TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials Workshops and Lessons
I have been working with Gudrun as my vocal coach and piano teacher over a decade, since I was 10 years old. During this time, she has coached me through physically and vocally demanding roles and performances in New York, including Hildy in On The Town and Maria in West Side Story. When I moved away for college, I was introduced to other coaches but always came back to Gudrun in preparation for performances because of her reliability and technique. With her, I know that I can work on expanding my skills in a heathly and beneficial way for my voice. I love to sing musical theatre and classical bel canto and her technique works beautifully for both. She leads by example with her own beautiful voice and technique, and she is patient and intuitive teacher. Her passion for music inspires my own. I just graduated from Brown University with a double major in music and theater, and was awarded the David Laurent Music Prize, given annually by the Department of Music to the outstanding vocalist. I know that none of that would have been possible without Gudrun. She helped me to prepare for most deparmtnet performances throughout my college years, and more intensely leading up to my senior concert performance through Skype. She is an unbelievably supportive teacher with a devotion to her craft and her students, as well as a kind and generous person.
Canning Robb
To take a workshop with Gudrun is more than that, it is a beautiful experience bathed with love. I learned a lot about my blockages through the use of body and sound. I experienced opennes in my voice and also got to release some emotions that were stuck in my solar plexus. Gudrun creates the perfect atmosphere for anyone to feel safe and taken care. Her beautiful space helps to open up in a very safe environment. She is creative, thoughtful, knowledgable and an excellent teacher. Her talent as a musician and healer mingle with perfection offering magic results. I highly recommend to work with Gudrun in any of her fields.
Participating in the two-day voice workshop with Gudrun gave me time to settle into my body and from there, with more ease, explore my voice and singing capabilities. Working in a group offered visual learning, I saw where others were getting stuck in their body and voice that on myself is harder to pinpoint. Gudrun’s personalizes the time together so that I felt that I was an important part of the experience. Breaking up the work with moments of dancing and general lightheartedness had the work not get too heady. I left the workshop embodied and proud of my voice.
-Ava Lulu Costanzo
Participated in the 2/28-3/1 nyc voice workshop
Ms.Buhler is by far one of the most effective vocal coaches I've ever worked with. What makes her so effective is that she very masterfully weaves together her operatic skills, acting background, and spiritual discipline into her teachings, making her approach to vocal coaching a very holistic experience that allowed me to not only tap into my voice physically, but also emotionally, and spiritually. The degree of dedication and conviction that she devotes to each one of her students, and her faith in their talent, is also something that sets Ms.Buhler apart; and as she gives, she also demands discipline and commitment from her students, which is understandable because the voice is an instrument that requires real dedication and strength to fully develop it. Suffice it to say, I became a singer with Ms.Buhler. I was a closeted singer all of my life, mainly because I didn't really like the sound of my voice. After four years of lessons with Gudrun, I began to like the richness of my voice, and that gave me the confidence to come out of the closet. I now have my own band and perform on a weekly basis around that City, and the many tools and techniques I learned from Ms.Buhler help me tremendously every step of the way. I still continue to take lessons with Ms.Buhler to keep honing my voice, and I look forward to continuing to work with her for many years to come.
Julieta Mendez
Taking singing lessons with Gudrun Buhler has been a journey in expressing my soul's voice. Her combination of gentleness, deep listening, precision and demonstration has teased out new, even surprising, gifts that have developed who I am as a singer. Specifically, I now have a way to reach high notes that is so easeful and direct, it has served as a foundation for all of my singing.
Michele Farbman