Estill Voice Training® (EVT) teaches you how the voice works.

Rather than prescribing one “ideal” sound, EVT helps you understand the structures of the vocal instrument and how to control them. This knowledge allows you to sing or speak in any style with clarity, stamina, and good health.

  • Science-based & evidence informed

  • Replaces mystery with knowledge

  • Reduces performance anxiety and promotes confidence

  • Used worldwide by performers, teachers, clinicians, & researchers

  • Provides vocal variety for performance and daily living

  • Leads to a balance of vocal health and aesthetic freedom

In Estill Voice Training®, we think about vocal development in three interconnected areas: 

Craft

Craft encompasses everything the voice is capable of. This stage is all about learning the structures that contribute to sound and feeling and gaining conscious control of them.

Artistry

Artistry deals with how you apply these elements to your communications, be it a dramatic performance, musical endeavor, sales presentation, lecture, or customer service call.

Performance Magic

Performance Magic is the experience of becoming one with your audience; the rare, breath-taking moments when you feel truly connected and understood.

We all have the same vocal parts, but through our upbringing, culture, and personal experiences, we use them in different ways. Just as no two people are alike, we each have individual vocal strengths, challenges, and learning preferences. Estill Voice Training® combines:

  • Explicit Instruction

  • Visual Feedback

  • Diagrams

  • Video Endoscopy

  • Auditory Sound Files

  • Kinesthetic Exercises

Everyone has a beautiful voice.

We all have the same vocal parts, but through our upbringing, culture, and personal experiences, we use them in different ways. Just as no two people are alike, we each have individual vocal strengths, challenges, and learning preferences. Estill Voice Training® combines:

  • Explicit Instruction

  • Visual Feedback

  • Diagrams

  • Video Endoscopy
  • Auditory Sound Files
  • Kinesthetic Exercises

Begin your Estill journey through courses and workshops:

Train with certified experts who can guide your voice journey:

Advance your skills through an internationally recognized certification:

HISTORY OF ESTILL VOICE TRAINING®

Jo Estill, world-renowned educator, researcher, and singer, founded Estill Voice Training® (originally called Estill Voice Craft™) and the Figures for Voice™ (originally known as Compulsory Figures for Voice™) in 1988.

Jo began her career as a “classical” singer of Lieder and Opera. Today she is best known for her work with Belting, a voice quality heard in Pop and Music Theatre singing. Her unique approach separates the mechanics of singing from artistic and aesthetic preconceptions.

With nearly 25 years of experience in research in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of voice quality, Ms. Estill was published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, Journal of Voice, Medical Problems of Performing Arts, and, most recently, in Vocal Fold Physiology: Voice Quality Control, and Vocal Fold Physiology: Controlling Complexity and Chaos.

Jo Estill taught voice at college and professional levels for over 30 years, and conducted workshops in Compulsory Figures for Voice from 1988. She traveled to five continents training singers, actors, teachers, speech pathologists and others. Included on her resume were four 2-month sessions-in-residence at the Shiki Theatre and the Shochiku Dance Company in Tokyo, and two visits to London’s Central School for Speech and Drama.

HISTORY OF ESTILL VOICE TRAINING®

Jo Estill, world-renowned educator, researcher, and singer, founded Estill Voice Training® (originally called Estill Voice Craft™) and the Figures for Voice™ (originally known as Compulsory Figures for Voice™) in 1988.

Jo began her career as a “classical” singer of Lieder and Opera. Today she is best known for her work with Belting, a voice quality heard in Pop and Music Theatre singing. Her unique approach separates the mechanics of singing from artistic and aesthetic preconceptions.

With nearly 25 years of experience in research in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of voice quality, Ms. Estill was published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, Journal of Voice, Medical Problems of Performing Arts, and, most recently, in Vocal Fold Physiology: Voice Quality Control, and Vocal Fold Physiology: Controlling Complexity and Chaos.

Jo Estill taught voice at college and professional levels for over 30 years, and conducted workshops in Compulsory Figures for Voice from 1988. She traveled to five continents training singers, actors, teachers, speech pathologists and others. Included on her resume were four 2-month sessions-in-residence at the Shiki Theatre and the Shochiku Dance Company in Tokyo, and two visits to London’s Central School for Speech and Drama.

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HISTORY OF ESTILL VOICE TRAINING®

 

Jo Estill, world-renowned educator, researcher, and singer, founded Estill Voice Training® (originally called Estill Voice Craft™) and the Figures for Voice™ (originally known as Compulsory Figures for Voice™) in 1988.

Jo began her career as a “classical” singer of Lieder and Opera. Today she is best known for her work with Belting, a voice quality heard in Pop and Music Theatre singing. Her unique approach separates the mechanics of singing from artistic and aesthetic preconceptions.

With nearly 25 years of experience in research in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of voice quality, Ms. Estill was published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, Journal of Voice, Medical Problems of Performing Arts, and, most recently, in Vocal Fold Physiology: Voice Quality Control, and Vocal Fold Physiology: Controlling Complexity and Chaos.

Jo Estill taught voice at college and professional levels for over 30 years, and conducted workshops in Compulsory Figures for Voice from 1988. She traveled to five continents training singers, actors, teachers, speech pathologists and others. Included on her resume were four 2-month sessions-in-residence at the Shiki Theatre and the Shochiku Dance Company in Tokyo, and two visits to London’s Central School for Speech and Drama.

BENEFITS OF ESTILL VOICE TRAINING®

Voice Training is best accomplished when separated into three disciplines: Craft, Artistry, & Performance Magic!

  • Replaces mystery with knowledge

  • Reduces performance anxiety and promotes confidence

  • Empowers students to make choices

  • Provides vocal variety for performance and daily living

  • Leads to a balance of vocal health and aesthetic freedom

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