Upcoming:
- German Art Song and German Diction Workshop at Seattle Opera, Teen Vocal Studio, March 16, 2019
- Masterclass Sing in German at Seattle Opera, Teen Vocal Studio, March 30, 2019
Past workshops/masterclasses:
- Masterclass Sing in German - University of Washington: School of Music, Seattle, WA, October 23, 2018 at 3.30pm - The class will be taught by GVAI's director Christine Menschner.
- German diction coaching with GVAI's director Christine Menschner in Boston, MA, October 29- November 3, 2018
GVAI Masterclass at the CS Music Convention in Boston
CS Vocal Competition, Masterclasses and Expo
Sat May 26 2018, 2pm. at the Sheraton Boston Hotel
GVAI's director Christine Menschner
Sing in German!
Masterclass by Christine Menschner
Lacking feedback from native speakers, many singers believe they know how to sing in German, but recognizing the appropriate degree of openness of vowels and umlauts can be challenging. Not to mention the ach and ich- sounds and other German consonants! Learn to distinguish the different sounds and get real hands-on--or better yet ears-on--experience. Bring your German art song or aria and Christine Menschner, director of the German Vocal Arts Institute (GVAI) in Seattle, will help you to bring your text to life.
Masterclass by Christine Menschner
Lacking feedback from native speakers, many singers believe they know how to sing in German, but recognizing the appropriate degree of openness of vowels and umlauts can be challenging. Not to mention the ach and ich- sounds and other German consonants! Learn to distinguish the different sounds and get real hands-on--or better yet ears-on--experience. Bring your German art song or aria and Christine Menschner, director of the German Vocal Arts Institute (GVAI) in Seattle, will help you to bring your text to life.
GVAI Masterclass at the CS Music Convention in Chicago
CS Vocal Competition, Masterclasses and Expo
May 26, 2017, at the Sheraton Chicago Grand Hotel
Start your career in Germany with excellent German diction
Do you dream of going to Germany to make a living as an opera singer or to study voice at a college, but don't know where to start? This class can help!
In part one, Christine Menschner, director of the German Vocal Arts Institute (GVAI), will offer a step-by-step process on how to audition for agencies, theaters or grad school.
In part two, she will work with you on one of the core pillars to make this possible: German diction. Lacking feedback from native speakers, many singers believe they know how to sing in German, but to recognize the degree of openness of vowels and umlauts is challenging. Learn to distinguish the differences and get real hands-on--or better yet ears-on--experience.
Do you dream of going to Germany to make a living as an opera singer or to study voice at a college, but don't know where to start? This class can help!
In part one, Christine Menschner, director of the German Vocal Arts Institute (GVAI), will offer a step-by-step process on how to audition for agencies, theaters or grad school.
In part two, she will work with you on one of the core pillars to make this possible: German diction. Lacking feedback from native speakers, many singers believe they know how to sing in German, but to recognize the degree of openness of vowels and umlauts is challenging. Learn to distinguish the differences and get real hands-on--or better yet ears-on--experience.
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Impressions from GVAI's class: Singers working on German vowels and singing Beethoven's Ode to Joy in German
Masterclasses China
German Diction, Voice and Performance Training
Career Management for German Markets Chengdu, China,
October 14th 2016 Hangzhou, China October 12th 2016 |
German Diction Coaching
Masterclass at the CS Music Convention in Boston Sheraton Hotel, May 26, 2018
Masterclass at the CS Music convention in Chicago, May 2017 German Operetta and Opera Workshop Seattle, Jan-March 2017 University of Washington 2016 The Magic Flute (GVAI) 2016, 2017 Puget Sound Concert Opera Viennese Gala 2016 Der Freischütz 2015 |
Performance training
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January 2017 - March 2017
German Operetta and Opera Workshop in Seattle, WA
Highlight:
Featured Performance at the gorgeous 17th Annual Viennese Ball
of The Austria Club of Washington March 11, 2017
Featured Performance at the gorgeous 17th Annual Viennese Ball
of The Austria Club of Washington March 11, 2017
"It was such a pleasure to observe the quick progress the singers made in the weekly sessions with Christine. As a native speaker and singer, her guidance and practice exercises were so clear. Everyone progressed quickly with these life-long tools to improve their performance of German classical vocal repertoire. An added bonus was Christine's lively staging advice and historical perspective. Her classes are simply a delight!"
Beth Kirchhoff
Chorusmaster Emeritus for Seattle Opera
Beth Kirchhoff
Chorusmaster Emeritus for Seattle Opera
Masterclasses in China 2016
University of Washington Workshop 2016:
"Christine had the right recipe to make our final performance of a German play a great success.
It was one of the most productive and pleasant experiences for my third year UW Germanics students to learn from Christine how to overcome their fears; confidently work with German vowels, phonemes and umlauts in a stage setting; be aware of their bodies while performing and generally, how to make their stage presence a priority, rather than just saying their lines.
Christine, a German native speaker, teaches this with empathy and insight in her well-structured class that offered a variety of tasks. Her over ten years' experience as a voice and diction coach, singer and successful performer allowed students to engage, stay motivated and be challenged at the same time. The result is an energetic final scene of “Deutschsein für Fortgeschrittene: Grenzenlos und Unverschämt,” performed at the University of Washington in June 2016."
Kristina Pilz, PhD Candidate, German Instructor, Department of Germanics, University of Washington June 2016
"Christine had the right recipe to make our final performance of a German play a great success.
It was one of the most productive and pleasant experiences for my third year UW Germanics students to learn from Christine how to overcome their fears; confidently work with German vowels, phonemes and umlauts in a stage setting; be aware of their bodies while performing and generally, how to make their stage presence a priority, rather than just saying their lines.
Christine, a German native speaker, teaches this with empathy and insight in her well-structured class that offered a variety of tasks. Her over ten years' experience as a voice and diction coach, singer and successful performer allowed students to engage, stay motivated and be challenged at the same time. The result is an energetic final scene of “Deutschsein für Fortgeschrittene: Grenzenlos und Unverschämt,” performed at the University of Washington in June 2016."
Kristina Pilz, PhD Candidate, German Instructor, Department of Germanics, University of Washington June 2016