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
Diminished and Augmented Chords
By Camille van NiekerkAre you looking for a fun challenge? Then join Camille for a tutorial on diminished and augmented chords! Learning to sing and recognize all kinds of chord qualities will help you sing in tune and train your ears to harmonize!
Vowels For Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we will cover types of vowels, the importance of vowel shape for registration, which vowels to use in your warmup, and modifying vowels in your song work.
How To Convey Emotion While Singing
By Camille van NiekerkWith these simple tips, we will show you how to convey the emotion of a song. We will cover: using dynamics, register shifts, tone quality, vocal fry and more to convey emotion through your singing voice!
Notes, Scales & Keys Overview for Beginning Singer
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll go over some basics about pitches and how they fit into scales and keys of songs. We'll cover: understanding pitch letter names, scales and keys so you can learn to match pitch and sing in tune.
Major Scale Ear Training
By Camille van NiekerkThe major scale is the foundation of so many popular songs in Western music. Go deeper in your understanding and familiarity with this scale in Camille's tutorial on major scale ear training.
Vocal Phrasing & Expression
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover: what a musical phrase is, where & when to breathe, "back phrasing", delivering lyrics more expressively and much more!
30 Day Beginner Course Level 2 With Camille
By Camille van NiekerkJoin Camille van Niekerk for level 2 of the beginners course! This course builds upon her previous 30-day course, so we recommend completing that first. Camille will review concepts as you go, but you’ll get the most out of this course once you’ve completed level 1.
How To Sing SMOOTH
By Camille van NiekerkLearn how to smooth out your voice in this Live Lesson. We'll cover how to blend registers, singing without a noticeable "crack", and building mix or middle voice.
How To Sing LOUD & Quiet
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover air pressure and how it impacts your volume, vocal fold compression and what that means for your voice, vowel shapes & their impact on your singing, and resonance strategies for singing loud or quiet without inducing strain.
How To Develop Your UNIQUE Vocal Sound
By Camille van NiekerkDeveloping your unique vocal sound might be easier than you think! In this Live Lesson we'll show you how to do exactly that. You can develop your unique sound by drawing from your musical influences. We'll discuss how creativity plays a role. We'll also show you how to analyze your natural sound.