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.

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31 January 2022
Singer jumps during tone onset

The intro sounds, the cue for the voice comes ... now! This is a difficult moment, not only for people with stage fright. The first note opens the song, it has to be right. Especially beginners find it difficult to ... more...

Chest breathing and abdominal breathing in everyday life

31 December 2021
Woman performs chest breathing and abdominal breathing

Although it seems to be the most natural thing in the world, many people have forgotten to perform chest breathing and abdominal breathing correctly. This is strange because our breathing reflex works unconsciously, we don't have to think about it. How does it ... more...

Microphone and sound system for singers

29 November 2021
Singer with microphone

When you sing, your voice is your instrument. But on stage, with a loud band behind you, your voice doesn't come through. There you need a microphone and a sound system. Microphone plus amplification: ... more...

Stage Presence: Ways to the Goal

18 October 2021
Stage presence with flames

"We were the first band in music history to be conducted by an ass." These were the words of drummer D.J. Fontana about Elvis Presley. And these words were not meant pejoratively, but ... more...

Singing course online - the advantages

22 September 2021
Singer takes online singing lessons

Online vocal coaching is more popular than ever. What is the point of taking a singing course online? Can you learn to sing online? And: are online lessons also suitable for beginners? These are questions I was asked in the course of the ... more...

Vibrato

18 August 2021
Waves and vibrations from the vibrato

"Vibrato", the wave-like, even oscillation of the sound when singing: It reminds us of opera arias or old musicals. Singing with vibrato seems outmoded to many today. In rock and indie music, but also in wide-ranging ... more...

How we hear our voice

14 July 2021
Singer trains her voice

Do you remember the first time you heard your voice on a recording device or mobile phone? What was your first reaction, how astonished you were, perhaps also frightened by how ... more...

Too old to sing?

14 June 2021
Woman singing

Recently, a woman in her mid-fifties said she would like to take part in my singing classes, but it was no use. She was too old to improve her singing skills with vocal exercises. Bodybuilder legend and ... more...

Chest Voice and Head Voice

11 May 2021
Chest voice and head voice shown as a graph

Last week, the mother of a singing student asked me if the head voice was not a "wrong way to sing". In fact, this view of the head voice is not so far-fetched - it has an old tradition. ... more...

Role models

8 April 2021

Can role models help us to realise our dreams? We all have big and small dreams. A trip to New Zealand, learning to sing, standing on a big stage one day, still studying... The list is long. ... more...

Train your voice like an athlete

2 March 2021
Silhouette of various athletes

Would you do a deep knee bend with 60 kg on your shoulders straight after getting up? What a question, you might think, of course not! From an early age we have learned that you have to use your muscles ... 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