to first…express our own positive side and our own good things. And when we are able to do that, then only maybe we are able to actually do something that`s acceptable and helpful to the others.“

S.H. XVII. Karmapa Trinley Dordje

 

Ensemble, a Cappella

 

We focus on: harmony, intonation, musical work, and groove; group presentation, repertoire selection, arrangement, concept, and organization.

 

Songwriting

 

I offer: help with the harmonization of song lines; advice on how to sharpen content and texts; ideas on how to highlight your personal talents and specializations; assistance with technical singing problems.

 

Teaching Supervision, Observing Lessons

 

Touch it! Mandible and Neck
Touch it! Respiratory Muscles
Touch it! Resonance Areas
Breathing Types – the “Inhaler” and the “Exhaler”
On Stage!
Stagefight
Ensemble Singing
Microphone Work
Breath, Voice, Yoga (with Freda Louisa Leverkühn)

Touch it! seminars: vocal exercises for body consciousness and relaxation; specific (own) hands-on programs to work on problematic structures; functional anatomy based on the craniosacral model; mental training; individual work in front of a group.

Touch it! Mandible and Neck
Touch it! Respiratory Muscles
Touch it! Resonance Areas
Breathing Types – the “Inhaler” and the “Exhaler”
On Stage!
Stagefight
Ensemble Singing
Microphone Work
Breath, Voice, Yoga (with Freda Louisa Leverkühn)