Estill Educational Affiliate (EEA) status is reserved for academic institutions and businesses that recognize the value of Estill Voice Training® instruction and identify Estill Voice Training® as an official component of their curriculum and practice by inclusion of certified Trainers on staff, Level 1 & 2 Courses, use of “Estill Voice Training®” in titles and/or descriptions within their Course Catalog, and use of the Estill Voice Training® logo in website and other promotional materials.
Educational Affiliates are tertiary degree granting colleges or universities that include Estill Voice Training® in their curriculum and have at least two faculty members who are EVT® Representatives (EMTs or EMCIs). Students at Educational Affiliates will be eligible for course attendance credit should they choose to pursue certification through Estill Voice International.
Educational Affiliates are tertiary degree granting colleges or universities that include Estill Voice Training® in their curriculum and have at least two faculty members who are EVT® Representatives (EMTs or EMCIs). Students at Educational Affiliates will be eligible for course attendance credit should they choose to pursue certification through Estill Voice International.
Arts1 provides an exceptional level of performance training for children, young people and adults. Our new flagship course is a BA (hons) degree in Musical Theatre, the only Estill affiliate MT Degree course in the UK. Just 30 mins North of London in Milton Keynes we work with over 600 young people and adults studying in part-time classes and full-time vocational qualifications. Arts1 has established itself as a leading provider of performance training in the UK with graduates from our Sixth Form programmes that include Ivano Turco (currently playing the role of Jamie New in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie).
Arts1 was founded in 2006 by Principal Rebecca Carrington and Creative Director James Grimsey. Our special school is an incredible environment for people to grow their talents through access to expertise founded on the principles of creating magic through training craft and facilitating our students creativity.
Hamilton Theatre Arts is an independent training provider in Glasgow, Scotland offering Higher National Certificates and Diplomas in dance and musical theatre.
Estill Voice Training is at the heart of the curriculum and embedded both in singing and the spoken word, led by Gillian McLaren Scott (EMCI). Foundation students participate in a series of introductory workshops, while diploma students have the opportunity to gain Level 1 and 2 Certification as part of their programme of study. EVT is used as a common vocabulary throughout private singing lessons, choral and ensemble activity, performance projects, rehearsals and voice for the actor classes, and allows students to develop a strong and healthy technique in preparation for the vocal demands of the performing arts industry.
All courses at Hamilton Theatre Arts are validated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
The Master’s of Science (MS) degree in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) at Misericordia University is a five-year undergraduate-to-graduate degree focusing on all aspects of Speech-Language Pathology. The SLP Department is the flagship SLP Estill Education Affiliate (EEA). Estill Voice Training (EVT) Level 1 and 2 courses and concepts are embedded in the graduate course, SLP 530 Vocal and Velopharyngeal Disorders. Transfer students and nontraditional graduate students to the Misericordia University graduate SLP program are required to take the SLP 530 course and also receive the EVT content in that course.
Graduate students are introduced to the Estill Voice Model as it is integrated into topics on anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism, as well as in voice and speech science concepts.The Estill Voice Model is one of the primary models utilized as a resource for implicit-explicit instruction as a key motor learning principle for voice therapy. Students also learn how to incorporate the Estill hand signs as gestural cues for motor imagery and action observation.
Cari M. Tellis, Ph.D. (EMCI), full professor in the SLP Department, has been using the Estill Voice Model in research, clinical practice, and teaching for almost two decades. Dr. Tellis’s work in integrating the Estill Voice Model into voice therapy has been published in the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s publication, Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders (Tellis, 2014; Tellis, 2018). Students apply EVT concepts learned in the SLP 530 course to clinical practice when Dr. Tellis supervises students working with clients with voice disorders, motor speech disorders, articulation disorders, and dysphagia. Many of the students get hands-on, practical clinical experience in many of these clinical areas. Dr. Tellis also uses Estill Voice Training concepts when teaching young performers singing and speaking strategies in the local, nonprofit performing arts training academy she runs called, PATAsphere.
The Speech-Language Pathology Department at Misericordia University is located in northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. The thriving department has both in-person students, as well as synchronous and asynchronous online cohorts.
PAS – Performing Arts School (Palermo, Italy) is the first Italian institution to receive Estill Educational Affiliate status and a multidisciplinary training hub where emerging performers develop sustainable voice, embodied movement, and truthful acting within an integrated, evidence‑based curriculum grounded in Estill Voice Training principles.
We serve aspiring professional performers 18+, pre‑professional teens, and younger developing talents through scaffolded pathways combining technical rigor, creative exploration, stage experience, and audition readiness. Our Estill‑informed faculty of working artists and pedagogues translates stage craft into daily studio process: functional vocal training, kinetic awareness, narrative interpretation, ensemble collaboration, and performance psychology. A dedicated in‑house performance space and production cycle convert learning outcomes into real audience impact.
PAS empowers each artist to transform potential into stage presence, preparing progression into higher education programs, companies, and productions while fostering an inclusive, supportive artistic community in Southern Italy.
PennWest California Theatre has established the Estill Voice Model as the vocal foundation for all of its actors, both singing and non-singing. Dr. Michele Pagen (EMT), Professor of Theatre, utilizes Estill in all her acting, directing, and voice & speech courses. Brian Eisiminger (EMT) and adjunct Professor of Theatre, teaches the figures and qualities in all course levels of musical theatre performance and in private voice lessons. Because students in both the BA in Theatre: General Track and the BA in Theatre: Musical Theatre Concentration must learn and use Estill in all their performance-related courses, they are better equipped to connect use of the voice with character creation and to deliver consistent, quality performances under the direction of faculty members who use a common vocal vocabulary
As part of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, our theatre programs serve a dual function, providing occupational education and training for talented students pursuing careers in theatre, as well as providing educational and performance opportunities for all students. Our department rewards creative excellence by offering opportunities for upper-level students to produce, choreograph, direct, and/or design both large and small productions.
The campus of PennWest California is located not far from the birthplace of Jo Estill in nearby Donora, PA, and has been hosting Level 1 and 2 Courses each June since 2007. The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
Click here to visit the B.A. Degree in theatre: Musical Theatre Concentration program online.
Nestled in the rolling hills of Moraga, just 23 miles east of San Francisco. Saint Mary’s College of California is more than a place to get a stellar education in a stunning location (although that part goes without saying). Recently earning a spot in US News & World Report’s Top 4 Colleges in the West, Saint Mary’s is known for its small class sizes and student-to-faculty ratio, its recognition as a top Fulbright Producing institution, and its Catholic, Lasallian, and Liberal Arts Traditions that fuel the college’s perspective on teaching and learning.
The Music Program incorporates Estill Voice Training into its non-genre biased instructional model, and students are exposed to as many genres of music as possible in their training. Our graduates perform and teach in styles as varied as classical, jazz, R&B, pop, rock, and folk. Saint Mary’s is thrilled to join the community of peer EEA institutions, and looks forward to continuing to be a center for Estill Voice Training on the West Coast.
Certified Trainers include Dr. Julie Ford (EMT), Michael Blackburn (EFP), Jaron M. LeGrair (EMT-C), Amy Stabnau (EMT), and Alexander McDaniels (EMT).
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At the University of Central Florida, Estill Voice provides a pedagogical framework for BFA Musical Theatre majors as they begin their educational journey of training their singing voices for the industry. This course of study is housed in Theatre UCF which is one half of the School of Performing Arts and is taught by Tara D. Deady (EMCI), an Associate Professor-Musical Theatre Voice Specialist and the Coordinator of the MA in Musical Theatre Pedagogy. Dr. Steven Chicurel-Stein, the founder of these courses as part of the curriculum, (EMCI/SD/ATP) is a Professor Emeritus of Theatre. Other faculty in Theatre and in the Department of Music (the other half of the School of Performing Arts) have attended Estill Levels 1 and 2 workshops and/or taken the Foundations of Estill course.
Estill for MT Craft (Levels 1 and 2) and Estill for MT Voice – Artistry are taught each year to first-year students in Musical Theatre. Applied Musical Theatre Voice I-VI takes place in applied voice studios and focuses on building repertoire, as well as advanced topics in musical theatre voice. The Master of Arts in Musical Theatre Pedagogy also features a voice course which covers Levels 1 and 2 and application of that material for pedagogical purposes. When teaching schedules allow, students in other Theatre degree programs (Acting, Theatre Studies, Bachelors and Masters level) receive an introduction to the Estill Voice Training framework and its application to singing and speaking through their required voice courses and/or independent studies. In this way, Estill helps provide an emphasis on vocal health, flexibility, and empowerment in classes, studios, and rehearsals.
The undergraduate musical theatre program at UCF is highly competitive. Some 300-600 potential students are seen through a combination of pre-screening auditions through Acceptd.com, and regional combined audition events, with between 80-130 receiving callbacks for sixteen first-year slots. Experiences students have in classes, lessons, rehearsal and production provide them with the competitive edge to succeed as sought-after theatre professionals. The Musical Theatre curriculum includes the full complement of skill-development classes (acting, singing, dancing, music theory, piano) and theatre/musical theatre history and literature, make-up, all areas of theatre production, directing and career development. Industry access is a vital part of elevating our students’ experience through professional workshops with Casting Directors, Regional Theatres, Professional Agents and other industry guests throughout the school year. Seniors culminate their four years of study with a Capstone performance which connects them to various members of the industry and is a highlight of our annual Celebrates the Arts festival housed off-campus at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando
Click here to visit the Musical Theatre program’s official website at UCF.
Lyric Theatre @Illinois is a comprehensive program embracing a broad continuum of opera and musical theatre to reflect the artistic demands of the 21st-century musical stage, on which performers must exhibit the highest standards of singing, acting and movement.
The Lyric Theatre program mounts three fully staged productions of musical theatre and opera each year, performed in our outstanding opera house at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the Tryon Festival Theatre, and several studio, scenes, and workshop programs.
Illinois boasts one of the best performing arts libraries in the world, superb academic resources, and the world-class Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, which has hosted dozens of internationally renowned performers, including Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, and Frederica von Stade. The School of Music is proud to have hosted many world-class artists, teachers, and opera directors for master classes and residencies. They include Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Catán, composer; Richard Croft, tenor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Brian Dickie, Chicago Opera Theater; Elizabeth Futral, soprano; Ricky Ian Gordon, composer; Nancy Gustafson, Castleton Festival; Jake Heggie, composer; Ursula K. Le Guin, novelist; Matthew Polenzani, tenor; Caroline Woodfield, Opus 3 Artists’ Management; Isabel Leonard, Lucy Shaufer, and Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Opera.
The Lyric Theatre program incorporates Estill Voice Training® into its crossover voice training model through coursework as well as lessons with Estill Master Trainers Dr. Lara Brooks and Professor Sarah Wigley, as well as EFP certified Professor Yvonne Redman and Estill Level 1 and 2 certified Professor Dawn Harris. Students are exposed to all styles of sung theatre onstage in their training within both the undergraduate and graduate degrees, and the Lyric Theatre @Illinois program is honored to become an EEA institution, upholding the highest standards or flexible, healthy voice technique.
The Acting Programme at University of Northampton, England, is a conservatoire-style training run in a University environment. We know that sharing knowledge, supporting creativity and striving to make a positive difference will change the future. What motivates us is the drive to help people make the changes that will transform their lives.
The Acting Programme is recognised by industry organisations Spotlight and Equity and in line with its accreditation has 30+ hours contact time a week over 30 weeks. We have six bespoke rehearsal rooms, fully equipped television and radio studios, and links to the prestigious Royal and Derngate theatre where you may also have opportunities to audition for main house productions. The training programme is highly practical and designed to develop the high-level skills and knowledge required to enter the profession of a working actor on stage and screen. We provide vocational preparation delivered by highly experienced industry professionals.
We only accept committed and dedicated students who are serious about becoming professional actors. As such we are proud of the rigorous training, passion and encouragement which ensures our students realise their potential.
The Acting Programme has two highly experienced Estill Master Trainers on staff to teach the vocal curriculum which is heavily connected with the fantastic work of Jo Estill. Gemma Boaden (EMT) is the Head of Voice for the Acting Programme at University of Northampton. She is joined on the faculty by fellow Leon Trayman (EMT). Both have taken great pride in embedding the important work of Jo Estill into the vocal curriculum for spoken and sung voice as part of the three year bachelor of arts degree.
Estill Voice Training forms an integral part in the basis of the actors spoken voice and within singing classes too. Estill Voice Training really empowers our students to be fully equipped in both their vocal health and artistry as performers.
The Master of Music in Choral Conducting program at Western Illinois University is a two-year program focused on 21st-century choral pedagogy and skill development. Estill Voice Training (EVT) Level 1 and 2 courses and concepts are embedded in the choral curriculum including choral conducting, choral pedagogy, and choral literature courses.
Graduate students have the unique opportunity to develop informed conducting and teaching skills by connecting the knowledge of voice production to pedagogical outcomes. Students incorporate hand signals and gestural cues in their conducting technique to facilitate efficient learning of complex tasks; they analyze repertoire from all style periods with special focus on voice quality connected to musical objectives; and they develop their singing and teaching of varied styles of music through research and training for the Estill Figure Proficiency.
Dr. Brian J. Winnie (EMCI-TP), director of choral studies, and Dr. Nicholas Miguel (EMT), assistant professor of music in voice, collaboratively teach Estill Voice Training courses throughout the year on campus, online, and off campus. Dr. Miguel also integrates EVT into his applied voice studio work with music and BFA music theatre majors, in vocal pedagogy courses, and in musical theatre direction.
All choral ensembles at the university integrate the Estill Voice Model into the curriculum, and students can take the Level 1 and 2 courses each year. The flagship choral ensemble, University Singers, has an annual retreat in which they all are required to take the Foundations of Estill Voice Training and the Hybrid Level 1 and 2 courses. EVT is the foundation of building voice qualities for varied repertoire in both the University Singers and Chamber Singers.
The School of Music at WIU offers Bachelor of Music degrees in Performance, Music Education, Composition, Music Business, Music Therapy, and Jazz Studies; the Master of Music degree in Performance, Music Education, Conducting, Composition, Piano Pedagogy, Musicology, and Jazz Studies; and the Master of Music Therapy. The School of Music has over 40 full-time faculty, 200 music majors, and holds 150+ concerts annually.
Click here to visit Western Illinois University’s official website.