PopVoxCon –
The Popular Voice Conference

We look forward to welcoming you! Registration is open until Monday, 17 August 2026, 12:00 noon, or until capacity is reached.
Once capacity is reached, a waiting list will be created, and participants will be contacted in order of registration if places become available.

Participation fee
Regular participation: €50
Students: free

Payment is possible by bank transfer.

Bank details
Account holder: Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
IBAN: AT12 1200 0514 2859 0201
BIC: BKAUATWW
Purpose / Verwendungszweck required: SO15NT05 / full name of participant

Please note that registration is only complete once the form has been submitted and, where applicable, the participation fee has been paid.

Chanda Rule Bernroider
Chanda Rule is a singer, songwriter, researcher, and Professor of Popular Voice Studies at ipop Institut für Popularmusik at mdw. Rooted in gospel, soul, and jazz, her work bridges performance, pedagogy, storytelling, and community singing.

With over 25 years of international performance experience, 20 years of leading workshops, and 8 years of university teaching, Chanda’s approach is experiential, breath-centered, playful, and soul-focused. She supports singers in discovering their individual sound — like an invisible fingerprint — while building a healthy, expressive, and sustainable vocal practice.

Her research explores gospel music, community singing, embodiment, and the transformative power of the voice, and has been shared through conferences, publications, and peer-reviewed journals.

Philipp Sageder
Philipp Sageder is a versatile vocalist, composer, producer, vocal educator, and Senior Lecturer at iPOP/mdw. He is best known as a member of the vocal groove project Bauchklang, with whom he has performed more than 900 concerts in 90 countries, released five studio albums and two live DVDs, and received five Amadeus Awards. His work with the ensemble reflects a deep engagement with rhythm, voice, groove, and collective sound-making.

Philipp completed his training as a CVT Authorised Teacher at the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen in 2014. He studied jazz voice at the Anton Bruckner University, graduating with distinction in 2004. Alongside his performance career, he has worked as a composer and workshop leader in a wide range of settings. Together with Johannes Berauer, he composed Herzfluss for the 2008 Klangwolke in Linz, and he has led musical workshops for participants in the Burgtheater Wien project Stadtrecherchen. His solo performances have taken him to venues including the Musikverein Wien and Theater Rampe Stuttgart.

As an educator, Philipp offers workshops for people of all ages, focusing on rhythm, ensemble work, choir and vocal techniques, solo singing, and Indian rhythm. As a producer, composer, musician, and studio and live singer, he contributes to projects across contemporary dance, crossover classical productions, film music, electronic music, soul, jazz, and beyond.

Patrik Thurner
Patrik Thurner is a singer, composer/arranger, vocal teacher, choir director, and Senior Lecturer at iPOP/mdw – the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Based in Graz, Austria, he also teaches jazz/pop voice at the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory.

He studied jazz voice performance, instrumental and vocal pedagogy in jazz voice, and jazz composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. His vocal teaching is also shaped by extensive specialist training: he is an Estill Master Trainer and Estill Mentor & Course Instructor (EMCI) in Estill Voice Training, as well as a certified Vocal Health First Aider through Vocal Health Education.

Patrik is the founder of the acclaimed a cappella group E NINE O FOUR, with whom he has won numerous prizes at international a cappella competitions. His newest project, STYV – Styrian Voices, brings together four coaches to mentor and develop a youth pop choir in Styria. He is also the artistic director and organizer of vokal.total, the renowned international a cappella competition held annually in Graz.