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Faculty

Isabel Gaber

Mag. Dr.
Artistic Major(s): Vocals

Artistic and Educational Background

  • Master’s degree in Transmedia Art, University of Applied Arts Vienna, graduated with distinction in 2010
  • Vocal Academy at the Complete Vocal Institute, Copenhagen, graduated in 2013
  • Doctorate in Humanities, University of Applied Arts Vienna, graduated with distinction in 2017
  • 3-year Singer/Teacher Diploma Course – Vocal Pedagogy Program at the Complete Vocal Institute, Copenhagen, graduated in 2020

Teaching and Research

  • Vocal coach and singing teacher since 2010, offering individual and group coaching, workshops on vocal technique, improvisation, stage performance, and performance anxiety
  • Teaching at Stimmfabrik Vienna from 2010 to 2017, individual and group lessons, leading intensive training programs and topic-specific workshops
  • Assistant vocal coach at the Monika Ballwein Academy since 2018
  • Vocal coach for “Starmania 2022” and “Die große Chance” 2024
  • Vocal instructor at the Vokal.Sommer.Akademie Eisenstadt since 2023
  • Lecturer at JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music at the Friedrich Gulda University of Music since 2025
  • Research focus: Creativity research in artistic processes, with emphasis on mental stress conditions and blockages in creative work (performance anxiety, writer’s block, stage fright), at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Publications & Discography

  • 2017: Dissertation Mental Stress Condition and Blockades in Creativity, University of Applied Arts Vienna
  • 2019: Album Für Hugo – Die Duetten (MProve/Hoanzl)
  • 2024: Album Zweite Kassa, bitte – Die Duetten (MProve/Hoanzl)

Additional Professional Experience

  • Solo, backing, and studio singer, songwriter, and composer
  • Commissioned compositions, jingles, co-songwriting and songwriting coaching at “Regenkinder Records”
  • Host of the Burgenland concert series by #weare – Strong Voices Strong Women

Awards and Distinctions

  • “Artist in Residence” scholarship, Paliano, Italy, 2009
  • Research scholarship, University of Applied Arts Vienna, 2011
  • Work grant from the BMKÖS (Die Duetten), 2022