Hi,
I'm Tom Burke.
I'm a speech-language pathologist, voice teacher, Estill Mentor & Course Instructor, and executive communication coach. Over the past 20 years, I've been honored to provide voice training & rehabilitation services to Broadway singers, Hollywood actors, TED speakers, Google execs, and more. My work has been featured on MTV MADE, the Oprah Winfrey Network's "My Time" and Bravo TV's "In a Man's World." On this site, I share the work I do with singers, actors, and voice teachers.
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I help singers & voice teachers
solve their biggest vocal challenge.
What's yours?
Hey Singer,
How would describe
your biggest vocal challenge?
I don't know how to belt and I'm dying to learn how.
I can belt but it feels effortful and I get tired easy.
I want to sound less "singy"
I want to up my professional game & nail more gigs.
Get Started with my workshop
"How to Belt with Ease & Power"
I will show you exercises for:
- The tongue, lip and jaw position you need for effective belt.
- How to find better vocal fold closure and laryngeal positioning to avoid flipping into head voice or mixing when you don't want to
- How to support your sound more effectively
- Specific diction tricks to help you avoid pushing
- How to develop more "pro-quality" resonance and pitch precision
- and more...

Hey Voice Teacher,
How would your
voice teaching & diagnostic skills be better
if you knew more about
how the voice works?
FIND OUT WITH ESTILL VOICE TRAINING
What is
Estill Voice Training?
Jo Estill was a pioneering voice teacher and researcher who analyzed the function of 13 vocal structures and how they move to help create different sounds. Jo then began teaching singers, actors, voice coaches, SLPs and other voice practitioners how to develop independent control of those structures to improve their voices for speaking or singing in different styles.
Over the past 40 years, singers and speakers around the world have used this knowledge to sing with more power and less effort, and with greater versatility. The work is also being taught in major universities and in private voice studios where some of the world’s leading singers are being coached to success!
Learn more about Jo’s history here.What Industry Leaders Have to Say About Estill

"It was nice to be reminded of how important my Estill Voice Training has been in guiding me to the point I’m at today. I’ve had more tools, thanks to Jo and my time with Estill Voice Training."
-Joan Lader
Tony Award-Winning Voice Teacher

"Jo Estill’s work is pioneering in that she was the first to separate voice quality clearly into source and filter components! Her basic vocal tract shapes associated with sob (yawn), twang, and sing (opera) are fundamental to our current understanding of how the source and the filter interact."
-Ingo Titze
World-Renowned Voice Scientist
My journey with Estill.
I learned more about the voice from Estill Voice Training than I did during my 7 years of study to become a speech-language pathologist. Her work has been vital - not only for my own personal development as a singer and artist - but as a voice therapist, diagnostician, and pedagogue. The work has helped hundreds of my clients over the years unlock more vocal power, ease and versatility. For over a decade, I've been an Estill Mentor & Course Instructor, providing workshops all over the world and now online. I'd love to share the work with you in an upcoming course.

Who Is Estill Voice Training for?
Voice Teachers
Gain a deeper understanding of vocal anatomy & physiology so that you can make faster, rationale-based decisions on
1. How best to solve common singing challenges like difficulty with support, vocal effort, negotiating registers & the passagio.
2. How to help students make clear stylistic choices concerning breathiness, nasality, brightness, darkness and more.


SLPs
You know the anatomy. You know the physiology. But if you're like me, your undergraduate and graduate studies supplied only a cursory understanding about how to apply that knowledge to solving complex vocal challenges and working with professional voice users. Estill provides the bridge between the academic, the clinical and the artistic understanding o fthe voice.
Singers, actors & voice over actors
If you are the type of learner that needs to know WHY before you are able to fully do something, you'll love Estill. It breaks down 13 vocal structures into how they work and how to apply that knowledge to developing more ease & versatility in your voice.

If you are ready to take your voice technique to the next level or if you just want a better understanding about how it works, then this course is for you!
SIGN UP NOWWhat You'll Learn in an
Estill Course
How to Adjust Your Breath Technique to Suit the Style
New Ways to Deepen Your Support
How You Can Isolate the Control of Your Vocal Tract Muscles
How to Add or Subtract Breathiness for Stylistic Control
How to Sing or Speak More Freely
How to Control the Degree of Nasality in Your Voice
How to Assess What Your Favorite Singers Are Doing and How You Emulate Them More Easily
How to Control the Brightness and Darkness of Your Voice
How to Practice More Effectively With Voice Biofeedback
Learn What Vocal Tract Structure You Can Change to Navigate Different Styles
How Terms Like Chest, Mix, Head and Falsetto Can Be Limiting and Confusing

Jo Estill, world-renowned educator, researcher, and singer, founded Estill Voice Training (originally called Estill Voice Craft™) and the Figures for Voice™ (originally known as Compulsory Figures for Voice™) in 1988.
Jo began her career as a “classical” singer of Lieder and Opera. Today she is best known for her work with Belting, a voice quality heard in Pop and Music Theatre singing. Her unique approach separates the mechanics of singing from artistic and aesthetic preconceptions.
With nearly 25 years of experience in research in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of voice quality, Ms. Estill was published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, Journal of Voice, Medical Problems of Performing Arts, and, most recently, in Vocal Fold Physiology: Voice Quality Control, and Vocal Fold Physiology: Controlling Complexity and Chaos.
Jo Estill taught voice at college and professional levels for over 30 years, and conducted workshops in Compulsory Figures for Voice from 1988. She traveled to five continents training singers, actors, teachers, speech pathologists and others. Included on her resume were four 2-month sessions-in-residence at the Shiki Theatre and the Shochiku Dance Company in Tokyo, and two visits to London’s Central School for Speech and Drama.
2022 COURSES

LEVEL ONE COURSE
Dates: April 29, April 30, May 1
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30PM EST
Location: Online via ZOOM
Level 1: Figures for Voice Control™ teaches the Craft of speaking and singing and employs exercises that will give you new vocal options for all styles.
This live course explores each Estill Figure (vocal structure) and Estill Voice Quality (“recipe”) and includes:
- Level 1 Workbook™, supporting handouts
- Introduction to Level 1: 13 Figures for Voice Control™
- Vocal exercises for range, strength, clarity, and stamina
- Large and small group learning and discussions
- Masterclass/open coaching sessions for repertoire or case studies

LEVEL TWO COURSE
Dates: Wednesdays Jun 1-29, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Location: Online via ZOOM
Level 2: Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ combines Figure options from Level 1 to produce six voice qualities--Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera, and Belting.
This course offers a clear understanding of the voice’s limitless possibilities, along with how to keep it vibrant and healthy.
- Introduction to Level 2: 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

COMBINED LEVEL ONE & TWO COURSE
Dates: Wednesdays Sept 6th - Nov 16th, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Location: Online via ZOOM
The Level 1 and 2 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. Level 1: Figures for Voice Control™ teaches the Craft of speaking and singing and employs exercises that will give you new vocal options for all styles. Level 2: Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ combines Figure options from Level 1 to produce six voice qualities--Speech, Falsetto, Sob, Twang, Opera, and Belting.
This course offers a clear understanding of the voice’s limitless possibilities, along with how to keep it vibrant and healthy. This live course explores each Estill Figure (vocal structure) and Estill Voice Quality (“recipe”) and includes:
- Level 1 Workbook™, Level 2 Workbook™, supporting handouts
- Introduction to Level 1: 13 Figures for Voice Control™
- Introduction to Level 2: 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
Estill Voiceprint Plus™ is highly recommended for this course. 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 Level 1 & 2 Certificate of Attendance will be issued upon completion of this Level 1 & 2 Course. This certificate is one of the requirements for Trainer Certification in Estill Voice Training®.