Training Programme: SING! Berlin

Learn what children's choir work is all about!

Over the course of three days, vocal coaches, choir directors, primary school teachers, early years educators, and other interested participants can explore and try out methods and exercises designed to make children’s choir work at primary schools lively, motivating, and musically inspiring.

The programme covers the fundamentals of building a children’s choir, developing a suitable repertoire, and fostering vocal development. Participants will discover how to engage children with varying musical backgrounds in joyful and inclusive singing, while nurturing each child’s individual potential.

During the training, participants will also gain insight into the SING! education programme run by the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Each session has a practical focus and a specific theme, and the individual workshops are self-contained – allowing participants to attend them independently.

Next Date

»A Leap of Air for the Voice«
Breath–Voice–Body in Children’s Choir Work

18–20 September 2026

Friday, 18 September 2026, 2–6 pm: Observation session with a choir at a SING! school

Saturday, 19 September 2026, 10 am–6 pm: Landesmusikakademie Berlin

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 10 am–3 pm: Landesmusikakademie Berlin

Course fee: €100
Certified professional development course

Registration deadline: 21 August 2026

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Thematic Focus

This session focuses on practical ideas and methods that connect breath, body awareness and voice, making it tangible how free breathing and the muscle tone influenced by breathwork have a direct impact on singing. Participants will gain concrete suggestions on how to support children’s voices in a healthy and sustainable way, enhance presence and expression, and enrich everyday singing in primary school through simple yet effective body and breathing exercises.

Important Information

Registration is binding and non-transferable and is confirmed upon receipt of payment following invoicing. In the event of cancellation up to two weeks before the start of the course, 50% of the participation fee will be refunded; for cancellations within the final three days before the course begins, no refund will be possible and the full fee remains payable. By registering, participants agree that audio, photo and video recordings may be made during the course; detailed information can be found further down on this website.

With SING! Lecturer Carola Rühle-Keil

Carola Rühle-Keil, a qualified choir conductor, teaches children’s and youth choir direction as well as vocal development for young singers at the Dresden Academy of Music. She serves as Artistic Director of the Children’s Choir of the Dresden State Operetta and, since 2018, has been a choir teacher and music education director for SING!.

…and breathing educator Aline Vogt

Breathing educator and singer Aline Vogt teaches at the Ilse Middendorf Institute for Breath Experience in Berlin. Prior to this, she worked for many years as a freelance collaborator with the Rundfunkchor Berlin.

»Right from the start of the training, it was clear to me: this is the best thing that could have happened to me. So many practical ideas, varied exercises—and because we worked on the pieces directly with movement, the music immediately settles into the body. I can put this into practice in my teaching tomorrow.« – Participant, 2026

»I would definitely recommend the training course – the lecturers are fantastic and highly competent, responding to the needs of all participants.« – Participant, 2021