After studying singing and music locally and internationally by means of international scholarships, Jolanda Becker opened the Jolanda Becker Vocal Lab in 2007 based in Centurion, South Africa. The main focus being on achieving vocal excellence and developing the individual musician as a whole package ready to take on the professional music industry.
Jolanda Becker has taught at various colleges including TUT – Musical Theatre Dept, TUT – Drama Dept, Stagedoor Showbusiness Academy, The South African Music Institute, whilst performing on national and international stages in various professional music productions, operas and musicals as well as corporate functions on the biggest stages throughout South Africa.
She has had many great success stories with numerous students getting recording deals and distribution deals at some of the biggest recording houses in S.A. as well as students performing on international and national stages in professional musical productions and television programs such as Idols and The Voice SA. She is also the vocal coach of Jasmyn who was the Eurovision Face and Voice Winner in 2011. Many students have also received international music scholarships from the best music departments in the world such as Berklee College of Music and New York Film Academy – Musical Theatre Dept. Many international singing competitions has also been won.
Music is an integral part of her life whether it is performing or working with artists in studio recording their albums and preparations for events and musicals.
She will be covering her first Eurovision song, and it will be the 2016 Czech Republic song ‘I stand’ . In Afrikaans the title is EK BLY STAAN.