Welcome to my blog for voice & singing!

The blog posts offer helpful information, analysis and tips about singing, breath control and singing lessons. In an entertaining way, I would like to support singers in their training and daily vocal work.

The articles are based on my own 20 years of experience as a singing teacher and singer, plus insights from modern voice science and vocal pedagogy.

Once a month a new blog article will be published. I hope its contents will be useful and enriching for you.

You want to go on stage? First steps for singers

29 December 2022
Different people sing into a microphone

Today I am addressing all of you who have not yet stood on stage and are wondering what the first steps there might be. Many of my singing students have developed a solid singing technique and ... more...

Belting: Singing at the top of your lungs

29 November 2022
Belting - also described as artful screaming - is symbolised here by a roaring lion

Have you ever tried to sing like this: with a full voice in a high register? We hear it all the time in rock and pop music, soul, heavy metal or independent music: these high notes, ... more...

Bad luck & mishaps on stage

31 October 2022
Stage mishap, how embarrassing! A woman hides her face behind her hands in shame

I went on stage. Today was my record release concert, at the Frannz Club in Berlin. I had rehearsed a lot with my band Red On Blue in preparation for the big day, but I still had stage fright. At the ... more...

One singing technique for everything? Classical versus popular singing

29 September 2022
Two staircases in different colours - the picture is symbolic for the comparison of the singing technique pop versus classic

From time to time, singing students with previous classical experience come to my singing studio. They had previously taken classical singing lessons, but actually don't want to sing classical repertoire, but rock or pop songs. In the process, they have discovered that they ... more...

Frog in the throat?

30 August 2022
Person holding his neck

"When I sing I always have a frog in my throat", "I'm still so slimy": I often hear that from my singing students. Do you also know that your voice is so busy? It's annoying, and ... more...

The change of voice

30 July 2022
Vocal change in girls

The parents of girls are often irritated when they hear that I only teach adults or teenagers after the voice change. They assume that the voice change only occurs in boys. That's about the same ... more...

Talent or good through practice?

24 June 2022
Labeled gears: Talent, Creativity, Success, Skill, Idea, Knowledge

The world is full of undiscovered talent. These are people who, despite talent, did not have a supportive environment for their musical talent or were discouraged early on. Many of them have received sentences from their parents at an early ... more...

Singing in the choir

31 May 2022
Singing group with piano

When new students come for a trial lesson, the topic of choir often plays a role. Either the trial students already have choir experience and want to improve their voice and breathing technique or they would like to sing in a choir ... more...

The Vocal Fry or how to fry a sound

28 April 2022
Heated pan - symbolises Vocaly fry German for "frying clay"

The Vocal Fry speaking The croaky, gravelly sound of the "Vocal Fry" was the subject of much online discussion some time ago. Offended radio listeners and television viewers united on social media to express their disdain for celebrities and ... more...

Singing Breathing and Phonation Breathing

29 March 2022
Woman performing chanting breathing

What is singing breathing and why is it best for singing? You have probably heard of the distinction between shallow chest breathing and deep abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing. Which of the two types ... more...

Stage fright

27 February 2022
Band on stage with stage fright

"See the man with the stage fright, just standin' up there to give it all his might." So says an old song by the Canadian rock group The Band. From these words speaks the ... more...

"When I was looking for singing lessons, I luckily came across Bernadette right away and had a "wow" effect after the first few lessons. The lessons are a lot of fun, very systematic and at the same time individual. Bernadette is very likeable and a professional singer with very good didactics. You take away exercises that you can work on at home and build on in the next lesson. I have already been able to significantly expand my vocal range, have developed better vocal stability and have really discovered my voice. Through the lessons with Bernadette, I am now also getting to know my voice as an instrument, learning different techniques and I am very happy to have taken this step and can really recommend the lessons."
Robert Haase - Doctor