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Time and again I had experienced singing as transformational, whether singing myself or listening to another singer. In my concerts, when I felt connected to my True Voice, my singing took on a another dimension. I felt inspired and moved, sometimes to the point of tears and experienced union with my deepest self. I began to notice that many people in the audience seemed to have a corresponding experience. In those moments I no longer felt a separation between the music and me or the audience and me, rather it was if we were all “in it” together. When I connected to my True Voice and sang out of that connection, others also felt their own unique connection to their deepest selves. The concert, though it was often entertaining, also became a communal transformational experience.

I was already singing professionally for 30 years and teaching for 5 years when I encountered my last and most influential teacher, Holger Lampson, in Hamburg, Germany in 1997. I had just moved there and my voice was exceptionally tired from singing material too low and heavy for my voice. He was one of the main representatives of the Werbeck School of Unveiling the Voice, a wholistic technique developed by swedish singer Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström. Studying this technique and its philosophy with him revolutionized my approach to singing and teaching.

As this technique enlarged what I already arrived at through study and practice, it gave me the concepts and words to describe this experience I and others had. It also showed me that all people are vocally capable of much more that they generally think they are, that the Voice has to do with the whole person – past, present and future. It showed me how powerful and empowering the True human Voice is.

I incorporated many aspects of this method into my own teaching method which I have developed over the years, partially for which I can thank the singers and teachers who have taught, coached and inspired me to develop and express my own True Voice: Isabel Williamson, Robert Brewster, Robert Edwards, Jacqueline Bobak, and Holger Lampson.

I have been teaching and doing voice work with others now 22 years. I am more committed to my work than ever because I have witnessed time and again how singing transforms lives. My students and clients are my constant inspiration.