Stephanie Marko has been performing and teaching for over 20 years. She holds an Associate Diploma of Operatic/Music Theatre Arts (VCA), a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment and is a Certified Master Teacher & Course Instructor of Estill International.
She performs professionally in Rock/Pop, Music Theatre and Opera both in Australia and Europe. Stephanie played Grizabella, Gumbie and Jellylorum in Cats Hamburg and Denmark as well as Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera in Germany (in German). Stephanie specializes in professional development for singing teachers and performers in Melbourne and is working with clients on preventive voice training.
Gerald Marko specializes in voice mechanics, artist development and music production. Besides being an ESTILL Course Instructor, Gerald holds a Diploma in Performing Arts and an Advanced Diploma in Linguistics, Literature and Journalism. Between ‘98 and ‘04 he played principal roles in European professional musical theatre such as “CATS”, “Saturday Night Fever”, “Hair”, “Buddy Holly” and “Falco Meets Amadeus”. He performed in original and cover bands in Austria, Germany, Denmark and Australia, has written over 600 tracks, plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and is a published recording artist (Universal).
Since 2009, he is registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, is head of voice at the Box Hill Senior Secondary College and teaches vocal technique to the 2nd years in the Bachelor of Applied Music course at Box Hill TAFE.
