It takes a village to raise a singer
The power of expert groups in studies, profession and passion
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Part 1 – Best practice – Vocal pedagogy Lucerne
Since 2019 graduates of the Master’s degree programme in Vocal Pedagogy Classical and Jazz at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts meet regularly to discuss vocal pedagogy topics. They all work as singing teachers at music schools with different tasks and different workloads. The aim of this forum called “Stimmsitz” is to exchange ideas and receive further training.
Possible problems and “sticking points” in everyday teaching are addressed and discussed. Proposed solutions are developed together.
Moderation: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Basel
Speakers: Evi Gallmetzer and Jasmin Schmid, lecturers at HSLU
Members of the vocal forum Stimmsitz
Part 2 – Othmar Schoeck Festival
Since 2016, the Othmar Schoeck Festival in Brunnen has aimed to reflect on the life and work of the composer, who was born here, and place it in a wider context, musically, socially and historically. Cultivating his extensive song oeuvre is a central but also challenging aspect of this. Masterclasses for Lied duos have been held regularly since 2021. In public events, individual songs are worked on by singing students, while experts from the fields of musicology and the humanities enrich the learning process by discussing aspects of content and form.
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Optional cruise to the Schoeck Villa for Sunday, 23.8.2026
Speaker
Specialised Teaching and Learning Methods in Vocal Phonation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music Born in South Tyrol/Italy, Evi Gallmetzer was already a keen singer and musician of folk music in her family. After studying singing in Innsbruck and Salzburg, she obtained a concert diploma in song and oratorio at the…
Singer and Vocal Coach at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music
The mezzo-soprano Cornelia Kallisch began her musical career as an instrumentalist with violin and piano. She studied with Josef Metternich, among others, and completed her training at the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera. This was followed by engagements in Paris, Milan and at the Zurich Opera House, among others. Since the beginning of her career,…
Edward Rushton has been teaching chamber music and piano accompaniment at the Musikhochschule Luzern since 2000. He has performed recitals all over Europe and recorded many CDs, including music by lesser-known composers. His love for song led him in 2015 to found the association “Besuch der Lieder” in order to further the performance of Lieder…
Prof. Dr. Cord-Friedrich Berghahn studied German and English at TU Berlin and is Associate Professor of Modern German Literature at the Carolo-Wilhelmina University of Technology in Braunschweig; he has also been President of the Lessing Academy since 2012 and President of the Israel Jacobson Network, of which he is one of the founders, since 2020….
Before and during his directing studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, Alvaro Schoeck worked as an assistant director at various theatres such as the Stuttgart State Opera, the Mainz State Theatre and the Lucerne Theatre. Since then, he has worked as a freelance director for both spoken and musical theatre in…
