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Special Topic

Course ID: 3459
Date: 2025/04/05 to 2025/04/05 (YYYY/MM/DD) Time: 1:00-2:30 pm (New York); 6:00-7:30 pm (London) Cost: £59 (approx. USD $75) Language: English Special Topic: Anatomy presented in Jo Estill's Research Videos Prerequisites: Attendance at at least one Estill Level 1 & 2 Course
Instructors: Mary McDonald Klimek, Stefan Holmstrom
Contact: Stefan Holmstrom | holmstromstefan@yahoo.co.uk | +44 (0)7970 057 660
Course Location:
Online only, from Belfast, Maine, USA
46 Bridge Street 
Belfast Maine
United States

Notes from your Trainer

This advanced workshop is open to anyone who has completed at least one Estill Level 1 & 2 Course.   We will be viewing The Role of the Soft Palate in Laryngeal Function and in Selected Voice Qualities, a research project from 1989.

As “Estillians”, we know that the velum and velo-pharyngeal port can be controlled voluntarily; however, this concept is not always recognized in the wider world of voice.  Dr. Yanagisawa and Jo Estill give us a LOT to think about and absorb in this 11 minute video that "(documents) the activity of the soft palate in normal laryngeal functions and the independence of the palate from the activity of the larynx and aryepiglottic sphincter."  This video touches on breathing, effort closure, swallowing, phonation, laughing, whistling and voice qualities – with a few previews of “coming attractions” (observations featured in subsequent Research Videos).

It takes time and experience to understand what you are looking at in any endoscopic video of the larynx. Throughout this video there are simultaneous views of both the larynx and the velo-pharyngeal port adding to the challenge. We will have plenty of time for “instant replays” and “time outs” to deepen understanding of this complex physiology and to answer any questions you may have. 

Stefan Holmström, EMT and EMCI-C, will facilitate the session.  Mary McDonald Klimek, EMCI ATP-SD. will be your commentator and guide. Mary’s first course with Jo Estill was early in 1990.  The ‘endoscopy day’ in that course changed her life.  Not long after, she became a research subject in the videos that followed this one, and is prepared to answer the question, “So how does it feel to have a rigid scope in one side of your nose while a “flex” is in the other?”

If this Workshop is cancelled, for any reason, there will be a complete refund of fees paid. 

(Please note that purchase of Estill Voicprint Plus is not required for this workshop.)

Course Description

This Special Topic Workshop is designed to make connections from Estill Voice Training® principles and exercises to other voice specialties and professions. This tailored introductory experience may focus on a specific audience or an advanced deeper dive into EVT® for Level 1 & 2 course participants or certification candidates.

  • Prerequisite: See instructor notes above
  • Recommended Materials: See instructor notes above

Estill Voiceprint Plus™ is highly recommended for this Workshop. Purchase this software (APP) for MAC or PC at the time of registration and receive 25% off the regular price. (This is a one-time offer at registration only).

A Certificate of Attendance will be issued upon completion of this workshop. This certificate is not a requirement for Trainer Certification in Estill Voice Training®.

Cancellation policies are at the discretion of the course instructor. Refunds or course credit may or may not apply. Refer to the Instructor notes or contact the course instructor for more information.

*Estill Voice Training®, and its parent company Estill Voice International, LLC, has neither an aesthetic nor gender bias and stands for the strengthening of cultural diversity, plurality and inclusion.


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