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
Vocal Health 101
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson We'll cover: taking care of your voice; food, drink and medication; injury prevention; what to do when you're sick and much more!
How To Choose A Good Key For Your Voice
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover: what a key is; how to find the key of any song; analyzing the melody's range & demands; how to change keys and much more!
Common Frustrations For Beginning Singers
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover voice cracks, running out of breath, sounding nasal, and other common issues.
Do I Need To Know My Vocal Range?
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover the common vocal ranges, voice types & their place in contemporary music, how to choose good songs for your range, and much more!
Perfect Pitch and Relative Pitch
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover what the difference is between perfect and relative pitch, how to know if you have perfect pitch, how to develop great relative pitch, and much more!
Am I Singing In Tune?
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll cover how to use a chromatic tuner and virtual piano, how sheet music can help (even if you don't read it), understanding how warmups work to help you sing in tune, and much more!
What's The Point: Why do vocal exercises?
By Camille van NiekerkIn this Live Lesson we'll discuss common exercises and their purpose; what we use specific vowels and syllables for; exercise patterns to know; how to modify an exercise for your needs; the order of a good warmup or exercise routine, and so much more!
R&B Vocal Workout
By Camille van NiekerkIn this live lesson we'll cover all things vocals in the style of R&B. We'll go over vibrato, belting, pentatonic riffs, embellishments, and much more!
Vibrato Week 2/2
By Camille van NiekerkWe'll cover how to fix issues with vibrato (too fast or slow); vibrato control (singing straight tone and vibrato); vibrato usage in songs, and much more!
Vibrato Week 1/2
By Camille van NiekerkWe'll cover: what vibrato is; 4 technical issues that could be preventing your vibrato from ringing (& exercises to help solve those issues); exercises to "kickstart" your vibrato if it's not there, plus much more!