Voice

Overview

The voice program is based on a classical technique method and students are taught how to use their chest voice safely for pop music. For young students, the emphasis will be on a good breathing technique and support, the blending of chest and head voice, pronunciation, dynamics, how to care for your voice, tone sensitivity, performance and interpretation through a variety of songs. Students will learn how to sing with and without a microphone either with a piano or playback. Students will receive advise on how to pick appropriate music and will get to know music from different music periods.

Full study 2x 30 min per week (private)

66% study 2x 20 min per week (private)

50% study 1x 30 min per week (private)

50% study 1x 40 min per week (two students per lesson)

Teachers

Auður Guðjohnsen

Auður graduated with a diploma from the Reykjavík School of Singing in 2001. She completed a postgraduate degree in Voice from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow in 2003. She graduated with a LRSM degree in Voice Pedagogy from the Reykjavík School of Singing in 2005 and received a M.Ed.Art. from The Icelandic University of the Arts in 2017. Auður has performed at numerous concerts in Iceland and abroad, including symphonies, oratorios, opera performances, and jazz concerts, both as a soloist and as a part of a larger group. For many years she has sung in choirs such as Schola Cantorum, Barbörukórinn and Cantoque Ensemble. After completing her master’s degree, Auður published a songbook for children, Tónlistin er þín (The Music is Yours). She works as a composer, singer, children’s choir director and voice teacher.