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

ESTILL Level 1&2 in Voice Control

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

 ·       Analyse 6 archetype vocal qualities and the 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 please click below:

 http://www.thevoicegym.com.au/Registrations.html

 APPLIED - Estill Voice Print and Vocal Pedagogy Workshop

VOICEPRINT WORKSHOP (Sun. 9am-12pm)

Practise the Estill Figures on a spectrogram (Estill VoiceprintTM) and learn how to use the software as a biofeedback tool. Prepare for the Estill Certificate of Figure Proficiency and create your personal voice training plan.

PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP (Sun. 2pm-5pm)

Advanced problem solving and attractor state analysis. Warm up, cool down and preventive voice training. Analyse advanced voice qualities across all genres.

ATTENTION: A level 1&2 certificate of attendance is required in order to participate in the advanced workshops

Discount is available if registration is combined with the Estill Level 1&2 course in Graz from July 16th-20th 2012!

Level one and two course: For singers, actors, speakers, speech therapists, choir conductors, etc..

The dates will be: 20/21/22 April and 19/20 May 2012.

Level One Figures for Voice teaches the tools of the craft to add strength, clarity, flexibility, and stamina to your voice! Participants will use Estill Voice Training’s innovative Figures for Voic to learn control of the vocal structures that influence voice quality. Each Figure employs exercises that will give you new vocal options for all styles speaking and singing Students will learn EVT’s Figures.

Level Two teaches how to combine the Level One Figures to produce the six different voice qualities: Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera and Belting. It offers a clear understanding of the voice’s limitless possibilities. Students learn to integrate this qualities in our own repertoire, either pop, rock, musical, soul, jazz, classical music or other and even into everyday speech.

Course will be in Italian language. Course Material in English with italian translation on Dvd. 

More: www.centrostudiestill.it;  www.alejandrosaorinmartinez.it; luisacatinaccio@yahoo.it

Estill Voice Training Level I & II
Figures for Voice Control & Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities

In Level I,  Figures for Voice Control,  you learn the 13 anatomical elements that Jo Estill observed, and their relationship to the sound and power of your voice. You learn to voluntarily and independently control these elements and their practical application for such things as:

•  Four ways to make your voice more powerful without strain
•  How to sing higher more easily
•  How the cricoid cartilage helps you belt with no strain and greater range
•  Three ways to start your sound and how they influence your tone.
•  How the false folds help protect your voice from hoarseness
•  How the adam's apple (thyroid cartilage) can help you make a clearer tone
•  Three things that will make your voice sound deeper and richer
•  How to smooth out your break or “passagio”

Level II , Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities, teaches you to combine the thirteen anatomical elements to create six voice qualities and explores their use in Folk Music, Jazz, Pop, Early Music,  Musical Theater Opera, country music, gospel, Rhythm & Blues , Ethnic and Choral singing.  Understanding how the figures effect your sound  and power also allows you greater breadth of dynamic expression, and character development.

The workshop involves Powerpoint presentations, endoscopic videos, anatomical models and slides. There are application activities and small group practices. There is a chance for individual attention in a master class format at the end of the instruction day.   The workbooks provide a complete summary of the Estill Vocal Training model. You will also learn how to read a spectrogram and how it can be used to provide you with continuing feedback on how well you are executing the Voice Qualities.

This course concentrates on the singing voice, valuable to singers, voice teachers and choir directors, but is applicable for actors, speech pathologists, and anyone interested in minimizing vocal strain and maximizing projection.

You may register and pay online at "www.StudioSingSingSing.com" Click on Estill Voice Training.

This Level Two Course (Qualities) , led by Tom Burke with Robert Sussuma's assistance, will bring focus to the fun while exploring Estill's 6 Basic Voice Qualities (Speech, Falsetto, Twang, Belt, Sob and Opera). This Course will also serve as prelude to the more nuanced and detailed work of the Level One Course (Figures and Combinations) to be held in July.  This course will include discussion, presentations, open coachings and more.  All are welcome!   

A practical and interactive course aimed at giving participants mastery of Estill Voice Training techniques.

The emphasis from the start will be on singing and speaking individually and as a group to reinforce technical ideas. Classical, Contemporary and Music Theatre singing styles will be studied. Tuition will be via masterclasses, small group lessons and ensemble. Each participant will receive individual feedback and monitoring to ensure that all concepts are understood and applied correctly, and will learn techniques that will set them up for a career of safe voice work.

• Learn differentiated voluntary control of the discrete structures of the vocal tract to enable a variety of vocal qualities
• Experience safe big-voicing techniques
  
• Technical problem-solving made easy
  
• Practical application of all techniques
  
• Daily masterclass during the final afternoon session
  

LEVEL ONE - Figures for Voice
Participants will be given a practical grounding in vocal technique, vocal anatomy and physiology that will allow them to approach any vocal endeavour with confidence and skill. The Estill Voice Model teaches differentiated voluntary control of specific parts of the vocal mechanism and an understanding of vocal function.

LEVEL TWO - Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities
Participants will develop mastery of vocal qualities including Speech, Twang, Falsetto, Opera and Belting. Application to the singing and speaking voice will be practised. Hone your troubleshooting skills.

This course is presented by Helga Westmark, who was one of the first Certified Course Instructors in Europe – so-called Vanguards. She was taught and educated by Jo Estill herself during the 90´s and she is educating new people all the way through the EVT system.

This course is open to anyone who took the EVT, Level One Course.

The course begins with a short repetition of the Compulsory Figures for Voice. We will work on the 6 Voice Qualities in Level Two, (Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera and Belting). During the 2 days we will practice the Six Voice Qualities of Level Two together and individually, integrating new skills into singing and applying them to different genres of music. The days will alternate between classroom presentations, practice sessions and open sessions.

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 here on www.trainmyvoice.com

Description:

Open to anyone with an interest in learning about the voice, e.g. singers, voiceteachers, actors, clinical voice professionals etc. The course begins with an introduction to the Estill Voice Model with Compulsory Figures for Voice, and an overview of this course. We will work us through all the basic Figures in Level One and end up with a short overview of the Six Voice Qualities of Level Two. We will practice together and individually in small groups, integrating new skills into singing and applying them to different genres of music. The days will alternate between classroom presentations, practice sessions in small groups and open sessions.

Please note that if you would like to take both the Level One and Two Courses running in Frankfurt together, attending May 6-10, you will pay only 705 euro (a discount of 65 euro).

This cause is taught in English. German translation and a german assistant are available during course.