Sing Confidently, Live Creatively - Singing Tips for Musical Theatre Actors, Vocal Exercises, Vocal Technique, How to Sing Better
Hi performers! Welcome to the Sing Confidently, Live Creatively podcast, a show for professional and pre-professional performing artists who want to build confidence in their singing!
Are you intentionally pursuing a professional career as a musical theatre actor but your voice is not as powerful or reliable as you'd like?
Do you want to feel confident in your voice at auditions or on-stage, but don’t know how to develop your vocal technique?
Do you wish you could learn how to belt, mix, improve your vocal range, or sing riffs, but you don't know where to start?
I get it! Hi, I’m Estelle, a Professional Singer, Actor, and Voice Teacher in my online studio, Creatively Performing Arts. I also teach and music direct locally in North Carolina at various music studios and theaters!
I grew up performing, but everyone kept telling me to save the arts for retirement or the weekends. So after college, I went to medical school, thinking that was the safest path. But I realized I had those creative passions for a reason and couldn't stay in a career that hid my gifts. So, I decided to leave. Dramatic, I know, but I'm in theatre after all!
After I left medical school, I started a Masters in Music and Music Education at Columbia University (hybrid) and developed my voice intentionally while helping other singers along the way. I began to build confidence in my dreams and my voice beyond what I'd ever known!
I want to help you do the same - build confidence in your singing voice so you can live your creative dreams!
On this show, you will learn how to sing with more confidence, how to train your voice consistently, how to prepare your songs for auditions, how to belt, how to develop mix technique, how to breathe properly as a singer, and more!
You’ll get mindset tips to help you take action on your creative gifts in spite of imposter syndrome, self-doubt, rejection, and fear of what people think.
With incredible guests, from Broadway performers to a Latin Grammy award winner, to local theatre and music artists, and my own current and past experiences, this will be your one-stop shop for all things singing, performing, and creative inspiration! Plus, you’ll hear lots of fun musical theatre references!
Alright choir lovers and theatre-kids-turned-theatre-adults, this is your time.
Start singing with CONFIDENCE today!
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Episodes
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Hi Singer - guess what? As a singer, you are an ARTIST. You are CREATIVE. So don't neglect building who you are as a creative individual. Instead, build your artistry because that's what makes singing into art - otherwise, it's all technical, it's all mechanical.
Listen in to learn how to own your creativity, develop your artistry, and remain inspired so that you don't give up on your journey to become a more creative singer, performer, and creative!
WHAT NEXT?
→ July Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the FREE Singing Tips & Technique
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→ Email me HERE!
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Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Hi Singers! Ready to sing with ease in your chest voice when you're singing in auditions, performances, or just getting started again by singing in the car? Today, I want to share a crucial skill to start working on to help you develop a strong, clear, projected chest voice - and this works for all parts of your voice too. Be ready to take notes and take action. Listen in!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Today I'm sharing the 3 ESSENTIAL aspects of a captivating performance in my opinion. These are things you can observe these in your favorite performances and incorporate into your own performances!!
What do you think of these? Which one are you going to incorporate more of as you practice and sing this week? Come let me know HERE. Listen in!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
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→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Hi Singer! Today, I want to share a super helpful tip - rooted in sustainable technique - to help you sing in your head voice so that you aren't straining or getting stuck on high notes. This tip is especially important when you're warming up and getting your voice going, because it builds your technique of increasing airflow as you sing higher!
So this is for you if you used to sing but you're coming back to it as an adult or you're committing to pursuing a creative outlet in singing and the performing arts and you're ready to feel way more confident in the higher register of your voice (one of which is called "head voice". the other is "whistle"). Listen in!
WHAT NEXT?
→ July Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the free Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Questions? Want to connect? Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
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Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Is it actually possible to be "sure" about your calling as an artist? How do you even know you are called? And what do you do when you feel pulled to start singing, acting, dancing, or performing as an adult but you aren't completely "sure" what to do next.
Let's talk about that today and I want you to ask yourself during this episode: will you keep waiting or will you start even if you aren't totally sure?
WHAT NEXT?
→ July Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Who wants to hit high notes with more ease and less tension? All of us I'd say, right? In that case, engaging in your head voice, or light register, or thin cords, is essential for us, especially as you are starting to sing again as your creative expression!
Today, I'm sharing a few key vocal exercises to help you transition to head voice and hit high notes by helping you with airflow, breath support, and more. Get ready to sing along!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Do you keep thinking back to how you used to sing in choir, do theatre, sing in college, and have dreams of being a performing artist when you grew up?
Do you feel like adulthood has sucked the creativity out of your life and made it hard to feel confident in your creative passions like singing, theatre, and performing?
If you don't know what to do to start build that confidence again and start singing as an adult - whether professionally or not, I hope by sharing a bit of my journey so far and this key piece of advice, you'll be encouraged to take your first step today. Listen in!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Hi singers! Let's talk about the chest voice today! Get ready to sing follow along with a few exercises you can use to develop the lower register of your voice.
Even if you feel pretty comfortable in your chest voice, if you've ever experienced breathiness or just feel like your low notes are not super strong or projected, these exercises will help you build awareness of your forward resonance (don't worry, I'll explain :), practice managing your breath in your chest voice, and more as a beginner adult singer - especially for the female/treble voices, but lower voices can also do these exercises on a lower octave!
Listen in and sing along!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Do you ask yourself if you CAN sing as an adult?
You used to sing in musicals and choir and at home, but then you started college, started working, and life started. Singing fell away, along with other creative passions and now you wonder if it's possible for you to start singing again and actually sound good.
If this is you, this episode is DEFINITELY for you. Get ready to take notes and take ACTION! Listen in!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Do you struggle with holding out long notes and don't understand "breath control", "breath support", or "breath management"?
Do you wonder what those even mean or how to achieve good "breathing" as a singer? Today, I share the biggest myth around breathing for singers, and give you the actual steps you can take to start developing good breath support as a singer in simple ways.
We also practice applying these steps at the end so be sure to listen all the way through, and maybe even a second time. And take notes! Let's get into the basics of the breath for beginner adult singers!
WHAT NEXT?
→ Voice Lesson Slots are open HERE! (www.creativelybyestelle.com/studio)
→ Join the Singing Tips & Technique
for Women Community HERE!
→ Join the email list HERE!
→ Email me HERE!
(hello@creativelybyestelle.com)
→ Leave a review HERE!
→ Share this episode with one of your friends who loves to sing too!