Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Sarah Wigley (EMT) is a Clinical Associate Professor of Voice for the Lyric Theatre area at the University Illinois Urbana-Champaign (an Estill Educational Affiliate Institution), where she instructs Lyric Theatre Studio, BMA Senior Showcase, applied voice, and frequently stage directs both opera and musical theatre. Sarah enjoys continued collaboration with [...]
Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Jaana Turunen (EMT), is a professional musician based in Kuopio, Eastern Finland. She is a singing teacher, vocal coach, and choir conductor with over 25 years of experience in the field. She earned her Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy (University of the Arts Helsinki) in 1998 and [...]
Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Elliot Styche (EMT), has established himself as a leading vocal coach within Australia's exciting performing arts industry. He specialises in musical theatre providing vocal training, repertoire development and acting through song. Elliot has worked as musical director for world famous productions such as; “Mamma Mia” “We will Rock You” “Rent” [...]
Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Zoe Stibi (EMT), began teaching singing & Musical Theatre performance during her Bachelor of Music studies & credit a lot of her early success to her mentor & teacher Janice Webb, QSM. She quickly became Head of voice at Birkenhead College in Auckland & founded the Musical Theatre programme for [...]
Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Matt Berthot (EMT), a small-town native from the Midwest, discovered his love for music early on. A proud father, he began his journey as a public school choir teacher, using music to instill confidence and connection in his students. Eventually, Matt expanded his classroom to the world. Today, he is [...]
Behind-the-mic at the EWVS 2025: Lorian Stein-Schwaber (EMT) is a Broadway veteran with over 25 years of performance experience on Broadway, National Tours, International Tours as well as principal opera roles with New York City Opera, Cologne Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Nice, and Light Opera Works. She was a regular in Chicago Theater in [...]
Get to know Estill Master Trainer, Jeffrey Miller.Current home (city, country): Farmers Branch, TX, United StatesWhy do you love Estill Voice Training? I have always loved singing and goofing around with weird voices. I was frequently the choir teacher’s pet pupil and simultaneously a source of frustration for being a bit of a clown and [...]
Get to know Estill Master Trainer, Ron Iacovelli. Current home (city, country): Bari, Italy. Why do you love Estill Voice Training? Being an Estill Master Trainer. Biggest professional challenge: Being able to do a tour with my recording project. Favorite vocalist: Ian Gillian. Who’s someone you’d love to have dinner with? Jesus. Favorite book: [...]
HolidAY Belt from Estill Voice International President Dr. Kimberly Steinhauer December 19, 2024 Dear Community, As I reflect on this Estill year, I am NOT super grateful for all of you…Ay! Just Kidding! I am SUPREMELY grateful for every one of you in our Estill community & especially our Trainers! Hope I got your [...]
Get to know Estill Master Trainer, Katherina Mai. Current home (city, country): Munich Germany Why do you love Estill Voice Training? EVT gives answers to how the voice works, science based informations and it is so effective. Biggest professional challenge: To make Estill voice Training popular to German teachers of the speaking voice and actors. [...]
