Andrea Schmider

Biography

Born in 1971 as the youngest of three, it seemed clear from the beginning that this kid liked to be heard! She knew how to use her voice way before her legs and entertained her neighborhood by belting out the wohle sunday-shool-repertoire. Learning to play the fllute and the violin were the next musical steps. But in her teenage years she discovered her true passion: singing. She trained her vocal cords for hours to the likes of Whitney Houston, Sandy Patti, Amy Grant, etc. By the age of 16 she was part of a musical-choir, played piano in church, sang her first solo-parts and started writing songs.
In 2010 she enters the stage for the first time as a solo artist with an accoustic programme with originals as well as covers. Trademark is her warm and versatile voice – be it in her own songs or in well known standards. She releases her first EP Beauty from Ashes in 2012, with 4 originals produced by Chris Hess. She has been touring with her band since then and played different venues (e.g. Festival at the Lake Spiez, Alti Moschti Mühlethurnen, Alte Schmitte Steffisburg, Brügglibar Thun, etc.).
Since then she has collected a lot of experiences as a singer in church as well as a soloist in several Gospel formation, worked as a background vocalist in over 10 studio-projects, received professional vocal training in Esther Feingold’s studio in Berne, before starting to work as a vocal coach herself in 2007. Since then she has had engagements for the Christmas Gospel Nights, Powerhouse Company, as a background vocalist for the Swiss Rockband Grauhouz and as a soloist with several choirs.
Since 2013 she has been working on her Masters of Advanced Studies in Pop/Rock music at the Berne University of Arts (HKB) and started working on her first full length album Promise of Spring in the fall of 2014. The album is produced by Lorenz Schaller of Soundpro Studio Kehrsatz and is set to release on November 6, 2016. The two singles Coffee in the Morning and Colors of the Heart have been released earlier this summer.