Level One: Compulsory Figures for Voice™ teaches the tools of the craft.

Add strength, clarity, range, and stamina to your voice! Participants will use EVT’s innovative training Figures™ to control vocal structures that maximize versatility in speech and song and build your performance confidence. Level Two combines the Figures from Level One to produce six voice qualities: Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera, and Belting. Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ offers a clear understanding of the voice’s limitless possibilities, along with how to keep it vibrant and healthy. Participants will apply their new skills in small group practice sessions. There will also be ample opportunity for questions, discussion, and open coaching sessions.

La Perla del Mar is located 2 blocks from the California Central Coast shoreline. Come early or stay late to enjoy the beaches, kayaking, wine tasting, and the beautiful San Luis Obispo Mission. Information on lodging is available at “www.StudioSingSingSing.com” . Click on Estill Voice Training, Workshops & Registration.

Registration: You may register online at "www.studiosingsingsing.com".

You may pay with a credit card online, or send your check to:
Judith Dunlore
P.O. Box 7322
Halcyon, CA 93421.

Make check payable to Studio Sing, Sing, Sing.

There is a late registration fee after, of $50.

Teachers:

This course is presented by Helga Westmark & Dorte Hyldstrup, who were two of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. They were taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and they are educating new people all the way through the EVT system. Read more about them on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description:

This Advanced 1 course is mostly for people who have attended Level One & Two courses at Kulturama in Stockholm. The course will focus on repetition and more advanced exercises of Level One & Two and analysis of problems & solutions/Pedagogical issues. We will mostly work practically and integrate figures and qualities into music and also have time to focus on individual coaching/training.

Teachers:

This course is presented by Helga Westmark & Dorte Hyldstrup, who were two of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. They were taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and they are educating new people all the way through the EVT system. Read more about them on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description

Open to anyone with an interest in learning about the voice, for example, singers, voiceteachers, actors, clinical voice professionals etc. The course begins with an introduction to the Estill Voice Model with Figures for Voice, and an overview of this course. We will work yhen through all the figures in Level One by practising individually in small groups and integrating them into singing and different genres of music.

The days will alternate between classroom presentations, practice sessions in small groups and open sessions.

Teachers:

This course is presented by Helga Westmark & Dorte Hyldstrup, who were two of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. They were taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and they are educating new people all the way through the EVT system. Read more about them on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description

Open to anyone, who took the Estill Level One course, singers, voice teachers, actors, clinical voice professionals etc. The course begins with an overview of the evolution of the Estill Voice Model and an overview of this course. We will work us through all the voice qualities, speech, falsetto, sob, twang, belting and opera - by practising individually in small groups and integrating them into singing and different genres of music.

The days will alternate between classroom presentations, practice sessions in small groups and open sessions.

Teachers:

This course is presented by Helga Westmark & Dorte Hyldstrup, who were two of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. They were taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and they are educating new people all the way through the EVT system. Read more about them on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description

This ”Belting Workshop” is open to anyone who should like to explore this fascinating Voice Quality. We focus on essential Estill tools – “ how to build up this exiting quality in a safe way”. We will work a lot on Body anchoring and Twang and try to apply the belting quality to relevant songs – within pop/jazz, musical and soul/gospel.

Teachers:

This course is presented by Helga Westmark & Dorte Hyldstrup, who were two of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. They were taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and they are educating new people all the way through the EVT system. Read more about them on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description

This Advanced 1 course is only for people who have attended Level One & Two courses in Norway or Sweden. The course will focus on repetition and more advanced exercises of Level One & Two and analysis of problems & solutions/Pedagogical issues. We will mostly work practically and integrate figures and qualities into music and also have time to focus on individual coaching/training.

The Full Estill Course
July 2 - 9, 2012, Blackburn North, Victoria

Presented by Jenny Caire and Naomi Eyers

Would you like to:

• Understand what is happening in your vocal tract when you make a particular sound?
• Control breathy tone?
• Increase your projection and resonance?
• Sing loudly and safely?
• Know how to prevent vocal damage?
• Manage the break in your voice?
• Sing with different qualities for different vocal styles?

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU!!!

The Estill Voice Training System is the only comprehensive program for studying and teaching voice that applies to all styles of speaking and singing.

What will I learn?

• Basic anatomy of your vocal instrument
• How to monitor and control the different structures that create and change vocal quality
• Many different ways to improve your vocal technique and ‘support’ the tone
• What is safe, healthy singing and how to avoid vocal trauma
• How to increase your range, strength and stamina when singing
• How to change your technique to sing appropriately for different styles including opera, pop, music theatre and jazz

Level 1 
Compulsory Figures for Voice – 13 structures which can be independently controlled to influence vocal tone.

Level 2 
Voice Qualities - Speech, Twang (nasal and clear), Falsetto, Sob, Opera and Belting. 

Each participant will receive individual feedback and monitoring to ensure that all concepts are understood and applied correctly.

The emphasis from the start will be on voicing individually and as a group to reinforce technical ideas.

There will be a masterclass on the final day in which participants have opportunity to apply the skills they have learned and receive feedback regarding application to repertoire and style.

Further information & registration forms contact: jcaire@optusnet.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

The Full Estill Course – Levels 1 & 2

What will I learn?

• Basic anatomy of your vocal instrument
• How to monitor and control the different structures that create and change vocal quality
• Many different ways to improve your vocal technique and ‘support’ the tone
• What is safe, healthy singing and how to avoid vocal trauma
• How to increase your range, strength and stamina when singing
• How to change your technique to sing appropriately for different styles including opera, pop, music theatre and jazz

Level 1

Compulsory Figures for Voice – 13 structures which can be independently controlled to influence vocal tone.

Level 2

Voice Qualities - Speech, Twang (nasal and clear), Falsetto, Sob, Opera and Belting. 

Each participant will receive individual feedback and monitoring to ensure that all concepts are understood and applied correctly.

 The emphasis from the start will be on voicing individually and as a group to reinforce technical ideas.

There will be a masterclass on the final day in which participants have opportunity to apply the skills they have learned and receive feedback regarding application to repertoire and style.

This course is open to all voice users - singers, speakers, actors, teachers. No experience required!

In honor of World Voice Day, this workshop will focus on healthy Belting--one of Jo Estill’s major contributions to voice training! The basics of Belt Quality (Cricoid Cartilage Tilt) and some variations will be explored, with an introduction to basic vocal health (False Vocal Folds, True Vocal Folds, and Anchoring). The workshop will include lecture/presentation, group practice, open coaching, and discussion and is appropriate for Estill novices and aficionados alike! Be sure to bring music to sing for open coaching sessions (both days).