Course leader: Annette Postel

Sing your favorite pieces that you have always wanted to perform. The course covers a wide range from classical music (aria, song) to chansons or hits from the 1920s and jazz ballads. With songs and arias by Mozart, Brahms, Strauss or chansons, songs and cheeky couplets from hits from the 1920s and emotional jazz ballads, we will search for your personal interpretation together with you and work on making the song and performance convincing. Last but not least, we would like to make you want to slip into a new role while singing.

In individual and group lessons, ways are shown to develop the personal sound of the voice and to exploit one's own vocal potential more deeply by removing blockages when singing. Annette Postel teaches functional voice training according to Gisela Rohmert (Lichtenberger Institute), which focuses on freedom from vibration, natural voice, body relaxation and voice hygiene.

The course also includes acting and physical exercises to help reduce stage fright. And the experienced piano accompanist Sebastian Matz is on hand on all course days.

Data
Sunday, 08 June 2025 - Arrival
Monday, 09 June 2025 - Course start
Friday, 13 June 2025 - public final presentation
Saturday, June 14, 2025 - End of course and departure

Course times
Mon – Fri 10.00 am – 12.30 pm / 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm with coffee break / 8.00 pm – 9.30 pm
Wednesday afternoon free

Target group: singers with basic singing experience.

Bring with you
A solo piece that can be performed from memory and a spare piece that can then be worked on during the course without having to look at the sheet music. Sheet music in triplicate. Clothing and accessories suitable for the role of your song for the final presentation

Annette Postel: After studying singing, she combined her love of acting and cabaret with her 4-octave voice, won renowned cabaret, chanson and classical music competitions, is considered the only German-speaking opera comedienne, has released eight CDs (and 1 DVD) and presents several chanson and cabaret programs (accompanied by a jazz pianist, the Schwanen Salon Orchestra or the Munich Philharmonic's string quartet). She teaches voice training using the Lichtenberg method, which focuses on freedom of the voice, relaxation of the body and physiological sound growth. Her course participants praise her empathetic, humorous way of opening up each voice.

Accompanist: Sebastian Matz

Number of participants
Min.9 / Max.9

Public final presentation
Friday, 13 June 2025, 8.30 p.m.

Course fee
CHF 590.-

Registration deadline
May 1, 2025