Bio of the
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Robin de Haas
Born and raised in Switzerland, Robin De Haas has received
many prizes in his singing and academic studies. He pursued a grant
as soon as he started his professional singing studies and studied
with many teachers in Europe and the U.S.A, such as Kurt Widmer,
Anne Ramoni and Cornelius Reid. Attracted by pedagogy, he pursued
the Diploma of Teaching Singing at The Conservatory of Music of
Lausanne, Switzerland, which was completed with an award for his
diploma work, “Lyrical Singing and Modern Singing, Two Worlds That
Are Completely Opposed?”
It was in the pursuit of research to find models of
methodology and pedagogy that he met Lynn Martin, a professor of
Breathing Coordination and Functional Anatomy at New York
University, and Spencer Welch, a voice teacher specialized in
contemporary styles.
These meetings began a fruitful collaboration, the goal of
which is to release accessory tensions and to realize vocal and
artistic potential. In 2008, Robin was invited by Ms. Martin to
assist her in the Master Class she gave at Sarah Lawrence College,
one of the most prestigious arts schools in the United
States.
From 2007 to 2010, Robin creates various concepts that allow
young singers to go on stage. "And now Sing" and "Don't Stop the
Music" are a major success and lead to many contacts and
opportunities for young artists to improve their skills and their
network.
In 2010, he is extremely busy between putting events together
and bringing Breathing Coordination to politicians in Bern,
Switzerland. That same year, he starts to work on the post surgery
care for damaged voices that are sent to him by Lausanne city
hospital. His results are commended by the doctors of the ENT
section of the hospital.
In 2011 he becomes the head of the training for Breathing
Coordination practitioners and the first practitioners are
certified in 2013.
Recently, in 2014 Robin was invited to present his work in
some of the most prestigious music schools such as the «Manhattan
School of Music». He also collaborates with several members of the
medical community for the application of his work in the filed of
pathologies.
Finally, in 2015 a major accomplishment happens when Robin’s
book «La Voie de la Voix» is published by «Les Editions Favre», the
largest French Speaking Editor of Switzerland. That same year, the
breathing coordination practitioner training program created by
Robin starts in the USA with a first group in Los
Angeles.
In 2018, "The Path of the Voice”, the translation of “La Voix
de la Voie” is published and available now on all the book selling
online platforms.
What He Shares on This
Episode
This episode of the Creator Mindset Podcast is the
first the 7 episodes series with Robin de Haas.
In this first episode, Robin shares the story of the Breathing
Coordination Method, how it came to be, how Carl Stough found a way
to improve the breathing capacity of people who had no more hope to
improve their life quality. Robin tells how Lynn Martin became his
mentor and how he founded the Breathing Coordination MDH ® method
with her.
Changing the way we breathe will change the way we sing.
In this Episode of the
Creator Mindset Podcast:
-The story of the Breathing Coordination Method
- How he became the Co-founder of the Breathing Coordination
MDH ® method
Key Takeaways
"What was impossible is now possible”
Encountering breathing coordination can change the attitude
towards the singer apprentice and the attitude towards our own
voice.
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