Magdalena Valderrama - Warm, Wisdom/Depth, Professional Female Buddy

Warm, Wisdom/Depth, Professional Female Buddy

• Magdalena Valderrama is registered with Voice123 since Dec 13, 2010.
• Magdalena Valderrama started his/her voice over career in 2010.
• Currently Magdalena Valderrama is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Magdalena Valderrama was last active on Voice123 354 days ago

Voice Description

Unerringly professional for presentations and on-hold messaging, can be warm- or cold-toned as needed; intelligent and trust-inducing for audiotours; light smoke and allure for jewelry, cosmetics and other luxury commercials; squawky and strange for cartoon alien/toys/home appliances;

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Napa, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Marty the Martian, Dudley Dooright, Taglish, French accent, middle-class Brit, Hispanic flavored English, Philippine Balikbayan visitor

My Voice Experience

Current voice-work portfolio includes:
- Graduate of the voiceover Master Class at SuchAVoice.
- radio guest(2 sessions on healthy skincare and natural hormone replacement) w/Br. Jack Graham on the award-winning radio station KUSF90.3-FM, 2002
- reciter and producer for Hridaya Rosary by Avatar Adi Da Samraj on CD, Potomac, Maryland 1994
- Spinach-Finish character in a theatrical version of Vegetable Surrender by Da Free John in Potomac, Maryland, 1993
- narration for Voice of the Storyteller, KPFA-FM, in Berkeley, California, 1989
- narrator voiceover for theatricalized excerpts of The Mummery by Da Free John in San Rafael, California, 1984

My Training

B.A. Communication (with a focus on intercultural communication). Theater has "played" right into my enthusiasm for working in voice. I've also:
- managed the stage for Dreamweavers Theatre Co. in Napa, California
- directed and produced an audio CD of book excerpts for sale
- directed, produced, and performed in annual private and salon theater events in Potomac and Bethesda, Maryland
- adapted stories for children's theater and produced the results at Big Wisdom Free School in Lake County, California
- acted and danced with Lincoln Center Community Center for the Arts in Manhattan; Mummery Dance Guild in San Rafael, CA; First Room Theatre Guild in Lake County, CA
- won best supporting actress for University of the Philippines rendition of "Reunion" by Mar Pautu

Instruments and music played: classical and folk guitar ukulele, piano, dumbek, and tambourine.

Language experience: college French up to the Advanced Literature level and additional studies at the Alliance Francaise in Manhattan and Manila; immersion class in German at Goethe Haus in Manila.

My Studio Equipment

ElectroVoice RE20 Cardioid Mic; Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Mic; AKG K240 600 ohms Headphones; Micport Pro audio interface; Audacity software.

Additional Skills

Living in the most cosmopolitan areas of the USA and being a member of a diplomatic family have exposed me to many different accents, and I'm a natural mimic. I've enjoyed being a pre-school teacher, a certified disaster response volunteer, and an independent distributor of fine cosmetics among many other life and life-changing experiences.