Karen Asconi

Some accents and dialects I currently have in my pocket are: British/English, Jersey Shore/The Sopranos/Brooklyn types, Southern US both high class countrified variations, Eastern Russian, German, animal sounds. And the list is growing.

Home studio: Neumann TLM 102, Mac mini,Twisted Wave, and Audactiy. Experience: *Localization of various projects, including video games, with Alconost for the past 10 years. *Narration for KHovnanian Community videos for the past 10 years. *British accent in an English version of a French cartoon entitled "The Crumpets." I voiced The Weathergirl in two episodes. *Voice of Wendy in the deleted scenes from "Peter Pan" on Blu Ray dvd *Two audiobooks *Characters in children's ebook apps with You TELL Me Stories Foundation. *ELearning projects *Medical narrations with Havas Health *Antibody Evolution with WOOSHII, *Laar Humanitarian Programme's "Child Friendly Spaces" *Two book trailers distributed by Scholastic, "Inside Out and Back Again (recorded at Big Yellow Duck Studios, and "Endangered" which was completed from my home studio. *PSAs for ALS and the Young Faces of ALS promoting their charity events. Training: *Cartoon/character/looping intensive workshops with Pamela Lewis. *Edge Studios *Carolee Goodgold's workshop, that explored how to draw characters out through music. *Robin Armstrong - one on one series of classes *David Rosenthal - building characters workshop Background: High School Science and Theater Arts teacher for 33 years. Musical theater roles in Community and Regional theater productions. Intergenerational work that brought high school students together with both pre-k students and senior citizens for various projects and have read to young children as part of the National Read Across America initiative. Theater background including children's theater. Also work in print and on camera. Sound healing. And I sing and play ukulele. I've hosted holiday concerts. Hospice volunteer via the Visiting Nurse Service of NY. End of Life Doula. Teach restorative yoga and meditation to caregivers at the Ronald McDonald House Wellness Center Meditation, mindfulness, and yoga teacher/practitioner for almost 20 years, specializing in restorative and yoga therapeutics. I'm a word nerd and lover of phonics ... there isn't a word big enough to scare me. Working with people and providing service inspires me. Whatever I do; whatever project I take on it's always completed with a sense of integrity, grace and joy.