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Kimberly Steinhauer

Ph.D.

55 Standish Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
United States
412-341-0316, x701
ksteinhauer@trainmyvoice.com
http://www.trainmyvoice.com

Kimberly Steinhauer, Ph.D., has devoted her entire career to the voice — in song, education, and research. As a singer, she has been employed in a variety of musical venues ranging from pop to musical theater to opera to sacred music. Most recently, she has been heard as pop soloist with the Musician’s Concert Band, as the “Queen of the Night” with the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra, and a “Walküre” in Opera Theater of Pittsburgh’s Die Walküre. Her roles have ranged from “the Witch” in Into the Woods to Grandma in Phantasmagorilla? No! Phantasmagoria, a new opera by Efrain Amaya. Kimberly also acts as Soprano Soloist and Children’s Choir Director at Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church. She has worked with world renowned voice specialist, Jo Estill, since 1985 and has found Estill Voice Training™ (EVT) to be an invaluable asset in each aspect of her career.

As a voice educator, Kimberly has taught vocal and instrumental music in the public school system for grades K-12, guided the private voice studio at California University of Pennsylvania, and instructed anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, as well as speech science courses at Duquesne University. She has directed EVT™ courses at the University of Pittsburgh and has been recruited as a voice consultant nationally and internationally — recently leading 3 voice master classes at the International Voice Symposium in Salzburg, Austria and a course for the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Currently, she tailors voice exercises and repertoire specifically for clients who have experienced vocal injury, in her role as Singing Voice Specialist.

As a voice investigator, Kimberly worked as research health scientist at the Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System where she was awarded a 3 year, $400,000 Merit Review grant to study voice motor learning in healthy and disordered aging speakers. The task under study exploits computer assisted learning strategies for the EVT™ Voice Quality Twang as it applies to vocal power in expert, novice, and disordered (hypophonic or weak) speakers.

She combined her love of singing and inquiry into the science of singing for her B.S. in Music Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, M.A. in Speech Communication at The Pennsylvania State University, and Ph.D. in Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Steinhauer’s work has been published in the Journal of Voice and in Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care, 3^rd edition. She is editor of The Voice Foundation Newsletter and Founding Partner of Estill Voice International, LLC, a majority woman-owned company with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.

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"As a teacher of singing, I have dreamed about a common language for singers, a technical perspective that acknowledges the athletic nature of what we do and the effort that is clearly a part of the package, and a collaborative environment that builds up both teachers and students. I feel that, in order to build a solid program foundation, both teachers and students alike must feel secure in admitting any lack of clarity so that they can open up to continual learning. Treating voice training as an ongoing science, in which we are all helping to flesh out details makes everyone partners in the process, and doesn't invalidate and alienate as some approaches do. In fact, this approach truly invites a team approach to learning."

Mark Lee
former Music School Director
and Voice Teacher
Melrose, MA

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