Birch Durant - warm, rich,soothing,sensual,quirky,accents

warm, rich,soothing,sensual,quirky,accents

• Birch Durant is registered with Voice123 since Feb 25, 2008.
• Birch Durant started his/her voice over career in 2003.
• Currently Birch Durant is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 44
• Birch Durant will be on vacation until Sep 09, 2008

Voice Description

Birch Durant has a five octave range with classic conservatory and acting training. Her voice ranges from warm, rich and soothing; to sexy, smoky and sensual; to girlish and charming; to innocent and quirky. Birch is the trustworthy narrator, the fresh, ethereal girl next door; the mysterious stranger. Discover this dedicated and rising voice-over artist. Experience why colleagues and clients have described Birch Durant's voice as, "lush and voluptuous," "dry, natural, and conversational," "innocent and angelic," "authoritative and elegant," "maternal," and "a veritable baby Bacall..."

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - British
• English - North American
• French - European

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

NYC, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Birch Durant is a dual citizen of the US and the EU. She speaks native, American English, and natural European accents and dialects. Birch has lived and studied on both coasts of the US, and all over Europe. She speaks fluent, near native French. Birch has worked as an actress, narrator, dialect coach, and voice-over artist in Europe and for European projects/ characters, and in the US. If you need an English bird, a Scandinavian siren, a German fraulein, a continental sophisticate, or a midwestern mom and young daughter...Birch Durant exists to create and serve.

My Voice Experience

"Voice-over and narration work seemed a natural extension to my theatre and vocal training, and my love of literature and performance art. I began podcasting on art and philosophy in college. I have narrated several independent films and performance art projects. I have provided myriad voices in audio theatre productions, from precocious children, to zany character roles. Additionally, while completing my studies in NYC, I worked as a successful Not-For-Profit fundraiser, which honed my speaking skills as an articulate, understated, and passionate advocate for endangered culture. I am currently collaborating on a web site with an oral history and narration of women's art in climates of war."

My Training

B.A.- Literature and Theatre-from the #1 ranked Liberal arts College
2 year Conservatory training and Rep. Theatre in Europe
The American Conservatory Theatre's Young Conservatory
Vocal Training- Karen Nimereala.
NYC VO training- Rich Bianco, On The Air Studios; 6 week Master Class with Eileen Schellhorn/Innovative Artists
Dialect coaching, Alexander Technique, Shakespeare, Performance Breathing

My Studio Equipment

Private, state-of-the-art studio and a Macbook Pro. All work is rapidly delivered in fully edited and produced form, solo or with background music or effects.

Studio has Garage Band and a library of thousands of loops, sound effects and music.

Professionally produced tracks are exported to MP3 or AAC.

All recordings are highest quality 128 KBPS, with an estimated size of . 0mb.

For true audiophiles, exported VO can be stereo optimized, 192 KBPS, with a slightly larger MB size.