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Are you keeping your voice healthy?

When was the last time you thought about it?
 
So many of us don't think enough about our voices, or frankly, think about our voices at all.  And yet, the majority of us use our voice from morning until night. And when the Seahawks won last Saturday, did you think about your voice during the game? The day after? Even if we have extensive acting training, most of us warm up a bit, never even considering warming down after tough sessions.
This past December, Voiceover Insider Podcast host Julie Williams interviewed Seattle Voice Institute's director, Shana Pennington-Baird about vocal health and her experiences with vocal damage and coming back from it.   
 
LISTEN TO PODCAST HERE

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Coming up soon!

Voice with Gin and Shana - 6-Week Intensive
Wednesday nights, starting Jan. 11th 7-9pm
 
Scared to sing? Want to improve resonance? Students will enhance their vocal potential by moving through a series of empowering voice/mind/body exercises aimed at deepening vocal relaxation and strength. This will be a physical, full-body approach to voice, providing students with both vocal exercises and a greater understanding of physiology. Through a mix of Fitzmaurice Voicework(c) and a variety of other approaches taught at universities across the country, this class will help students learn how to achieve greater vocal power, confidence, and ease. One hour is dedicated to strengthening the voice and another hour is filled with easy-going group singing and vocalese to improve resonance and confidence.
 
$325, payment plans accepted.

 
Warm Up Your Voice!
Monday, January 30, 2017 7-9pm
 
Warming up really counts. And learning to do it well can make the difference between booking the job... and not. Work with Shana Pennington-Baird and learn Roy Hart Theatre style physical and vocal warm ups. Follow that with some of the hardest tongue twisters imaginable. Work with Rod Saulsberry's new book, Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups with Other Vocal Care, and learn how to warm up by voice-over genre! This workshop is not a singing warm up - it will work for teachers, voiceover artists, singers, narrators, and anyone who uses their voice every day and needs it to sound great!
 
$75, includes a copy of Rod Saulsberry's Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups with Other Vocal Care 
 
 
Voice-over Toolbox Workshop (2 Days)
Saturday, January 28th and Sunday, January 29th
11am-5:30pm both days 
 
You will learn about: 
  • What agents and clients expect you to know
  • Niches- including animation, commercial, and audiobooks
  • Auditioning and editing from your home studio
  • How to bring your text to life
  • Demystifying demo reels
  • A fun and easy approach to creating character voices
  • The ever-changing business of voice-over
It's an intense hands-on class and you will take away skills you can use right away.

$250, payment plans accepted
Demo Reels- Your Voice-over Business Card!

Want to get your current demo reel evaluated?  We are happy to take a listen and meet with you to compare your demo to others on the market that are similar to yours.  We'll help you decide if it needs updating.  These days demos range between :60-1:20 in length and every niche should be on a separate demo.  No characters on your commercial demo any more.  You need a commercial demo, video game demo, animation demo!  They are all separate now.  And if you have a 2:20 minute demo, let us help you cut it down and make a few new demos out of it. Plus, you could add a few files and renew your sound.

We keep our prices low because we know you need more than one demo.... or seven. Okay, start with three.

Other great workshops coming up (separate from Seattle Voice Institute) that we highly recommend!!


TWO SEATTLE THEATRE AUDITION WORKSHOPS
With Atlantic Theater Company director/teacher/author Karen Kohlhaas
Saturday Jan 14: Monologue Master Class
Sunday Jan 15: Fearless Cold Reading
Theater Puget Sound
All info here


AUDITIONING FOR THE CAMERA WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS
(Ages 17 and up)

Jodi Rothfield, CSA of Jodi Rothfield Casting is offering a rare opportunity for actors to go through the audition process with a casting director and get immediate feedback. The purposes of this class are to strengthen auditioning skills and give the actor a simple technique to break down script, make appropriate choices, execute those choices and take direction. The business aspects of being an actor in this market are also covered.

Saturday, February 4th 2017 (9:45-5:30)

-Class is limited to 12 students on a first come-first served basis

-Fee: $180.00 and requires a $90.00 non-refundable deposit.

-Payment:  We accept checks, cash and money orders ONLY.   Sorry, we do not accept credit cards. Send checks in advance to:
Jodi Rothfield
300 S. Bennett Street, 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98108

Please make sure your name and telephone number are on or sent with payment.

Call Jodi Rothfield Casting
at: 206-448-0927 with questions.
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