Andy Follin Estill CMT

Music Lessons in St Helens, Merseyside
Music Lessons in St Helens, Merseyside Andy assists singers at all levels of their development, from students to specialists. If you're an expert singer who's suddenly having difficulties, or perhaps just searching for a vocal MOT before an important gig or audition, Andy will be glad to assist you. If you've recently graduated and are preparing for professional auditions, Andy will give you an honest opinion of your performance and the type of feedback you might hope to get from an audition panel (but don't always get! If you're leaving higher education and want to audition at a major college (Mountview, Royal Academy, Guildford, Royal Northern etc) Andy can assist you prepare your audition material and work through any technical difficulties to assure you present yourself in the highest possible light.

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About Us
read moreAndy is an Estill Master Trainer (EMT), licenced to teach Estill Voice Training™ (EVT) to private clients. Certified EVT representatives are an elite group of teachers and coaches - internationally recognized for their extensive knowledge of the voice, and for the innovative teaching techniques they employ. To protect the integrity of EVT, Estill International's Advisory Board applies consistent and rigorous examination standards worldwide. EMTs are only certified after demonstrating mastery of the Estill Voice Model™ (including the Level 1 Figures for Voice and the Level 2 Six Voice Qualities) - and then displaying the ability to teach Estill Voice Training™ to individuals and/or small groups.
Opera and Classical Singing Lessons
read moreProfessional, evidence-based Classical and Opera singing lessons designed to maximise your vocal potential. Opera singing is unique in the vocal world. Opera is a high energy form of singing, with huge physical requirements, involving projecting the voice to the back of a theatre, over an orchestra and without any amplification. Opera singers therefore have to undergo specific training - often taking years - to ensure they can meet these demands. Traditionally, opera singing has shied away from an anatomical and physiological understanding of the voice, preferring instead to pass on tried and trusted methods that have been refined over centuries of teaching.
Online Professional Voice Coaching
read moreAndy offers singing lessons and vocal coaching via Zoom for clients who cannot attend his studio in person. Using Zoom means that anyone with a fairly standard set-up at home or in the office (see Zoom requirements below) can have an effective coaching sesssion. Andy's St Helens studio is equipped with fast, fibre-optic broadband, an HD webcam and stereo sound, so a Zoom lesson is as close to an actual physical session as possible. Andy uses Zoom in preference to Skype and Facetime etc as it has proven to be the most effective online teaching medium.
Book a Singing Lesson with Vocal
read moreNB Please note that waiting times for lessons can be up to 4 weeks (or slightly longer during holiday periods), depending on the time slot you require. If you have an urgent requirement, please contact Andy before paying for your lesson. Please note: Clients must give a minimum of 48 hours' notice should they need to cancel a lesson. Giving less than 48 hours' notice will mean the full cost of that lesson will be charged. Additionally, if a client forgets a scheduled lesson or is late (regardless of reason, including illness) the full cost of the lesson will still be charged.
Pop Singing Lessons
read moreProfessional, evidence-based Pop singing lessons designed to maximise your vocal potential. Pop singers have to be able to make an enormous variety of sounds, ranging in voice quality from a whisper to a high intensity belt. Each of these sounds must be made efficiently and healthily. Singing 'techniques' that insist on a certain aesthetic quality, or on a specific mode of production not only inhibit the singer's natural voice, but can quickly introduce habits and tensions that can take years to undo.
Professional Voice Coaching
read moreIn setting up Vocal Skills back in 2001, Andy committed himself to bringing high quality, professional standard vocal coaching to clients of all ages, backgrounds, experience and genres. All lessons take place in a custom-built, soundproofed studio and the environment is one of safe experimentation. Lessons are clearly structured and explained, and pupils are encouraged to find new ways to use their voice, without a sense of 'right' and 'wrong' - so long as the voice is used efficiently and healthily, all sounds are welcomed!
How to Sing in More than One Style
read moreClearly, opera singers do not sound like pop singers. They're using their voices differently, setting up the 'mechanism' in a way that sounds authentic for the type of music they're singing. The question is: can the same singer sing both opera AND pop? The answer is yes - if you know how! By learning to control the various components of your voice, you can learn to combine them in various 'recipes' - each one appropriate to an individual style or genre of music. But too often singers and singing teachers tend to get stuck in one style only.
Rock Singing Lessons
read moreProfessional, evidence-based Rock singing lessons designed to maximise your vocal potential. In the high energy, high pressure world of Rock singing, it's easy to lose confidence in your vocals. Rock singers are like the high wire act in a circus - performing seemingly superhuman tasks, night after night. To do this successfully, you need a solid, reliable technique that won't let you down. As a Rock singer, you'll already know that Rock is unlike any other form of vocals. And unique styles need unique techniques.
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