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Personalized fun singing and vocal technique lessons: explore and develop your vocal potential! RNCP-certified teacher
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I use a pedagogy specific to the teaching of the voice and its particularities, the voice being a bodily, intimate and personal instrument. This vocal pedagogy is largely built on the modern and physiological approach "Chant Voix & Corps" by Emmanuelle Trinquesse and is enriched by my training and my diverse musical and human experiences.I have a playful approach to voice training, personalized according to the profile and desires of my students and based on your vocal comfort, confidence in your voice, authenticity and musical sharing. A preliminary discussion will allow us to define your expectations and objectives together during the first lesson.
The lessons will generally offer a phase of body and voice training (body mobility, relaxation, breathing, vocal warm-up) followed by a phase of developing vocal skills according to the objectives set together beforehand and the songs you have chosen to work on.
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Prepare a song that you like, that motivates you, and that you want to work on. We will use it as a basis for this lesson.You can sing it a cappella or accompanied by a soundtrack (karaoke), the idea is that you feel comfortable with your musical context and that you are independent before and after the course to (re)sing it.
If "public speaking"/"spoken voice", bring your written material or an excerpt (text/book) as a working support for developing your vocal skills.
Location
At teacher's location: Raphaelle Chant et Voix - Cours de chant et de technique vocale sur Lyon et en ligne, Rue Denuzière, Lyon, France






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Age: | Children (7-12 years old) Teenagers (13-17 years old) Adults (18-64 years old) Seniors (65+ years old) |
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Student level: | Beginner Intermediate Advanced |
Duration: | 30 minutes 60 minutes |
The class is taught in: | French, English |
About Me
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Fascinated by voices since my childhood, I took vocal technique classes for 10 years with excellent teachers trained in the United States:- Marlène Continente: Jazz singer and pianist, student of Bobby McFerrin and David Lynx, graduate of EDIM;
- Fannie Klein: Soul & Jazz singer and pianist, graduate of the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston.
I subsequently enriched my experience thanks to two Gospel choirs: "Paris Gospel Choir" for leisure (300 choristers) and "My Gospel Choir" for semi-professional work (30 choristers), with which I notably sang at the Seine Musicale and as the opening act for Tasha Cobbs Leonard at the Salle Wagram in Paris.
The adventure continues, with my practice of improvisational and co-improvisational singing as well as my participation in the intense experience of the Contemporary Song choirs (which notably animates the Nuits de Champagne in Troyes).
I also host several times a month with the rest of the Praise team the various community life events of the Lyon Centre Church (Sainte Blandine) in a pop praise repertoire (Glorious, Be Witness, Exo, Hillsong, ...). This service gives me the opportunity to sing in a place with incredible acoustics and in front of a large audience (from 600 to 850 people during masses, not including the stream!).
Convinced by all the benefits that singing can bring to a life, whether on a personal or professional level, and having benefited greatly from it myself, I have chosen to dedicate my activity to the voice and to humbly teach what I have learned and what I continue to learn from my varied experiences and learning.
I also like to share, accompany, transmit, help grow, and what could be more beautiful than doing it for something that I love and that speaks to me sincerely: singing!
This is why I perfected my vocal and pedagogical knowledge by following the “Chant Voix & Corps” training course by Emmanuelle Trinquesse, from whom I am certified as a “Professor of singing and vocal technique” recognized by the State (RNCP title level 6 - equivalent to bac+3/4).
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