Estill Voice Training® Level 1&2 in Memphis & Zoom Online!

Learn about the limitless possibilities of your voice by attending Estill Voice Training® Level 1 & 2 in Memphis and Zoom Online, June 11-14, 2025. This course is for anyone who would like to improve their singing or speaking voice including:

Singers & Music Teachers

Actors & Drama Instructors

Vocal Coaches

Speech-Language Pathologists

Vocal Health Professionals

Anyone who uses their voice!

  • Dates: Level 1 (June 11-12) and Level 2 (June 13-14)

  • Hosts: Miriam van Mersbergen (mrvnmrsb@memphis.edu) and Carlos Enrique Santelli (csntelli@memphis.edu)

  • Instructor: Dr. Kim Steinhauer (EMCI)

  • Small Group Leaders: Luke Steinhauer (EMT)

  • Location: University of Memphis (Sheidt Family Performing Arts Center) and Online (Zoom)

  • Campus Lodging: Holiday Inn University of Memphis ($115, not including tax). More information on the registration page.

  • Cost to Attend: (see below)

NEW STUDENTS Level 1 & 2

 

Student

$300total includes:
  • Level 1 & 2 Tuition: $115
  • Estill Resources Fee: Foundations of EVT, Workbook, Make & Move Larynx, Handouts: $185

Regular

$550total includes:
  • Level 1 & 2 Tuition: $365
  • Estill Resources Fee: Foundations of EVT, Workbook, Make & Move Larynx, Handouts: $185

RETURNING STUDENTS* Level 1 & 2

*If you’ve already purchased Foundations of EVT® at the course discount or regular rate

Student

$195total includes:
  • Level 1 & 2 Tuition: $115
  • Estill Resources Fee: Workbook, Make & Move Larynx, Handouts: $80

Regular

$445total includes:
  • Level 1 & 2 Tuition: $365
  • Estill Resources Fee: Workbook, Make & Move Larynx, Handouts: $80

COURSE OVERVIEW

This 4-Day Voice Training course offers a unique experience that contains two components:

1. Your journey to vocal empowerment starts with Foundations of Estill Voice Training®. This completely self-directed online course will introduce you to our unique and powerful system for training the voice. Learners will be automatically enrolled into Foundations of Estill Voice Training® in the Estill Voice Online Academy at the time of registration.

2. Then you’ll attend the LIVE Level 1: Figures for Voice Control™, which teaches the Craft of speaking and singing and employs exercises that will give you new vocal options for all styles. Following that, you’ll finish your journey to vocal empowerment with the LIVE Level 2: Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ which combines Figure options from Level 1 to produce six voice qualities–Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera, and Belt.

ASHA CEUs will be issued to those who: 1) Complete all components of Foundations of Estill Voice Training®, 2) Score 80% or higher on the Assessment of Learning Quiz (in Foundations), 3) Attend both days of the live “Figures for Voice” on June 11-12, 2025 and both days of the live “Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities” on June 13-14, 2025; 4) Complete the course evaluation.

TIME ORDERED AGENDA

  • 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Welcome & Introduction
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM TVFs: Onset/Offset
  • Break
  • 11:00 AM – 11:40 AM TVFs: Onset/Offset Practice
  • 11:40 AM – 12:15 PM FVF
  • 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM FVF Practice
  • Lunch
  • 01:30 PM – 02:15 PM TVFs Body-Cover
  • 02:15 PM – 02:45 PM TVFs Body-Cover practice
  • 02:45 PM – 03:15 PM Larynx
  • Break
  • 03:30 PM – 03:50 PM Larynx Practice
  • 03:50 PM – 04:20 PM Thyroid/ Siren
  • 04:20 PM – 04:40 PM Thyroid/Siren Practice
  • 04:40 PM – 05:00 PM Cricoid
  • 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM Open Coaching
  • 09:00 AM – 09:45 AM Review/ Open Coaching
  • 09:45 AM – 10:05 AM Cricoid Practice
  • 10:05 AM – 10:35 AM Tongue
  • Break
  • 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM Tongue Practice
  • 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM Velum
  • 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM Velum Practice
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM AES
  • 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM AES Practice
  • Lunch
  • 01:30 PM – 02:00 PM Lips & Jaw
  • 02:00 PM – 02:20 PM Lips & Jaw Practice
  • 02:20 PM – 03:00 PM Head & Neck/ Torso
  • Break
  • 03:15 PM – 03:45 PM Head & Neck/ Torso Practice
  • 03:45 PM – 06:00 PM Open Coaching
  • 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM Introduction & “Find Your Attractor State (default)” Recipe
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Speech Quality
  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Break 
  • 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Falsetto Quality
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Speech & Falsetto Small Group Practice
  • 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM Lunch
  • 01:30 PM – 02:15 PM Open Coaching
  • 02:15 PM – 03:00 PM Sob & Cry Quality
  • 03:00 PM – 03:15 PM Break
  • 03:15 PM – 04:00 PM Sob & Cry Quality Practice
  • 04:00 PM – 04:15 PM Belt Quality
  • 04:45 PM – 06:00 PM Open Coaching
  • 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Vocal Check-in
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Belt Quality Practice
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
  • 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Twang Quality
  • 11:30 PM – 12:15 PM Twang Quality Practice
  • 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Open Coaching
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
  • 01:30 PM – 02:45 PM Opera Quality
  • 02:45 PM – 03:45 PM Opera Quality Practice
  • 03:45 PM – 04:00 PM Break
  • 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM Open Coaching & Panel Discussion

After this course, attendees should be able to:

  • Describe the Estill Figures for Voice that span power, source and filter in voice production;
  • Explain the anatomy & physiology that underlying production of the EVT Figures;

  • Integrate Voice Qualities into drama, music, or voice therapy applications;
  • Assess the implementation of Voice Qualities by actors, singers, or patients;
  • Record and analyze samples of Voice Qualities using state-of-the-art voice technology.

COURSE LEADERS

Miriam van Mersbergen, PhD (Course Host)
Miriam van Mersbergen, PhD (Course Host)
Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
 Carlos Enrique Santelli, DMA (Course Host)
Carlos Enrique Santelli, DMA (Course Host)
Assistant Professor of Voice, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
Kimberly Steinhauer
Kimberly Steinhauer Estill Voice International President & EMCI-ATP-SD
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
Luke Steinhauer Estill Voice International Director of Operations & EMT
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
Sasha DivainEMT
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.

BENEFITS OF 

EVT® uses science to teach voice and defends that voice training is best accomplished when separated into three disciplines: Craft, Artistry, & Performance Magic! Anyone who uses their voice professionally or for personal enjoyment can benefit from EVT® as it:

  • 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

WHO USES ESTILL?

EVT® differs from other vocal techniques in that it offers a model for healthy voice production without aesthetic bias.

EVT® has been used and promoted by many well-known performers and vocal coaches around the globe. Here is just a short list of some famous people who have used or talked about EVT® and/or certified Estill Voice trainers:

WHO USES EVT®?

EVT® differs from other vocal techniques in that it offers a model for healthy voice production without aesthetic bias.

EVT® has been used and promoted by many well-known performers and vocal coaches around the globe. Here is just a short list of some famous people who have used or talked about EVT® and/or certified Estill Voice trainers:

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

In the event this course is canceled by the instructors, a full refund of the course fee will be given to all participants. In lieu of a refund, participants may choose to reserve their place at a future course with Dr. Kimberly Steinhauer. Participant cancellations will receive a full refund of the course fee up to two months prior to the start of the course. Within two months of the course start, participants may receive a 50% refund of the course fee or may transfer their registration to a future course with Dr. Steinhauer. No refunds for participant cancellations will be given after May 28, 2025 (2 weeks prior to course start). Access to Foundations of Estill Voice Training in the Online Academy is unlimited and the fee is non-refundable. The EVI Resources Fee is non-refundable. Voiceprint is non-returnable, non-refundable. Complaints can be submitted here: https://estillvoice.com/complaints

Accommodations and course inquires can be made by emailing info@estillvoice.com Monday – Friday, 08:00 AM – 6:00 PM (ET).

Please email info@estillvoice.com to indicate any special needs (dietary, visual, hearing, physical) prior to the start of this course.