Online Singing Lessons With Camille van Niekerk
Camille van Niekerk is a singer, writer and vocal instructor in Southern California. She loves sharing the beauty and joy of music with others, whether through performance or teaching.
Camille began studying voice and performing in musicals at age seven. In 2010, Camille began working towards her BA in Music Education at Azusa Pacific University, where she studied classical voice with Rebecca Genzink and jazz voice with Kristin Korb and John Proulx. Camille graduated Summa cum laude with a 3.98 GPA. She then earned her teaching credential from San Diego State University and taught classroom choral and instrumental music. Shortly after moving to LA county, Camille began her private vocal studio, providing vocal coaching, ear training, and recording for students of all ages.
Camille is a dedicated musician and a passionate teacher. She is constantly refining her skills and methods for greater versatility and effectiveness. When she is not teaching, Camille enjoys singing with the L.A. Choral Lab and Ensoma Creative. She lives in San Diego with her husband and loves going to the beach, practicing yoga, reading, and cooking.
You can follow Camille on Instagram @camille.music, see Camille’s live, one take covers at https://youtube.com/camillevanniekerkmusic, and follow her singing in Afrikaans at https://www.facebook.com/camillevanniekerkmusic.
TUTORIALS
Easy R&B Vocal Style For Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we'll cover how to sing with an R&B style! Topics include riffs & runs, smooth, rich tone, consistent vibrato and song examples from popular artists.
Easy Indie/Alternative Singing Style For Beginners
By Camille van NiekerkLearn how to sing Indie/Alt style vocals! In this live lesson we'll cover vocal fry, slides & falls, conversational pronunciation and more! We will learn these techniques with song examples from popular artists.
Easy Country Vocal Style For Beginners
By Camille van NiekerkHow to sing country vocals? In this live lesson we will teach you country vocal techniques. We will cover accent & vowel shapes, twang and scoops & falls by using song examples from popular artists.
Jazz Vocal Style for Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we'll cover jazz vocal techniques such as vibrato as an effect, back phrasing and chromaticism using song examples from popular artists.
Vocal Registers 101 For Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkWhat are vocal registers? How do you improve each one? Learn all about the pulse register, chest voice, head voice, falsetto, mixed registration and whistle voice in this live lesson!
How To Start Singing NOW
By Camille van NiekerkHere's your very first vocal lesson! If you don't know where to start, this is THE place to begin your vocal lessons. In this Live Lesson we will cover how to match pitch, how to find your range, the basics of posture & breathing, some vocal exercises and how to identify your strengths & weaknesses.
Fix Common Issues With Vocal Tone
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we will go over these common tonal singing issues: nasal sounding tone, overly "dark" tone, weak/breathy tone and shouty tone. We will include exercises & adjustments for each issue.
Easy Singing Scale & Chord Practice For Beginners
By Camille van NiekerkHere are some simple and easy singing exercises for practicing your scales and chords. We'll cover major scales & chords, minor scales & chords, chromatic scale, whole tone scale and the pentatonic scale.
Vocal Intervals For Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we will be discussing how to sing intervals for beginning singers. We'll cover what an interval is, learning intervals up to an octave, well-known songs to learn each interval, the major scale “bungee” exercise, and resources to keep practicing.
How To Sing Chords The EASY Way
By Camille van NiekerkWe will be going over how to sing chords for vocalists! We'll be covering what a chord is, 4 types of chords: major, minor, diminished and augmented, singing chords (arpeggios), identifying chords by ear and resources to keep practicing.