Singing Lessons

When someone signs up for singing lessons, an appointment is made for a trial lesson, which consists of:

• An introductory conversation (what have you done in terms of music, are there any specific complaints or questions, etc.)
• A musicality test (can you sing  what is played on the piano)
• A voice test (how high and low can you go, what is the quality/colour of your voice, what might be in the way, etc.)
• A follow-up discussion (is it worth spending time and money on singing lessons, is there a usable instrument present, etc.)

If the advice is positive, a follow-up appointment will be made.

As a voice teacher, I would now like to share how I work and what my ideals are:

Methodology
Years of experience have taught me that I spend much more time helping students unlearn things than teaching them new ones. Through proper posture, relaxation, and exercises for diaphragmatic/breathing support, I try, together with the student, to free the “natural” singing voice. Every time, I emphasize that singing must come from the speaking voice.
When the voice is no longer “created” but simply “exists”—perhaps in a rough or coarse sound without any control—then it can be refined and placed. I often work with the nasalization method of Prof. Dr. J Pahn.
I quote:

“This method aims for total relaxation in the laryngeal area. The focus is primarily on the use of resonating spaces. Once relaxed nasalized voice production is achieved, the voice production gradually expands to speaking and singing.”

Through breath support, articulation, and resonance, the voice can now be guided in the right direction.
The technique of singing, when done correctly, contributes to the development of a person’s natural sound.
Too often, I see and hear that technique only hinders the “natural” sound, and a kind of “ready-made voices” emerge, which the large, often young, audience humorously refers to as “the opera voice.”

Teaching singing is tailor-made.
If a student produces a note with wild air (which is sometimes seen as incompetence) but it fits the music, as a voice teacher, you should not push them further into technique “just because it’s how it’s supposed to be.” Good is good, and beautiful is beautiful. Just like with a painting, at some point you have to say, “I’m not going to do anything more, it’s good as it is!” A pure note resonates deeper than a cultivated one!
Because the singer now learns to be entirely themselves and discovers their own identity in their voice, it goes without saying that taking singing lessons not only develops the voice but the entire person.

It is a pleasure to guide a student on this path of development.

Did you know:

• Every student is offered the opportunity to sing solo?
• Almost all students do this?
• You can sign up for a trial lesson?
• Singing lessons are held once every two weeks?
• Each lesson lasts three-quarters of an hour?
• A lesson costs 80,- nok 
• A trial lesson costs 70,- nok