Trainer Biographies

Leon Trayman

Leon Trayman

EMCI (2022), EMT (2017), EFP (2016)

Leon has been teaching voice & singing lessons for more than fifteen years. Leon initially trained as a musician & is a proficient pianist, saxophonist, clarinetist as well as highly experienced vocalist.

He went on to train as an actor at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama & continues to work as an actor, musician, director & voice coach in professional theatre, TV, Film & Radio.

His performance credits include: Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Malvolio & Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Sir Lucius O’Trigger in The Rivals (which he also directed), Eric de Vene in A Slice of Saturday Night (Edinburgh Festival) as well as innumerable corporate, e-learning & EfL recordings as a voiceover artist.

He has worked as a singing teacher at the world famous Brit School, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts & on the Musical Theatre degree course at Colchester Institute. He also lectures in voice at The University of Northampton and has been a visiting tutor at ArtsEd, ALRA, WAC Arts, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Rose Bruford College, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Institute of Arts (Barcelona), Drama Studio London, ICMT (formerly AMTA), Goldsmith’s College (University of London), University Centre Weston & many other vocational & university training programmes across the UK & Europe. Due to the diversity of Leon’s training & experience, he approaches his teaching & performance from musical, theatrical, directorial & technical voice perspectives.

This is all underpinned by the Estill Model, which provides a physiological basis on which to build a reliable, effective, responsive & expert voice for all his clients, irrespective of age or previous experience.

Leon is an Estill Mentor Course Instructor (EMCI) and holds a MFA in Voice Studies from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Pronouns: He/Him/They

Anyone and everyone is welcome for coaching, including anyone who is LGBTQIA+ and/or Neurodivergent.

If you have any specific needs, please let me know in advance if I may need to make any special arrangements.

Gemma Boaden

Gemma Boaden

EMT (2018), EFP (2015)

Gemma is a vocal coach and actress. She trained at Rose Bruford College on the BA (Hons) Acting course, she is an Estill Master Trainer (EMT), a Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist specialising in laryngeal manipulation, and an academic.

She has worked in the West End, in No 1 Touring Theatre Companies, Film, Voice-Over and Commercials. As a voice coach she has worked with the Almeida, Gazebo Theatre Company, Tambai Promotions, Wizard Presents Theatre Company, and the Royal & Derngate Theatres.

Voice Coaching Credits include; The Jolly Christmas Postman (Royal & Derngate Theatres), Mama Afrika (Tambai Promotions), Wanted (Gazebo Theatre, UK Tour 2023), Why the Whales Came (Wizard Presents Theatre Company, UK Tour), Cacophony, Loki and Cassie: A Love Story (Almeida Theatre, Young Company), 101 Dalmations (Royal & Derngate Theatres).

Acting Credits include; Bert’s House (On The Shore Productions, UK Tour 2024), Mr Edmund (Hidden Spirit Productions, Royal & Derngate Theatres), I’m a Bad Mum (Standing 8 Theatre), Peppa Pigs Party (Fiery Light Productions, No.1 Tour), State Fair (Trafalgar Studios), Mack and Mabel (Catford Broadway Theatre), Isle of Light (Royal & Derngate Theatres), Me and My Girl (London Palladium), Annie Get Your Gun (Union Theatre), Love’s Last Shift, The Rivals (Mr Harts Players, UK Tour), Peaches En Regalia, The M Word (Etcetera Theatre).

Pronouns: She/Her

Jamie Anderson

Jamie Anderson

EMT (2020), EFP (2018)

Jamie is a technical singing teacher on BA and MA Musical Theatre programme at Mountview. He has also been on faculty at London Studio Centre, Urdang, East 15 Acting School, MTA and Italia Conti.   

Jamie’s private clients have worked on Broadway, in the West End, on UK and International tours, at the National Theatre, as well as on film and TV. 

Previously, he was Vocal Coach on the UK and Int’l tour of The Lion Inside; previously having worked as Vocal Director/Arranger on a new musical project for Academy-Award nominee John Cameron. 

Jamie has appeared on BBC One and CBBC as a vocal coach, and has been featured in The Stage, Stylist Magazine and Metrotalking about the Musical Theatre and the voice.

An experienced performer, Jamie’s theatre credits include: Jackie in Michael John LaChiusa’s Wild Party (Union Theatre), Mitch Mahoney in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Trinity Theatre), Petal in workshop of Tony Award-winner Stew’s musical Punk Princess, Mathilde (George Square Theatre, Edinburgh) directed by Simon Callow, Diary of A Madman (Workshop – Drury Lane Theatre), Gabriel in Far From The Madding Crowd (Greenwich Theatre) and the world premiere of Frank Zappa’s opera Thing-Fish (Battersea Arts Centre)

Also a cabaret artist specialising in telling queer stories, Jamie was described as a “Cabaret Superstar” in Time Out and has written/performed his own show at Bush Theatre and Barbican Centre and has hosted shows in London’s West End at Her Majesty’s Theatre and Shaftesbury Theatre, as well as having a monthly residency at famed jazz venue The Pheasantry.

Last year, Jamie was voted on to the inaugural Estill Educational Advisory Committee helping provide training resources and support for EMT and EMT-Cs.

Certification Levels Information

Estill Figures Proficiency (EFP)

Estill Figures Proficiency (EFP)

The EFP certification is earned by:

– Demonstrating the basic options for voice control taught in Estill Voice Training Level 1 and 2 courses.

– Protocols can be accessed on Estill VoicePrint Plus.

(EFP can usually be achieved with approximately 6 months of focussed coaching & study).

Estill Master Trainer (EMT)

Estill Master Trainer (EMT)

The EMT certification is earned by:

– Achieving EFP certification.

– Demonstrating basic knowledge of Estill Voice Training content.

– Showing advanced proficiency in the Estill Voiceprint protocol and hand signals.

– Proving capable of effectively training individuals in learning the EVT Figures and Qualities.

(Certification also requires a written examination & observation stage.

EMT takes a minimum of 2.5 years of study to achieve after successfully completing EFP.).

 

Estill Mentor Course Instructor (EMCI)

Estill Mentor Course Instructor (EMCI)

The EMCI earns the privilege to present public courses in Estill Voice Training by:

– Achieving EFP & EMT certification levels.

Committing to “training” the trainers.

– EMCIs play a vital role in the certification process as coaches, examiners, and mentors.

(There are currently fewer than 40 EMCIs around the world (Sept 2025).

Certification requires a complex application & approval process to the Certification Advisory Board, repeat submission of EMT VoicePrint protocols, written examinations, viva & observation stages.

The process takes a minimum of 2 years to achieve).