Katja Maria Slotte

Vocal & Artist Coaching

Josie Akers, Singer-Songwriter, Akers Music

Through working with Katja, things started shifting on many levels. I reconnected with playfulness, and that spread out to areas in my whole life.⁣ My singing became gentler, more expressive and dynamic. I found my own sound that was aligned with the stories I wanted to tell. My vocal range expanded, and singing started feeling much easier and more connected.⁣ I learned to fully embrace my identity as a rock and metal vocalist.⁣ My creative flow exploded and I ended up writing not just one, but TWO albums!

JUDITH WESTERVELD, SINGER-SONGWRITER AT SIGNS OF STILLNESS, COACH AT JUDITH WESTERVELD COACHING
NEPHTALIE VAN DER BORGHT, SINGER-SONGWRITER-PERFORMER AT LY BELLE

Hi there!

I’m Katja.

After getting a degree in music, studying vocal pedagogy and various vocal training approaches, getting certified in a modern vocal training method, teaching at a music university, and working with singers from seasoned professionals to hobbyists, I’ve seen over and over again how singers get stuck in their heads, overly intellectual about singing, and don’t know what they want to sound like despite being skilled at many techniques.

Why my coaching is different

My holistic approach to working with the voice integrates all parts of you and is tailor-made for each singer.

Many vocal coaches focus on vocal technique, solving vocal problems, and will give you exercises that are approaching voice work mainly from an anatomical/physiological point of view.

I’ll help you tap deeper than just learning vocal techniques and exercises, into awareness and mindful learning, and integrate that with creativity, musicality and artistry.

I help you find and refine your unique sound through methods that integrates your voice/body, mind, energy, spirit and creativity, and help you release what blocks your vocal freedom and authentic expression.

I help you make your creative project ideas come alive and get your creative work done. When you want to find alignment in your creative life, find new meaning in your creative work or are at a crossroads in your creative career, I’ll help you navigate and explore options through artist life coaching.

Apply to work with me

Your tailored coaching journey begins with you filling in an application form and booking a free Strategy Session.

How it works

1. Book a free Strategy Session

We’ll talk about your goals and the ways you can meet them.

2. Your Initial Fit Session

We’ll do a voice assessment and put together a plan for your voice and creativity that’s aligned with your goals.

3. Transform your singing

Start your coaching, transform your singing & creativity, and make your creative projects happen!

What you’ll get

Vocal technique to help you sing with ease and design your sound

I help you design your unique sound, while maintaining a healthy, effective and sustainable vocal function. 

You’ll get to experience a voice that is expressive, authentic, confident and powerful, flexible across the range, able to switch styles and access a variety of colours and effects.

You’ll gain understanding in how your voice works, and learn to relate to it with curiosity, openness, patience, appreciation and trust, rather than from a place of fear, judgment, impatience or criticism. 

My methodology for teaching vocal technique has developed over the past 20+ years of having been at the cutting edge of vocal pedagogy and studied methodologies including Complete Vocal Technique, Estill Voice Training based techniques, Bel Canto, from continued education in the fields of voice science and various vocal pedagogy approaches, and from having taught and coached hundreds of singers on all stages of their vocal journey from complete beginners, devoted hobbyists, music university students and emerging artists to seasoned professional recording and performing artists.

Mindset shifts

Your own mindset can be either supportive or unhelpful to your attempts to develop new skills, learn and confidently perform new repertoire, create new artistic work, and work on new goals in your creative career and artist business. 

In our work together, I’ll help you identify and shift the mindset, patterns and habits that are limiting your creative work and affecting it negatively. You’ll learn to recognise what stories you’re holding on to that aren’t supporting you in achieving your creative goals and the vision you hold for your artist life and career. 

You’ll also learn how to develop mindful practice habits that help you stay in the now and increase your focus and productivity.

A deeper connection to your artistry.

I’ll guide you to the source of your own artistry, help you develop and highlight what’s unique about you, clarify your why and your vision. 

We can get there through a variety of ways, including music interpretation, style study, storytelling, using vocal effects like growls and creaks, improvisation, vocal and musical embodiment, and tapping into your imagination and creativity. Joyful and playful music making is at the heart of this work: creativity does not flourish in a paradigm where rigidity rules and we’re afraid to make mistakes.

At times, it can be helpful to include aspects of artist coaching into the work, to clarify your values, your mission and vision.

You’ll have access to my wealth of knowledge and experience from years of extensive studies in jazz, world music, and contemporary commercial music styles, vocal improvisation, from having toured with my own concert productions and theater show, worked in theater as a maker and coach, having taught voice and music interpretation at music university, and having coached recording and performing artists in developing their signature sound, clarifying their artistic identity and vision.

An experienced coach who is committed and dedicated to your growth.

With me as your coach, you’ll have a coach who not only helps you enhance your vocal technique skills, but helps you integrate all parts of you and find out what makes you unique.

Coaching in English, Finnish, Swedish or Dutch

While my classes and programs are mostly in English, I also teach and coach in my native languages Finnish and Swedish, and in Dutch that I am fluent in after having lived and worked in The Netherlands for 21 years.

SASKIA BAK, VOCAL COACH AT SING WITH SASS, SINGER-SONGWRITER AT SASSY AND THE RHYTHM BOYS
MARGRIET SJOERDSMA, SONGMAKER, COMPOSER, VOCALIST AT ODELION

As a coach, Katja is present, intuitive, knowledgeable, supportive, kind and thoughtful. She creates a healthy and safe environment, and any singer looking to develop with a brilliant and compassionate teacher would benefit from working with her.”

BONNIE F. CHOIR & VOCAL ENSEMBLE SINGER

Ways we can work together

HERE’S HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER NO MATTER WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE LOCATED:

Or apply to work with me, and we’ll find out what form of coaching is most aligned for you:


SPARK YOUR CREATIVITY AT THE FIREPLACE ROOM!

In-person Lessons & Coaching in Helsinki

PRIVATE SESSIONS, SOLO SESSIONS IN A SMALL GROUP OF SINGERS, AND SINGING COURSES.

The Fireplace Room is located in the historical premises of Lapinlahden Lähde, by the seaside. On the premises you’ll find beautiful walking paths, ideal for coaching and mentoring walks, and a lunch café open from 11:00-17:00.

TEACHING & COACHING DAYS ON LOCATION IN HELSINKI:

Mondays 11-15, Tuesdays 15-21:30, select weekend days.


OUR ADDRESS:

Creative Voice

@Lapinlahden Lähde

Lapinlahdenpolku 8
00180 Helsinki

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