Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Assistant Professor of Voice, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

Kimberly Steinhauer (EMCI) is Founding Partner and President of Estill Voice International. She 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, musical theater, opera, and sacred music.

As a voice educator, Kimberly has taught vocal and instrumental music in the public school system, guided the private voice studio at Pennsylvania Western University, instructed speech and hearing science courses at Duquesne University, and served as Head of Voice for the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University. She has been recruited as a voice consultant nationally and internationally, and tailors voice exercises and repertoire specifically for clients who have experienced vocal injury. Previously, Dr. Steinhauer was the Singing Voice Specialist at The University of Pittsburgh Voice Center.

As a voice scientist, 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. 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, Emotions in the Human Voice, and in Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care, 3rd edition. She is editor of The Voice Foundation Newsletter.

Luke Steinhauer (EMT) is a premier vocal coach, international voice consultant, TEDx speaker, and Estill Master Trainer based in New York City. Speaking and singing clients include Broadway and regional theatre actors, Pop/Rock Artists, Bands, Fortune 500 company leaders, and amateurs alike.

He serves on the faculty of Tu​ Experiencia Broadway, The College Audition Advantage (TCAA), and Re-Crea Teatro in Mexico City. In the past, he’s taught voice for Krowne Vocal School NYC, Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, The Theatre Aspen School, and The Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theatre.

As a Music Specialist he’s worked with physically and mentally challenged individuals at The Block Institute and also as a Vocal Teaching Artist in New York City Public Schools.

Luke is Director of Operations for Estill Voice International and regularly offers EVT® courses across the globe.

Sasha Divain is a professor and the president of the DIVAin International Voice Association and the International Association of Teachers of Singing (www.diva-voice.com).

She holds a Master of Music in Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy (Carthage College, Estill Voice Affiliate, WI, US), a Bachelor of Music in CCM Voice and Vocal Pedagogy (Glier Music Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine), and an Associate in Arts degree in Classical Voice and Vocal Pedagogy (Tchaikovsky College of Music, Simferopol, Ukraine).

A voice teacher and vocal rehabilitation specialist for celebrities, Sasha is also a winner and jury member of international singing competitions and a laureate of the State Prize A.S. Karamanova. She is the founder of the Vocal Rehabilitation Specialist profession, along with its training and certification program.

Sasha has organized over 100 Estill courses with renowned experts, including Kim Steinhauer, Corinne Mager, Dorte Hyldstrup, Florian Unruh, Marcello Zempt, and Francesco Mecorio. Her studies and internships span the USA, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Spain, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands. Additionally, she is one of the translators of Estill courses and educational materials into English, Russian, and Ukrainian.