The only thing better than singing is more singing.
-Ella Fitzgerald
Individual Lessons
My main goal in one to one lessons is to develop your voice and your understanding of music, to find new means of expressions and new colors of your voice, and to help you find your individual sound.
Important elements in this development are technical abilities (vocal technique, breathing technique, bodywork) and musical styles (Jazz/Pop/World/Bossa Nova). In addition, we will work on improvisation, interpretation, microphone technique, and stage presence.
I will also be happy to help you prepare for castings, entrance exams, and concerts.
Choirs/Workshops
I am currently teaching vocals at Manhattan School of Music’s MSM Sunday and work as a choir director in New York.
I offer workshops for Jazz/Pop and for intercultural competency in schools.
Lessons can be held via Skype.
Please contact me for further information: sing@defnesahin.com
References
2017: Vocal Teacher at Universität der Künste, Berlin
2016: Vocal Teacher at Leo Kestenberg Musikschule, Berlin
2015: Sing! Rundfunkchor Berlin
2013-2015: Vocal teacher at Manhattan School of Music’s MSM Sunday, New York
2014: Musical Director in a Church, New York
2014: Master of Vocal Jazz Performance, Manhattan School of Music, New York
2013/2014: Vocal teacher at WHEELS High School and Middle School, New York
2012: Workshop for children at Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2010: Bachelor of Music Education (Vocal Jazz), Universität der Künste Berlin
2010: Workshop and Bachelor’s thesis “Integration durch Improvisation” (Integration through Improvisation) at an elementary school in the Neukölln district of Berlin
2008/2009: Sight reading teacher for vocalists at the Jazz Institute of Universität der Künste Berlin
2008: Vocal and percussion teacher in a children’s village in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
2008: Choral Director for a sisters’ choir in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil