L'INSTITUT CANADlEN D'ART VOCAL

About Claude Webster

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French Canadian vocal coach Claude Webster, has been internationally sought after as a leading specialist in French repertoire. Since 2004, he has been invited every year to the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel-Aviv.

He has also been on faculty at programs in Berlin, New York, Miami, Ravinia, Puerto Rico, Montreal, Toronto and Virginia. He was the head coach at Opera de Montréal’s young artist program "L’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal" from 1997 to 2017 and he remained with the company as the chorus master; a position he started in 2007. 

Constantly looking for new ways to help singers, he specialized himself in performance preparation. He holds a certificate in psychology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and is also a certified professional Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) coach and instructor as well as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

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He regularly gives lectures and workshops in colleges and conservatories on stress management and mental preparation for performances. He published a book Atteindre sa zone d’excellence (Reaching you inner zone of excellence) based on his workshops.

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