GR Snow

African-American, Southern US dialect, Irish-accented English, Spanish, German, French accents. Animal voices for children's projects (deep bass bear, Scottish Scots-terrier, nasal goose, snooty British-accent fox, squeaky squirrel). Supernatural being voices or vocal effects for fantasy monsters or quasdi-human figures (e.g. Balrog in Lord of the Rings, White Witch in Lewis's Ther Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe).

An actor in "Babes In Toyland", "Annie", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Foreigner", "Mr. Lincoln's Moon", and "Purlie Victorious", a dramaturge for the Greater Chicago Opera Guild, a trained lay preacher, a paid recorder of science books and pre-med texts for visually impaired students (this actually was my work-study job), a recorder of literature for the learning disabilities department of my junior high (I used accents and voices to portray all characters in "Lilies of the Field" including the African-American man and the German nuns), and a customer service manager doing telephone and in-person customer contacts and being told I should be in radio at almost every turn. M.M. Vocal Performance, American Conservatory of Music, Hammond, IN--November 2009 B.A. Religion/Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL--May 1986 (vocal minor) Artistic Director/Dramaturge, Greater Chicago Opera Guild Operatic Basso, Soloist and Chorister, for operas (AIDA, CARMEN, DON CARLO, ERNANI, FORZA DEL DESTINO, IL TROVATORE, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, LUCREZIA BORGIA, POLIUTO, SAUL OF TARSUS) and oratorios (ELIJAH, GOSPEL MASS, MASS IN G, THE MAGI, MESSIAH, SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST, ST. PAUL) Singer with Chatham Choral Ensemble, Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Chicago Choral Ensemble, DuPage Opera Theatre, da Corneto Opera, Schuyler Singers, Classic Act Choral Ensemble I can digitally record voice and e-mail this or record it on a thumb drive or CD/DVD. However, I have very little in the way of audio engineering equipment or knowledge. I am an excellent writer and a prodigious reader with an extensive vocabulary. I have experience teaching and lecturing in music and delivering sermons. I am trained as a falsettist as well as using my naturally basso chest voice. I have written sermons and write an annual music/worship related column for my church newsletter; I was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper in high school and wrote a fraternity alumni newsletter in college. I wrote extensive descriptions of sale items for annual catalogs and sale flyers for a music company, designed and wrote copy for weekly e-mail "blasts" and descriptions for a website for a music merchandise company. I have attended writing courses at University of Wisconsin/Madison.