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Singing Lessons: Technique, repertoire and performance. Online and in Rotterdam NL

Every voice is different and unique. Each class is customized to the needs of each student.

In the class we will explore:
-vocal technique
-repertoire (assigned by me or suggested by the student)
-improvisation
-performance techniques
-we will explore voice through playing and improvisation

I also offer lessons focused on east Mediterranean and Greek music:
-repertoire
-improvisation
-music theory
-ornamentation

Location

Online via webcam
At teacher's location: Dirk Danestraat, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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General info

Age:
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, Greek

About Me

Vanessa Kourtesi is a music maker, vocalist and songwriter originally from Athens, Greece and based in Rotterdam, NL. Her music derives from her roots, the East Mediterranean and Greek modal music, jazz, pop, ambient and improvisation. As a songwriter and lyricist she narrates memories from reality and imagination exploring the limits between poetry and song.
She has realized an EP (2022) “Spending time with Esther” (composer, producer), in collaboration with musicians from Greece and the Netherlands. She is a co-founding member, composer and lead vocalist of Merem with whom she released an album in 2023. At the moment she is producing her personal album which will be realized in 2025. She is also a co-founding member of the international band “The Circle Orchestra”. She has participated in various projects related to Greek Traditional and East Mediterranean Music performing and touring around Europe. She has performed in a variety of venues, theatres and Festivals (North Sea Jazz Festival, AnoPolis World Music Festival, O. Festival Rotterdam, Delfshaven World Music Festival, Paradiso Amsterdam, Tivoli Vradenburg, Athens Concert Hall, Ancient Theater of Patras, Theater of Herodes Atticus etc). She has collaborated with various musicians in concerts, discography and for motion picture (Nikos Sidirokastritis, Harris Labrakis, Blame Kandinsky, Collectif Medz Bazar, Broken Strings Music, Efthimios Stavropoulos, Fotis Vergopoulos, Andreas Kiltsiksis, Friso van Wijck and others).
Vanessa is also an enthusiastic vocal teacher, teaching and facilitating workshops about voice and performance and also Greek traditional music in Belgium, France, Germany and Greece. She is currently researching about Musical Performance Anxiety in singers for her master project in Voice Study Center, Univerity of Wales Trinity st David (MA in voice pedagogy). She is a Graduate of Codarts University of the arts in Rotterdam (BA in vocals) and of Law School of Athens (BA in Law).

Education

2023-certificate in voice pedagogy with Kerrie Obert, provided by voice study center university of Wales
2022- :MA Vocal Pedagogy, University of Wales Trinity St David
2017-2021:BA performance and singing, Codarts, University of the Arts Rotterdam-World Music Department-modal music
2008-2014: BA in Law, National University of Athens

Participation in multiple workshops that concern voice, performance anxiety, improvisation and performance led by : Savina Yiannatou, Heidi Moss, Kerrie Obert, Gozde Atalay, Ken Bozman, David Juncos, Elisa Monti, Harris Labrakis and others.

Experience / Qualifications

voice instructor in individual lessons since 2018 in NL, GR, BE and online
Lessons include
-singing technique customized to the needs of each student.
-repertoire: world/folk music: east mediterranean, greek, balkan.
and customized to the needs of each student (songs of choice)
-music theory: western and eastern
-performance, stage techniques, games, performance techniques
-improvisation

Group instructor and workshop facilitator in NL, BE, GR, FR
workshops that I have led:
-Greek music/rebetiko music in Belgium, France, the Netherlands
-voice through playing and improvisation in Greece, Belgium and the Netherlands

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