Welcome to a Groundbreaking Voice Training Course!
Welcome to study the official Level 1 & 2 Estill Voice Training course in a hybrid format in 2025 in Helsinki. We will meet five times on Zoom from January to March and in person in Helsinki for three on-site days over a weekend in March. There is a special price for students.
Starting in 2025, all Estill Voice Training Level 1 & 2 courses will require participants to complete the Foundations of Estill Voice Training online course at their own pace before the course begins. Upon registration, an account will be automatically created for you on the online course platform.
Estill Level 1 & 2 Course Content:
The Level One and Level Two courses cover the core of Estill Voice Training: Estill Voice Figures and Qualities. The training is conducted in a hybrid format, including both online and in-person sessions. The five-day course is divided into five three-hour online training sessions and three in-person days. This format makes it easy to complete the course alongside work or studies.
LEVEL ONE: Figures for Voice Control
The Level One course focuses on Estill Voice Figures. The course covers 13 figures, or physiological structures, that affect voice function and quality. Practicing these figures aims to control their impact on the voice, enhancing power, clarity, and stamina. The figures are practiced in small groups during each training day, especially during in-person sessions. You will also have the opportunity to apply these figures to your repertoire or voice use during open sessions. There is also time allocated for questions and discussions.
LEVEL TWO: Six Voice Qualities; Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Belting, Opera
The Level Two course focuses on six voice qualities researched by Jo Estill: Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Belting, and Opera. These qualities are explored through hands-on practice and by examining their variations, characteristics, possibilities, and acoustic properties.
This comprehensive course includes both Level One and Level Two, and you cannot attend just one part. The course is designed to be manageable alongside work or studies.
– The Estill Model of voice function
– Estill Figures for Voice
– Estill Voice Qualities
– Practice of Figures for Voice and Voice Qualities
– Personal guidance
– Application of Estill Figures for Voice and Voice Qualities
Who is the course for?
The course is suitable for everyone interested in singing and voice use (singers, amateurs, professionals, singing teachers, singing students, actors, speech therapists, speakers, choir singers, choir conductors, music producers, sound designers, etc.). It is suitable for both classical and contemporary music singers.
Estill Voice Training is a model of voice use that teaches control of structures needed in voice use and singing. These structures are the same across all singing and speaking styles but are used in different ways. The course is suitable for all singing styles (classical, contemporary, folk, etc.).
The Estill model is used worldwide in various music styles (pop, rock, classical, opera, jazz, musical theatre, folk music), speech, and speech therapy. It is suitable for all types of voice use.
Schedule:
Online meetings (Zoom) from 17:30–20:30:
• January 15, 2025
• January 22, 2025
• January 29, 2025
• February 26, 2025
• March 12, 2025
*Lectures during the online meetings will include participants from Belgium and Greece, but small group practice will be conducted in Finnish with a Finnish Estill teacher.
In-person course in Helsinki from March 14–16, 2025:
• Fri, March 14, 2025, 9:00–18:00
• Sat, March 15, 2025, 9:00–18:00
• Sun, March 16, 2025, 9:00–16:00
Language:
The main language of the course is English (lectures), but instruction is also available in Finnish, and the course content can be translated into Finnish if desired.
Price and Registration:
Course price: €600 / €550 (students) + Resource Fee $185 USD*
*(The Estill Voice International resource fee includes the Foundations of Estill Voice Training online course and printable PDF versions of the Level 1 & 2 course books)
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance, which is one of the requirements for certification in the Estill Voice Training model.
Registration is a two-step process, done through the Estill Voice website by clicking the register button.
- Click REGISTER WITH EVI: STEP 1
- The course organizer will send you an invoice via email a few days after registration.
Questions?
Do you have any questions or concerns? Feel free to contact me by email or via Instagram @anttiannolavoicestudio. I am happy to answer all kinds of questions.
Instructors:
The main instructor for the course is Danish Dorte Hyldstrup, one of the world’s most experienced Estill trainers. The second instructor is Finnish Antti Annola, who is one of Finland’s most experienced Estill teachers.
Dorte Hyldstrup, Denmark
Estill Mentor and Course Instructor With Advanced Testing Privileges and Service Distinction
Dorte Hyldstrup is a singer and voice teacher who graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, DK in 1987.
She has more than 35 years of experience as a professional solo performer and backing Singer in studio and live and have done several Disney studio productions.
In November 2003 she released her first CD as a soloist: Dorte Hyldstrup: You Take Me Home. DHCD1. On this CD she presents original songs in a mix of soul, blues and jazz. May 2015 a new CD (Hyld; The Disobedient Victim) with her project HYLD was released.
Dorte ́s education as an Estill Teacher began in 1988 where she did advanced studies in New York and North Carolina with Jo Estill. In 1991 Dorte organized the first course with Jo Estill in Denmark and worked as an assistant for Jo Estill on many courses in DK during the nineties.
Dorte is an Estill Mentor Course Instructor with Service Distinction and Advanced Testing Privileges and since 2000 she has presented a huge number of Estill Voice Training courses in Denmark, Sweden, Norway. Finland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Australia, France, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Greece.
She has been teaching singers on many levels for more than 30 years on institutions like: Rhythmic Music Conservatory 1988 – 2009, Music Department of the University of Copenhagen 1997 – 2006, the Royal Danish Academy of Music 1994 – 1999.
From 2004 – 2006 she qualified as a Certified NLP Master.
Currently she is working as a freelance Voice Teacher in her private studio & as Estill Voice Mentor Course Instructor presenting courses and is educating new Estill Trainers & Course Instructors.
Read more about Dorte on her website.
Antti Annola, Finland
Estill Master Trainer
Antti Annola is a professional singer, voice teacher/vocal coach and actor from Finland. He became an Estill Master Trainer (previously Certified Master Teacher) in 2015, and was mentored by Dorte Hyldstrup. Antti holds a University Degree in Vocal Pedagogy and a Professional Musician’s Conservatory Degree (Pop/Jazz Voice; Jazz Improvisation). His formal vocal training has consisted of jazz, pop/soul/r’nb and classical/operatic styles.
Antti sings in the World-Renowned professional a cappella vocal ensemble Rajaton. The group tours around the world singing both a cappella music and visiting as soloists for symphony orchestras around the globe. In 2024 the group has toured in the United States and Canada.
Antti is a sought-after Voice Teacher for singers and actors, providing voice training to all voice users, including voice teachers looking for new insights in their work. He has taught Estill Voice Training extensively f. ex. in Finland, Belgium and Estonia. He works in his private vocal studio, both in-person and online, and travels to teach when requested. His clientele include some of Finland’s most well- known singers, actors and performers. He also works as a voice teacher for the actors at Oulu City Theatre.
In addition to singers’ training Antti has given vocal coaching for professional musical theatre productions. He’s worked as a vocal coach for musical productions at Vasa City Theatre (Finland), including The Sound of Music, Katri Helena, West Side Story and Sister Act. At Oulu City Theatre vocal coaching productions include Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Ei kertonut katuvansa (a play). In Wasa Teater Antti has worked as a vocal coach for a new musical Vänd om min längtan.
Antti released his debut jazz album Whirlpool in November 2022. The album consists of Antti’s own compositions together with jazz standards. He has worked as a freelance vocalist in numerous bands and projects both in Finland and abroad. Antti’s artistic work has been supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) via grants.
As a musical theatre actor Antti has performed in several musical and opera stage productions including West Side Story (Tony), Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown Soldier (Määttä), The Addams Family (Lucas Beineke), Rakastakaa!, a show with music from Jacques Brel, My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Pippi Longstocking (Tommi) and Puhelias Elias (Elias)
Read more about Antti on his website.