Voice Description

Baritone: Warm for narrations,smooth and professional for presentations, Comedy is my strong point especially recording spoofs and parodys.I am a senior character and can sound as old as you want sound or like a child all within the same demo. American English is my native language, German is second language, , Additional VO's are recorded with background music and special effects

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Senior Male

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

• English - North American
• German

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Audiobooks
• Podcasts
• 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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Houston, Texas, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British English characterization, some German dialects, eastern and southern American dialects, Texas dialects, folksy accents, period American stage & film speech,some English middle eastern accents, English Italian accents,English Scandinavian accents, English German accents

My Voice Experience

ATTRACTIONS
Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Incorporated, Houston, Texas
Space Center Houston - Historic Mission Control Host 2002;Guest Services Simulator operator 2002;Attractions Host(1993-2002)

Pasadena Town Square, Pasadena, TX - Shopping Mall "Santa Claus" 2000
Pasadena Town Square, Pasadena, TX - Halloween Fashion Show- Narrator(as Dracula)
Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX - Theme Park Rides - Voice Over Talent
Pennzoil-Quaker State Christmas Chorus Director, Houston,TX -1999
Six Flags Theme Parks, Houston, Texas - Astroworld - Rides Host/Operator 1999-2000

RADIO
KRTS, Houston, TX - Classical Music Announcer
KLEF, Houston, TX - Classical Music Announcer
KWHI, Brenham, TX - Announcer
KWPC/KFMH, Muscatine,IA - News,weather, talk/interview

TELEVISION
Street Scene - George Jones - Westdeutscherundfunk German TV/ARTE

COMMERCIALS & VOICE OVERS
Searching for Spirit (notes) - audio book('08)
Calculators/Texas Instruments - McCann-Erickson(VO)
CityLights/Wortham Center - Ogilvy & Mather(OC)
October Fest/Fame City -Winius Brandon(VO/Singer)
Joyride/SW Porsche-Audi - Goswick & Associates(VO/German Dialect)
Porsche Global Tours - On Location Video(VO/Industrial)
Houston Economic Dev. Council - McCann-Erickson(VO/Industrial(German)

My Training

TRAINING
Brainbench -Written German
Certificate holder's receipt ID: 1214077
TVI Actors Workshop(Mark Teschner),Actors Workshop,Dallas,TX('96)
Voice -Lois Alba - Houston, TX
University of Houston(Houston Opera Studio);Voice/Opera/Drama -Elena Nikolaidi
University of Wisconsin,Voice/Opera/Drama - Prof. Samuel Jones
Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik,Stuttgart, Germany - Fulbright Scholarship
Curtis Institute of Music,Voice/Opera/Concert - Eufemia Giannini Gregory

My Studio Equipment

M-Audio Fast Track USB Computer Interface
MXL 990 Condenser Mic with Shockmount
Rolls 48V Phantom Power supply
XLR-TRS Cable & Round Base Mic Stand
Nagy Pop filter
Koss Headphones
Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio6 recording software
Cakewalk Power FX in your face special effects software
Additional I-Tunes special effects & music clips

Additional Skills

SPECIAL SKILLS
Dramatic Baritone/Singer
Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston, TX baritone soloist
(2000-present)
Sons of Orpheus Male Chorus, Houston, TX (2001-present)
Space Center Houston - Manned Space Flight Education - narrator for Apollo Mission Control tours, Houston, TX.
(2002-05)
Houston Grand Opera (1975-95)
Houston Opera Studio(1978-80)
Texas Opera Theater (1978-80)
Theater under the Stars - musical theater (1974-98)
Free lance Church Organist, Houston, TX (1977 -2000)
German(Fluent)
Staedtischen Buehnen Oberhausen, Germany (1970-73)
Staedtischen Buehnen Osnabrueck, Germany (1968-70)
Fulbright Grant - Stuttgart, Germany (1962-63)
Classical Music Voice, Piano and Organ training
German, Italian and French diction training

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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