Nichalia Schwartz

Accents: Neutral American, General Southern US, American Midwestern, California, British RP Characters: Young Mom, College Student, Valley Girl, Teenage Boy, Little Boy, Little Girl, Witch, Hero, Villain Singing Range: Mezzo-soprano, range: B2 to A#5

HOME STUDIO -Double-Walled Acoustically Treated Booth -Mics: AT4050, AKG C414 XLII, Shure SM7B -Interface: Babyface Pro FS -Microphone Pre-Amp: Grace m101 LANGUAGES English (American, GenAm - Native English speaker) English (Midwestern, US Southern) Chinese (Mandarin, with an American accent) ConLangs (Klingon, Sindarin) EXPERIENCE | as of October 1, 2022 345 cartoon episodes 100+ songs 31 audiobooks 9 video games 6 e-learning series 3 animated films 2 theme parks 3 museums and I've lost count of all the explainers TRAINING | VOICEOVER & ACTING Commercial coaching with Nancy Wolfson (2021-ongoing); Narration & Audiobook coaching with Sean Pratt (2021-ongoing); Accent training for RP with Jack Wallace (2020); Animation performance workshop with Bob Bergen (2020); Video Game Performance workshop with Adele Cutting (2020); Audiobook coaching session with Carol Monda (2020); The Actor’s Voice workshop with Laura of Neon Lights HK, Hong Kong (2019); Peter Baker's (UK Voiceover) Masterclass (2019); Art of Vocal Production with Berklee College of Music (2019); TRAINING | LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE Master's of Arts - Applied Linguistics Phonetics & Phonemics, Acoustic Science and Human Speech Production: Part of my post-graduate MA study in Applied Linguistics (University of Massachusetts, Boston) included extensive focus on human language, including speech production, phonetics, phonemics, sound and acoustic science. It also focused on genre in English text and equipped me with everything I needed to create graded audio for listeners of different ages, backgrounds, English proficiency and education. Cambridge DELTA (Module One) Cambridge CELTA (Top 20%)