Estill Voice Training Level 2: Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ is for anyone who has completed Level 1 (Hybrid or Standard) and would like to take their skills further. This course is ideal for singers, actors, vocal coaches, drama instructors, speech-language pathologists, and other vocal health professionals. Level 2 builds on the knowledge and skills from Level 1 by asking participants to combine different Figure options into"recipes” for six basic voice qualities - Speech, Falsetto, Twang, Sob, Opera, and Belt. Level 2 gives you a better understanding of the human voice’s limitless possibilities, along with how to keep it vibrant and healthy. This live course includes:

Level 2 Workbook™, supporting handouts

Introduction to Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™

Vocal exercises for range, strength, clarity, and stamina

Large and small group learning and discussions

Masterclass/open coaching sessions for repertoire or case studies

Hybrid Level 1 Course contains two components: 1) the self-directed Foundations of Estill Voice Training® in the Estill Voice Online Academy and 2) the live online Figures for Voice™ led by Estill Voice Hybrid Level 1 teaches the Craft of speaking and singing. This course is for anyone who would like to improve their singing or speaking voice—singers, actors, vocal coaches, drama instructors, speech-language pathologists, and other vocal health professionals. By the end of this course, you 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.

Jordan VanHemert Sextet Tour in Mardid, Spain

The Sextet will be performing in various jazz clubs through Madrid, Spain December 10th-15th.

At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing… and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, this Tony Award-winning show confronts history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America.

Rosalie Mullins, School of Rock, CCT, The Lincoln Theatre, Columbus, Ohio

A new musical comedy by the Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist, Harry Connick, Jr.'s The Happy Elf tells the tale of Eubie the Elf, a lovable fellow who wants to spread Christmas joy throughout the town of Bluesville. Hoping to introduce a new generation of children to the joys of jazz, Connick has crafted a musical landscape against which Eubie's story unfolds.

The Happy Elf follows Eubie, the happiest elf at the North Pole. More than anything else, Eubie longs to be a part of Santa's sleigh team. Instead, he's stuck checking the naughty-or-nice lists. Then, one Christmas Eve, he sees something strange: in the whole town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. With a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie's off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?

Families will love this festive tale of overcoming adversity, friendship, the power of positivity and believing in yourself! The Happy Elf is destined to become a holiday classic.

With a book by Harvey Fierstein, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Jack Feldman, Newsies adapts the 1992 Disney film into a full-scale musical, offering non-stop thrills and a timeless message of fighting for what's right. Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies tells the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys' expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions.