Level 2 in the Estill Model (6 Voice Qualities) taught by Anne-Marie Speed (London) with application to both speaking and singing.

Please note: participants MUST have completed Level 1 (12 Compulsory Figures) before attending this course.

Anne-Marie is one of the most experienced teachers and presenters of the Estill Model and one of the few that offers application to both the training of actors and singers. 

Suitable for anyone working with the voice including singers (students & professionals), teachers, actors & voice teachers. Therapists will also find this course of value.

Please visit www.thevoiceexplained.com for more details

Re-energize your voice with this short intro to Estill Voice Training!

Teachers and Students will experience a wide range of healthful voice qualities and apply them to a variety of musical and speaking styles — from pop to classical. Learn the system that professionals from Broadway to the Met to Nashville to London’s West End & Covent Garden are using in their vibrant performances.

Bring a working song or monologue to experiment with the power of vocal color.

Figures for Voice Control* & Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities

This course is for anyone who would like to improve their singing or speaking voice — singers, actors, vocal coaches, drama instructors, Speech-Language Pathologists and other vocal health professionals.  This Level One course teaches the tools to control vocal instrument. Students will learn EVT’s Figures to use better vocal structures are useful to sing every musical genre or to play every character. The Level Two course (starting on 26 January) teaches how EVT’s Figures can be used to mix the "recipes" for 6 voice qualities: Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera, and Belting. 

Please note: To enroll in the Level Two course one must have already taken a Level One course in Estill Voice Training.

Beyond images, learn specific vocal techniques for the choral rehearsal using simple, unambiguous anatomical terms

• Vocal “Figures” that work for training voice like compulsory figures do for skaters
• “Anchoring” for focusing the right amount of energy without constriction (a little air can go a long way!)
• Strategies for balancing different register qualities between vocal parts
• Vocal recipes for broadening your range of vocal color for different musical genres
• Healthy exercises for choral students who also sing musical theater, pop, opera or other musical styles

Discover new tools to add to your teaching toolbox and earn Act 48 Credits!

Beyond images, learn specific vocal techniques for the choral rehearsal using simple, unambiguous anatomical terms.

Conductors and singers alike will experience a wide range of healthful voice qualities and apply them to a variety of musical styles.

Participants are invited to sing witht he workshop "lab" choir, the Bucks County Choral Society.

Register  here!

"Everyone has a beautiful voice. You just have to know how to use it," says singer & scientist Jo Estill. Her system, Estill Voice Training™ (EVT), simplifies the learning process by breaking the voice down into its working parts – the actual structures that make the voice work. Using Estill’s Figures for Voice™, students learn to control each structure independently and then combine the structures to create different voice qualities. This course is available for anyone who would like to improve their singing or speaking voice – vocal instructors, drama instructors, Speech-Language Pathologists and other vocal health professionals. The skills developed in Level One will add strength, clarity and stamina to your voice! Throughout the course, participants will apply their new skills to all styles of speaking and singing in small group practice sessions. Participants will learn the same Estill Voice Training tools that are used daily on stages from the Met to Broadway to Nashville to Madison Square Garden!

This course is intended for teachers and students of singing and actors.

The Level One course teaches the tools to control vocal instrument. Students will learn EVT’s Figures to use better vocal structures are useful to sing every musical genre or to play every character.

The Complete Estill Course
Estill Voice Training is craft for singers, like fingering for the pianist.

Practice independent voice motor control. Understand advanced anatomy and how the voice physically and acoustically functions. Control the components that change voice quality through kinesthetic perception and muscle training.

Emphasis on aesthetic freedom and vocal safety across all styles and genres – from rock to opera, jazz to belting!

Level One – Figures for Voice Control
In Level One, participants will accomplish an advanced understanding of vocal anatomy and the physiology of the larynx. The students will be able to increase their kinesthetic perception and maximize their control over their “reed”-instrument. The scientifically researched figures or muscle training exercises allow the voice user to individually monitor, control and adjust all researched muscular structures involved in sound production and therefore safely produce any style or genre specific voice quality.
Each participant will receive individual feedback and monitoring to ensure that all concepts are understood and applied correctly. From the start, the emphasis will be on singing and speaking, both individually and as a group to reinforce technical ideas and ensure correct training of muscle memory.

Level Two – Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities
During Level Two, participants will analyze and develop mastery of 6 archetype vocal qualities including Speech, Falsetto, Twang (nasal and oral), Sob, Opera and Belting. Additionally, contemporary, classical, and music theatre voice qualities will be studied in order to create a better understanding of how the work can be applied on stage, in the studio and in rehearsals. The client will be supplied with a toolbox of muscular skills, anatomically correct vocabulary and the confidence that anyone can train the muscles of their voice in order to achieve any aesthetic goal.
Finally, students will be able to participate in a master class in order to apply the tools learnt in a group/performance environment. Singers may present pieces of their own choosing, ideally with problems to be solved. There is no pre-requisite nor audition for this course.

For more information please visit: www.TheVoiceGym.com.au
 

The Complete Estill Course

Level 1 – Compulsory Figures

• Independent control of 13 structures in the vocal mechanism

• Advanced understanding of vocal physiology

• Control the sound by controlling the “reed” and shape of your instrument

• Receive individual attention, discover and fix your habits, and get biofeedback on a spectrogram.

“It’s not about the breath, but what the breath meets on its way out.” - Jo Estill

Level 2 – Figure Combinations

• Analyze 6 archetype vocal qualities and its variations for singing and speaking

• Speech, Falsetto, Twang (nasal and oral), Sob, Opera and Belting

• Apply your new toolbox of muscular skills when changing voice quality, conquering the “break” or solving common voice problems in your students and patients.

• Participate in a master class to overcome an individual problem in one of your challenging songs.

“Estill is Craft – Craft is a biomechanical skill: What are the parts of my instrument, how do they work and how can I control them?”

TO REGISTER ONLINE:

www.TheVoiceGym.com.au/Registrations.html

This 2 day workshop is open to anyone who has completed a 5 day Estill Compulsory Figures and Voice Qualities Course within the past 5 years.

Participants are required to attend both days of this workshop and must be vocally healthy in order to participate in the practice sessions

Understanding the Basics of Belting:

·        Basic anatomy of structures involved in Belting

·        How Belting differs from other Voice Qualities

·        The Estill Belt Recipe

·        Recap and group practice of Compulsory Figures involved in Belting

Putting it all into Practice:

·        Developing healthy Belting

·        Demonstrations

·        Belting repertoire  

·        Dexterity in Belting

·        Problems & solutions

·        Smooth transitioning

·        Belting within a song

·        Masterclass – please bring a copy of music for the accompanist. Learn when to Belt in a song and how to negotiate parts of the range or particular words that may require problem solving